Open Source Bridge

There are several ways that open source helps companies to build a thriving and sustainable business. In this session we'll explore both winners and losers to come up with a model that may work for you.

See how open source software is impacting the way newspapers are doing business.

Consistent State, Inc has embraced an Open Source Business Model, this talk will present both an overview of the Consistent State Business Model as well as a hands-on preview of their flagship toolkit.

You have written elegant software that you know has commercial value and want to people to use it. The problem is no documentation. You hate documenting your work, but you need documentation in order to sell it.

Find out how open source connectors such as Snap Logic are enabling interconnection and collaboration between formerly disparate applications.

Appcelerator is using open source as the strategy to bring a new technology to market that challenges the largest software companies in the world. Why it's not enough to have great technology.

visionOntv has the goal of making open video activate social change. We have modest foundation funding for 2 years to launch this (starting April 2009). http://visionon.tv

An introduction to the Spring framework, with a focus on the core Dependency Injection module.

A storage model is a series of frameworks and design philosophy of their usage. How do you know which storage model is correct for your application? This session covers a broad range of topics related to the task of persisting objects into relational storage. We will investigate the pros and cons of very rigid relational models to very loose models of relational storage.

As more people discover that making things is fun, especially making high-tech, complex, useful machines, the economy will shift from one based on scarcity to one based on technical creativity. The Portland area and Portland Tech Shop are poised to be part of this renaissance

These days, everyone knows that Open Source is a viable business model - but how does one successfully market an Open Source product? This presentation will showcase examples from the Open Source domain and provide hands-on advice about how to unfold a vital Open Source business ecosystem where geeks and customers alike contribute to value creation.

This talk looks at the role of open source and Linux in the emerging mobile software space. Could Linux and open source provide an easier link to enterprise applications and therefore enterprise adoption of mobile devices?

Negotiating in any paradigm requires not only subject matter knowledge, but also knowledge of human behavior if success is to be achieved. By using the latest legal structures and negotiation research, participants will learn how to navigate the future persuasively using the law, psychology and game theory.

Open Source projects like CiviCRM are providing tools to non-profit organization that would have otherwise been cost prohibitive. This presentation will focus on success models for leveraging open source in the non-profit context. More importantly, the talk will highlight areas where small efforts from the open source community will lead to huge impacts on the non-profit world.

This presentation will describe how a Strategy Consulting start up in Bangalore, India is promoting Open Source enterprise applications and has made a difference in over a dozen organizations in the last year and a half.

While recent years have seen some commercial vendors incorporate a community focus, there is still a discernible difference between dealing with open-source projects, open-source companies, and proprietary providers.

There are outstanding technical reasons for using open source software, but what is the business case? Where does open source shine on the bottom line, and where does it fall flat? And what are the critical success factors required to realize the benefits of open source?

AirShipTG uses Open Technology Innovation (OTI) because the collaboration is open to all and the innovative source technology is shared, branded and licensed with participating stakeholders. The market is ready for hyper efficient vehicles and the world is saying let’s go! Adopting improved vehicle performance through clean and renewable technology solutions, we can literally change the world. Our track sphere maglev Spherical Induction Motor wheel assembly is designed to rotate the spheres for 360-degree propulsion through forward, aft directions as well as lateral parking for cars and long haul trucks.

Engineers hate making estimations because they are a pain and can be wildly inaccurate. Alex will walk through some practical ways to make accurate project estimates that lead to successful projects and create happy clients and engineers

Nothing kills the trendy, devil-may-care feel of a Webby start-up quite like having to sign in and log all visitors to your office. This is just one part of the harsh realities around PCI compliance.

The mom and pop businesses are the backbone of America. These businesses are what makes up our society. If you look at the tools they use to run their business it is made up of closed sourced products.

We will explore how to evaluate the validity of experts' statements and introduce some tools to avoid mistaken beliefs based on innate human biases.

How open source principles can be applied to other business areas, including helping the formation of new companies.

In this session, Open Source business veteran Josh Berkus will go over who the 5 communities are, what they each want, and how that community can help you make money.