Open source, and its collaborative development model, has produced a renaissance in software development – driving global business value via accelerating innovation. Today’s more than one million open source projects are projected to more than double by the end of 2014. Traditional IT barriers to OSS adoption – concerns about quality, security, support – are falling away rapidly. At the same time, the open source process is evolving rapidly, producing innovation at an unprecedented rate. Proof of open source’s importance can be seen in many of today’s most significant technology trends, driven by open source methods and technologies: mobile, cloud, big data, social media.
In this presentation, Tim Yeaton will discuss the evolution of Open Source management, reviewing how the consumption and management of open source has evolved from one focused on mitigating legal, compliance and operational risk to how the combination of open source methods and technologies can be used for competitive advantage, and is even changing entire industries. Key areas Tim will explore include: