Igor Portugal, CTO, Asterisk Ltd.

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Igor Portugal, CTO, Asterisk
Ltd. Asterisk Linux simple,
brilliant, secure
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• Introduction
• Market overview
• How does it work?
• Open Source Product Discussion
• Why look at Open Source?
• Open Source security
• How and When?

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• Vendors endorse Linux
• IBM, Novell, Oracle, SUN, SAP, HP
• Solid commercial partnerships between SuSE, Red
  Hat and other vendors.
• Novell's acquisition of SuSE and Ximian
• Customers choose Open Source software
• 42 of New Zealand and Australian businesses
  according to IDC
• 70 of Web Servers run Open Source code
• 3.2 of world's desktop computers, overtaking Mac
  share
• IBM, Novell and other vendors use Linux on the
  desktop
• Linux predicted to be on 20 of desktop computers
  by 2008. Will one of them be yours?

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• Open Source means the source code is available to
  all software users
• Software is worked on by a project team. The team
  makes the rules.
• Anyone can contribute to the project, but the
  project team makes decisions.

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Linux ( KDE, GNOME) StarOffice OpenOffic
e Mozilla Firefox Domino Client Evolution,
Thunderbird SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft Groupwi
se, Domino Freerider, Open-Xchange Samba,
Netatalk, NFS Apache All Non-MS PostgreSQ
L, MySQL, Firebird Mono(.Net), Java, other Mono,
Zope and more X, VNC, NXServer eDirectory
LDAP Checkpoint , other Firefly TrendMicro,
other ClamAV Spam Assassin Squi
d.
Desktop Environment Office Web Browser
Email Bus. System
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• Diversify risk
• Reduce cost
• Improve performance and security

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Design, develop, test, deploy (undetected)
Exploit
Protect by any means possible.
Open Source
Queue, design, develop, test, deploy. Make
user-friendly. Cater for all environments.
Commercial
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• Benchmark tests to applications
• Partner with vendors
• Pick and choose technology areas

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• Replace things that don't work or cost you money
  now
• Investigate feasibility for the next technology
  upgrade
• What is the biggest problem in your IT department
  right now?

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• Open Source in Government (www.egovos.org)
• Open Source Initiative (www.opensource.org)
• Open Office (www.openoffice.org)

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