Open Source as a Catalyst for Innovation and Cultural Change Featuring Yahoo!

Clearvision partners Black Duck are hosting a webinar on:

Thursday, July 28, 2011 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Registration link - https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/696237048

Fact: Open source is a fundamental part of many of the world's leading development organizations, and is often credited with enabling and enhancing innovation. But how do open source and the community model of development impact organizational structure and culture?

Join Black Duck on this webinar to hear a senior executive from Yahoo! share his experience and perspective on leveraging the positive business and network effects of open source while simultaneously managing some of the challenges it presents. Learn more about how the right support and boundaries can:

• Lead to breakthrough products by creating the right environment for innovation
• Increase developer productivity and satisfaction
• Help bridge the cultural, organizational and geographic boundaries of world-class organizations; and leverage your competitive position by working with unlikely partners

Registration link - https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/696237048

Speakers

Gil Yehuda is director of open source at Yahoo! Inc. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Gil was a Senior Analyst at Forrester Research focusing on information management, knowledge management, and collaboration strategy. He was also an Enterprise Architect at Fidelity Investments where he was responsible for IT governance and development technology standards. Gil is an influential blogger in the Enterprise 2.0, Open Source, and Innovation marketplace, and has been keynote speaker and featured presenter at numerous conferences.

Andrew Aitken is Founder and Managing Partner of Olliance Group, the leading open source management consultancy. He is an expert on strategies for the commercialization of open source and a leader in the open source community. In 2001, Andrew founded Olliance Group with other industry veterans to provide management and business strategy consulting to companies leveraging open source where he has personally advised firms such as IBM, Intel, Microsoft, and dozens of VCs and start-ups.

Registration link - https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/696237048