Forex Dreamer: How is Open Source Changing Enterprise IT? Next Fireside Chat, Aug. 4th

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Open source has gone from a fringe movement to the catalyst of a profound change in software development and distribution. Enterprises are using open source technologies more commonly than ever before due to the rapid pace of change in today's economy and the agility that open source provides.

In the next fireside chat, open source business leader Matt Asay joins Bernard Golden to explore the current state of open source — its benefits, challenges, dynamics and adoption within enterprise IT.

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Date: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
Time: 10 am PT / 1 pm ET / 6 pm GMT (1 hour)
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This discussion will cover topics such as:

Why open source has taken the enterprise IT market by storm
The future of proprietary software
How open source is a key component of "Third Platform" strategies
Building open source organizational skills
The paradox of "full stack" developers

If you have attended a previous fireside chat, you will be automatically registered for this edition and will receive a confirmation email.

Guest Luminary: Matt Asay, VP, Mobile, Adobe

Matt Asay has been involved with mobile and open source since 1998. He has ran marketing and community for MongoDB; has served as VP of business development at real-time analytics company Nodeable (acquired by Appcelerator in October 2012); VP of business development at mobile HTML5 start-up Strobe (now part of Facebook); chief operating officer at Canonical, the Ubuntu Linux company; and general manager of the Americas at Alfresco, a content management vendor.

Hosted by Bernard Golden, VP of Strategy, ActiveState
Named in Wired.com as one of the ten most influential people in cloud computing, Bernard Golden has authored or co-authored four books on virtualization, including Virtualization for Dummies and Amazon Web Services for Dummies, and is the cloud computing advisor for CIO.com.

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Press Release: ActiveState Reveals Five Advantages of Leveraging Open Source Technologies for Enterprise Application Development

Cost, Community and Innovation Among Key Reasons for Organizations to Engage with Open Source Technologies

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – July 22, 2015 – The IT world is quickly shifting to the "Third Platform", which IDC coined as the confluence of social, mobile, analytics (big data) and cloud as the foundation for next generation IT.

When it comes to staying competitive in the Third Platform world, open source will be a requirement, not an option. ActiveState today shared the top advantages of leveraging open source technologies in enterprise application development. Read the announcement.

We look forward to seeing you at our next Fireside Chat on August 4th!

- The Stackato Team, ActiveState