The topics of this presentation contain the general challenge for Linux certifications and the appropriate concept of LPIC certifications in this situation. Also the aspects of local LPI developments in Switzerland and the promotion of trainees in 2009 and the advancement of the LPIC-1 and -2 exams are themes at this lecture.

During this session we will look at some of the characteristics required for long term storage, and how they are addressed through judicious use of open standards. We will then cover how the Open Document Format applies as an enabler for long term storage of documents, and, more importantly, their future retrieval.

The presentation introduces the challenges that presents the usage of IT in Education, focusing on a case of success in Andalusia (Spain), with more than 2,000 schools deployed and more than 400,000 users both students and teachers, on a collaborative knowledge and open-source environment.

Overview and practival samples of data processing and ETL tasks from the source to the infobright datawarehouse with unix tools and other utilities, using a multiple step process. Presented: Datagenerator, Awk, Sed, Business Rule Engine, Pentaho PDI .

With costs and reliability a key area of focus for businesses, more and more companies are switching to open source solutions. Find out how open source is changing the landscape of business IT and learn why Ubuntu is, and always be, free. We'll also be talking about why more and more companies are developing their own open source applications and capabilities.

With the values of open source at its core, Ubuntu Server Edition is fast becoming the server platform of choice for enterprises looking for a cost-effective, more reliable way to run their day-to-day operations. Whether it's file and print, web, email or database serving, Ubuntu Server Edition provides a high-performing IT infrastructure on which large organisations can run their essential common workloads. In this presentation we'll look at how open source is meeting the demands of businesses large and small.

Open source provides an easy-to-use, flexible, cost-effective IT environment that is well suited to the education community. In this presentation, we will explain how Ubuntu can help to transform educational IT. We'll also talk about how IT provider Amtron recently delivered 28,000 Ubuntu-based PCs to students in Assam, India.

With all the talk about the cloud and what it can do, are enterprises ready to adopt cloud computing? Learn how the cloud works and why enterprises can reap the benefits of the cloud. Hear how Canonical's Ubuntu on Amazon EC2 and Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud solutions can provide greater efficiency and flexibility to help businesses conduct their core business activities.

How does your organization approach the task of developing and supporting its software products? What tools do you use? How do you ensure quality? This forum is to foster an exchange of ideas between participants on what tools, techniques or practices that have been successful for them in the area of software development.

The presentation discusses how the development of new computing techniques, such as Grid Computing, and derived business models, can benefit from the Open Source eco system. It then introduces the Geneva library of distributed optimization algorithms as an example of designing a business model around both Open Source and distributed computing. Part of the discussion will cover both the constraints AND the supporting factors of this environment, as encountered by the author.