International open source conference comes to Bristol
Bristol based, Netsight Internet Solutions, a web design agency
based in Berkeley Square, Clifton, has been selected to host the
Plone Conference 2010 in Bristol at the end of October.
The conference is expected to attract around 500 delegates with
a variety of professional backgrounds from around the world and
will be a significant boost for the Open Source Software movement
in the UK.
Open Source Software is released with its source code, allowing
organisations to modify and extend it to suit their requirements.
It is created by communities which release it without licence fees,
meaning that the initial and ongoing costs of ownership are
reduced. Because of this, many businesses and public sector
organisations are using Open Source Software to be more flexible
and reduce their IT costs.
Popular Open Source Software offerings such as Linux and Open
Office have seen substantial increases in market share as the
recent global recession has prompted more and more organisations to
look for additional value from their software. The UK Government is
already heavily backing Open Source software, accelerating its use
in public services.
Some 46 per cent of businesses have implemented open source
software, or plan to pilot it this year, according to a Forrester
Research survey of 2,200 IT executives in the UK, France, Germany,
the US and Canada. (Source Forrester: Fast growth for open source
software in enterprises, via computerworlduk.com)
First released in 2001, Plone is a widely used enterprise-level
Open Source Web Content Management system, used to build
technically advanced websites and large corporate intranets. It
allows non-technical people to easily create and manage content,
and provides administrators with a powerful set of workflow and
group management tools. Plone is used by organisations as diverse
as NASA, Oxfam, eBay, The University of Oxford, Warwickshire Police
Force and Novell.
The annual Plone conference is a popular and internationally
anticipated event within the world of software technology. The
event attracts attendees from over 30 countries to learn from
Plone’s top developers, hear case-studies of some of the most
successful Plone projects, and participate in Open Space
discussions with the rest of the Plone community that help shape
the future direction of the project.
More information on the conference can be found on the
Plone website or you can e-mail Netsight at ploneconf2010@netsight.co.uk.