Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster
I have just seen the line-up for IrishDev’s Java Conference and it is extremely impressive.
The conference is on in Dublin on November 7th and has speakers from Apache, Sun, Iona, JBoss, Oracle, and Microsoft amongst others.
Kudos to Fergal and the guys in IrishDev for organising what looks like will be a phenomenal day out for anyone with any interest in Java.
From the “They said it would never happen dept” comes news today that Microsoft have signed a deal with Novell!
The deal has been summarised into three main points by Dana Gardner:
- Under a technical cooperation agreement, Novell and Microsoft will work together in three primary areas to deliver new solutions to customers: virtualization, web services management and document format compatibility.
- Under a patent cooperation agreement, Microsoft and Novell provide patent coverage for their respective customers, giving customers peace of mind regarding intellectual property issues.
- Under a business cooperation agreement, Novell and Microsoft are committing to dedicate marketing and sales resources to promote joint solutions.
The timing of this deal is curious, coming as it does only a few short days after Oracle announces its enhanced support for Linux!
Looks like a competition to see who can love Linux the most these days, doesn’t it?
Jeff Nolan is a former executive at SAP (Jeff led the Apollo Strategy Group for SAP - aka the Oracle Attack group) and recently joined a silicon valley startup called Teqlo.
I will be interviewing Jeff tomorrow for the IT@Cork pre-conference podcast series.
If you have any questions you would like me to put to him, feel free to leave them in the comments.
UPDATE - this interview has been postponed until Tuesday Oct. 10th so you still have time to get your questions in!
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