"Fifteen years after the introduction of the Linux kernel, next week's LinuxWorld conference will focus not on whether to use open source software--the market has answered that question--but on how to deploy, secure and manage the technology as part of a business IT operation.
"Virtualization, grid computing and service-oriented architecture, for example, are key areas for conference sessions and keynote addresses. Managing open source in heterogeneous environments will be an important issue, as will desktop Linux and mobile Linux, the latter an area that has been gaining steam..."