Squiz And Funnelback Announce First Joint Industry Briefing With Featured Gartner
Analyst.
Following the recent acquisition of Funnelback, Squiz has announced that it will be holding a
registration-only event in Sydney on 27th August, 2009. The event will feature Gartner Research
Vice President Brian Prentice, Squiz Managing Director John-Paul Syriatowicz and Funnelback
Chief Scientist David Hawking. The theme of the briefing is ‘Open Source Software -
Unavoidable, Beneficial and Coming To An Application Near You’.
Sydney 20
th
July, 2009 – On the back of the recent acquisition of Funnelback from the CSIRO,
Squiz has announced an exclusive industry briefing in Sydney for senior IT professionals to
explore the benefits of open source software and experience real world case studies in open
source functionality.
Featured keynote speaker, Gartner Research Vice President Brian Prentice will be presenting a
session on why adopting open source software is not a matter of if – it’s a matter of when. Brian
will describe why this trend is occurring and how organisations can benefit and be prepared.
Getting time with a Gartner Research VP is rare, and this event should be popular with industry
professionals grabbing this opportunity.
Squiz Managing Director John-Paul Syriatowicz will describe how the supported open source
software model provides new opportunities for reducing cost and risk in enterprise web content
management projects. He will also demonstrate MySource Matrix, the most popular open source
content management system within Australian government as a case study.
Funnelback Chief Scientist David Hawking will be presenting a session on why effective search is
a vital ingredient of successful content management and how to successfully help customers,
clients and employees succeed in information and service seeking activities. Funnelback employs
open source technology and attendees will experience a case study of their flagship product,
Funnelback Enterprise.
"Squiz has 10 years of experience deploying and supporting open source software. I'm pleased to
say that we've observed a significant upswing of mainstream acceptance of supported open
source solutions in the last 12 months, a trend also observed by Gartner ", says Syriatowicz.
Attendees will have an opportunity to interact with the three presenters in a roundtable
debate/Q&A as part of the agenda.
About Gartner
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) is the world’s leading information technology research and advisory
company. Gartner delivers technology-related insight for CIOs and senior IT leaders to make the
right decisions, every day. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut,
U.S.A., and has 4,000 associates, including 1,200 research analysts and consultants in 80
countries.
About Squiz
Squiz is one of the world’s largest privately owned content management companies with offices
throughout Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Europe and also the United States later
this year. Squiz is the author of MySource Matrix, a fully supported enterprise class supported
open source content management system used by governments, universities and corporations
About Funnelback
Funnelback creates a powerful search engine of the same name used to search many web sites
and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s iconic portal www.abc.net.au. For more see
Agenda
8.30am
Registration, tea & coffee
8.45am
Welcome by John-Paul Syriatowicz
9.00am
Session One - Brian Prentice
Adopting Open Source Software
9.30am
Session Two - John-Paul Syriatowicz
Supported Open Source Software
10.00am
Session Three - David Hawking
The Importance of Search and Searchability
10.30am
Tea, coffee & pastries
10.45am
Session 4 - John-Paul Syriatowicz
Demonstration of MySource Matrix
11.15
Brian Prentice conclusions
11.30am
Roundtable Q&A discussion featuring all three speakers
12.00pm
Close
Event Details
Date: 27th August, 2009
Time: 8.30am till noon
Location: L’Aqua, The Roof Terrace, Cockle Bay Wharf, Darling Park in Sydney
Cost: FREE
For further details contact Chris Ford, Squiz National Sales & Marketing Manager, on 02 8507
9900 or cford@squiz.net.
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