The Group will discuss open source trends in systems management. Panel participants will discuss both the benefits and precautions to take when investigating open source management software.

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Speaker Bios:
Nora Denzel recently retired from HP as the senior vice president and general manager of HP’s over one-billion dollar software division. At HP, Denzel led one of the most dramatic turn-arounds in the software industry by reinvigorating HP’s OpenView and OpenCall software product lines through both internal product development and the successful integration of over eight acquisitions. During her tenure as HP’s software chief, software sales more than doubled the bottom line improved by over 72%. She has been named as one of the top 20 "Storage Movers and Shakers" by Storage, Inc. magazine and one of the most powerful people in networking by Network World magazine.

Murat Aksu is responsible for Products and Marketing for Zenoss. Formerly Director of Product Marketing of Application Delivery for Mercury Interactive/HP Software, Murat brings to Zenoss more than 10 years of experience in applications, security, and software markets globally. His previous experience within Mercury/HP Software saw Murat head up Competitive and Market Intelligence, Engagement Management and Pre Sales. Murat has built and managed marketing organizations for companies and division from zero to $200+ million in license revenues.

Tony Barbagallo, as Vice President of Product Management and Marketing for GroundWork, oversees product management, corporate and channel marketing, as well as the company's presence within the open source community. Tony brings more than 20 years of strategic marketing and selling experience to GroundWork. He most recently served as Vice President of Marketing at EVault, a provider of online backup and recovery systems, with responsibility for strategic marketing and product management initiatives. Prior to that, Barbagallo was vice president of sales and marketing for Dantz Development where he oversaw the return of the company to profitability and subsequent acquisition by EMC. Previous to Dantz, Tony was group marketing manager at Microsoft, where he led the product marketing and partner alliance programs for the Windows CE operating system and tools. Tony came to Microsoft via the acquisition of VXtreme, a developer of streaming media technology, where he served as Vice President of Marketing. Tony has also held a variety of sales and marketing positions with Mentor Graphics, Wind River, Sun Microsystems and General Electric.

William Hurley is the Chief Architect of Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc. Also known as "whurley", he is responsible for creating BMC's open source agenda and overseeing the company's participation in various free and open source software communities to advance the adoption and integration of BSM solutions. A technology visionary and holder of 11 important patents, whurley brings 16 years of experience in developing groundbreaking technology. He is the Chairman of the Open Management Consortium, a non-profit organization advancing the adoption, development, and integration of open source systems management. Named an IBM Master Inventor, whurley has received numerous awards including an IBM Pervasive Computing Award and Apple Computer Design Award.