Voice is not the only application for OS in the Enterprise, and is being used at all levels, including the IT layer, the application layer, and as middleware. Proprietary software still dominates in the Enterprise, but many data-centric applications lend themselves well to OS, such as peer-to-peer file sharing. Enterprises need to have confidence in OS, and vendors must be able to address some key questions.
• How well can OS scale to keep pace with growth?
• Can vendors really support OS across the whole Enterprise?
• How well will it integrate with existing networks and software platforms?
• Does quality or performance need to be compromised with the lower cost of OS?

Bob Andreasen has spent the last eight years developing software and applications that support enterprise communications and computing. He currently serves as the Board Secretary for SIPfoundry, the premier SIP-based open source IP telephony development community, and as the technical lead of Pingtel's application software development for xpressa phone and instant xpressa softphone. Mr. Andreasen represented Pingtel on the JAIN SIP Lite (JSR-125) expert group, and authored an article in Java Developers Journal. Prior to joining Pingtel, he provided engineering leadership and support to a variety of companies including FactPoint, Parametric Technology Corporation, Domain Manufacturing Corporation, and DataViz. Bob has He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology.

A native of Finland, Marten Mickos holds a strong track record of leadership
in global high-tech companies.  Since joining MySQL in 2001, he has
developed a profitable, sustainable business based on the company's
highly-popular open source database.  Many of the world's largest
organizations are realizing significant cost savings by using MySQL to power
high-volume Web sites, business-critical applications and packaged software.

Prior to MySQL, Mickos was CEO at MatchON Sports, which he grew to become
one of the hottest e-businesses in Europe at the time. He was previously CEO
at telecom software vendor Intellitel Communications. Prior to that, he
directed worldwide sales efforts at several technology companies.

Arnold is a Senior Information Technology Architect for Southern Company. In this capacity he identifies new technology and assesses its business value. Currently Arnold is focused on Voice over IP technology with an emphasis on telephony applications and enhancements. He is a graduate of SUNY College at Oswego and a TIA certified Convergence Technologies Professional. He also holds contractor’s licenses in Electrical Power, Telecommunications and Outside Plant.
Arnold has developed many ingenious migration and support strategies for enterprise PBX and voicemail networks. He used his background in educational design to author and instruct in-house classes on PBX service and data communications. Arnold’s innovative telecommunications ideas have been published in Teleconnect Magazine.

Hal Stern is Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Software at Sun Microsystems. His role includes providing architectural and governance support across the operating system, management and connected customer platforms within software, as well as emphasizing elements of security and performance. Hal is also active in defining Sun's open source strategies.
In his 15 years with Sun, Hal has been the CTO for Sun Services, Chief Architect of Sun Professional Services, CTO for the Sun ONE (iPlanet) infrastructure products division and the Chief Technologist of Sun's Northeast US Sales Area.
Hal has co-authored technical books on networking and high availability techniques. Hal served as contributing editor for SunWorld Magainze (http://www.sunworld.com) for five years, and was on the editorial staff and advisory board of JavaWorld magazine.

Setting the telecommunications strategy for BEA and industry, Mr Tait Founded the JAINTM initiative defining Java technology for communications. He is responsible for the development and marketing of Java specifications and products into the telecommunications industry. He organized international standards, community, and user group meetings for creating standards and driving the communications market toward standard based interfaces, platforms, and protocols. At BEA, Mr Tait is driving Java platforms into Telecommunications with the Weblogic Communications Platform and he Weblogic SIP Server.