The Risks and Rewards of Building Open Source Based Solutions

Baljeet Malhotra is Vice President of Research at Black Duck Software and Founder of Black Duck Software Canada, a research division of Black Duck. The Risks and Rewards of Building Open Source Based Solutions Usage of Open Source Software and Services (OSSS) has helped enterprises of all scales, whether they are billion dollar businesses or small startups, in accelerating innovation. Due to the inherent community support that comes with OSSS, enterprises benefit by not only producing reliable and high quality software solutions and services quickly but also by reducing the costs of those solutions and services. With the increased usage of OSSS and the benefits that come with them, the challenges of using OSSS, particularly in the areas of software security, quality, reliability and legal compliance have also increased dramatically. In this discussion, we will talk about: 1. How to leverage upon millions of OSSS for building innovative solutions more effectively and faster that have high return on investment, and 2. How to manage OSSS-based solutions from security, compliance and quality perspectives.

Join us on January 31st at Spacekraft by CMPNY in Burnaby to hear learn about the Risks and Rewards of Building Open Source Based Solutions.

Tickets are free, but seating is limited.

Register today.

5:30pm: Registration, snacks and socializing 6:00pm: Speaker 6:45pm: Networking

About Baljeet: Baljeet Malhotra is Vice President of Research at Black Duck Software and Founder of Black Duck Software Canada, a research division of Black Duck. Previously, he was Research Director at SAP, where he derived IoT standards strategy. Before that he was a Computational Scientist with the Earth Observation Systems Laboratory and a Senior Software Engineer at Satyam Computers. He holds a PhD in Computing Science from the University of Alberta. Baljeet did his post-doc work at the National University of Singapore. He has published numerous scientific reports and patents. He was NSERC Canada scholar during 2005-2010, and awarded Global Young Scientist by the Government of Singapore in 2011 and 2012.