Today, Optaros and the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) received the 2009 Red Hat Innovation Award in the JBoss Extensive Ecosystem Category. The award recognizes our work with the MCCA on their custom, open source event management system. The 3rd annual Red Hat Innovation Awards were given to 11 Red Hat customers and partners in | View post »
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by Marc Osofsky
on 23 Oct 2008
In late 2007, MCCA engaged Optaros to build a comprehensive Event Management System that enables the MCCA staff and their partners to sell, plan and deliver events to their customers. The solution supports MCCA’s core business operations in the event management lifecycle including: Sales and Facility Booking Event and Exhibitor Space Setup and Service Order | View post »
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by Marc Osofsky
on 08 Jul 2008
Here is a snippet of the conversation I had with Steve Snyder, CIO of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, describing his movement from .Net to Open Source.
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by Marc Osofsky
on 23 Apr 2008
Many industries have been ignored by the major commercial software vendors because of their unique requirements and smaller overall market size compared to larger industries. This has resulted in the survival of small, industry-specific software companies with decades-old technology platforms as the only commercial software alternative for organizations in these neglected verticals. The good news | View post »
