ame: Linux unstoppable in Middle East says IBM Posted June 22, 2003 by Linux-2000 Staff

It is aimed at helping decision makers evaluate how they can adopt this technology as the region increasingly looks to adopt open source software as an alternative to expensive and restrictive proprietary technology. Hosted by IBM Middle East, along with its General Marketing and Services Representative for the Gulf, Gulf Business Machines (GBM), the "Linux: Crossing the Chasm" event will be held in Oman on the 29th June, Bahrain on the 30th June, and Kuwait on the 1st of July.

Keynote speakers will be Dr Khaled al Ghoniem, Chairman of the Saudi Computer Society, who will examine issues such as Arabic support and security within Linux, and Rob Lamb, IBM's Worldwide Director of Linux Sales, who will cover the business case for Linux, and why it makes sense in the medium and large enterprise. Other topics that will be discussed will be the enterprise software applications available today for Linux, and the advantages of running Linux on IBM's eServers.

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