PHP Industrialization

PHP has infiltrated every enterprise in the world thanks to the vitality of Open Source, and pure pragmatism. PHP is now facing a new world : it is adopting traditional development methods and tools. But it also brings in new culture to companies.

1st OCTOBER 2009 - 14.00-16.00 - EUROSITES GEORGE V, PARIS

14.00-16.00

PHP Industrialization

There was a time where PHP had to find small cracks in the door to get into the enterprise. Being small, efficient, to the point, it found its way making people's life easier. Thanks to its sheer pragmatism and the adoption of a number of easy-to-use and ready-made software, it has seduced users and even whole departments.
Going from comfort applications to mission critical platform was the obvious next step. PHP is now reinventing itself and producing the tools that assists larger teams : rock solid frameworks, in-production monitoring and management tools as well as standard software methodologies. We are witnessing an incredible metamorphosis where yesterday's geeky developers are now putting on sleeves and trousers.
Although PHP is challenging the established order, it still brings at its core its Open Source nature. Too often, proprietary vendors have established monoculture. Indeed, PHP is bringing more than just technology and cost reduction : it also comes with a lively community, habits of collaboration and even a unique culture.

Damien Seguy
Damien Seguy is leader of the Open Source Expertise Services, at Alter Way Group.
Damien brings 10 years of experience to customers, in the field of security, architecture and performances. He helps promote PHP, MySQL and Free Software for compagnies and institutions. He is also co-author of the Zend Certifications, phather of the world famous elePHPant plush toy.

http://www.alterwayconsulting.com/

Laurent Avignon
Alban Henry
Fabien Potencier

16.30-17.30

OPEN WORLD FORUM KEYNOTE from Jim Zemlin (Executive Director, Linux Foundation): "Moblin, Chrome, Android, Ubuntu, etc: What's the Deal with Linux on the Desktop?", plus roundtable : "OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITIES: REDEFINING THE WHOLE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY" with executives from Apache, Eclipse, Linux Foundation, Open Solutions Alliance and OW2.

Marc Cherfi

Coach et Architecte Senior chez Octo Technology Marc est OCTO Technology depuis 2004. Comme architecte, coach ou développeur, il s'intéresse aux dynamiques complexes qui régissent la production d'un logiciel aussi bien sur les aspects processus, procédés ou humains avec pour objectif la nécessité de rendre les logiciels plus adaptés aux hommes et adaptables aux changements.Par ailleurs, Marc est architecte et développeur de l'outil d'analyse de code java XDepend (www.xdepend.com) .

Fabien Potencier

Fabien Potencier is a serial entrepreneur. In 1998, right after graduation, Fabien founded his very first company with a fellow student. The company was a web agency focused on simplicity and Open Source technologies, and was called Sensio. His acute technical knowledge and his endless curiosity won him the confidence of many French big corporate companies. Fabien is the lead developer of the symfony framework. Today, Fabien spends most of his time as Sensio's CEO and as the symfony project leader.

Alban Hanry

Alban Hanry a été contributeur au framework open source PHP5 : Prado. Prado a la particularité d'implémenter une approche événementielle aux développements d'application et se positionne comme un RAD dans l'écosystème PHP. Après avoir mené des projets de refonte et d'intégration techniques pour des grands comptes en France, Alban a rejoint Zend Technologies début 2007. Aujourd'hui Alban est responsable des services professionnels au niveau mondial chez Zend Technologies. Il est certifié PHP4, PHP5 et Zend Framework.

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