Ian Roughley
New England Software Symposium
Boston · Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2006
Software Consultant
Ian Roughley is a speaker, author, and consultant based in Boston, MA, where he runs From Down & Around, Inc., a consultancy specializing in architecture, development, and process improvement services. For more than 10 years, he has been helping clients ranging in size from Fortune 10 companies to start-ups.
Focused on a pragmatic and results-based approach, he is a proponent for open source, as well as process and quality improvements through agile development techniques.
Ian is a committer on the XWork and WebWork projects; member of the Apache Struts PMC; and speaks at conferences in the United States and abroad. He is also a Sun Certified Java Programmer and J2EE Enterprise Architect and an IBM Certified Solutions Architect.
Presentations
Evaluating Open Source Solutions
Many companies and most, if not all, software today utilizes open source. Whether it is databases, application servers, frameworks or libraries, these projects are fast becoming a standard commodity for building business-related functionality upon and speeding up development time. Sometimes technology evaluations are done, but frequently the library is simply slipped into the code base to address an urgent requirement - often without evaluating the technology beyond the immediate need.