The Judges will be choosing from the five Business Applications that received the most nominations, during the nomination stage. They will be selecting their top three based on a number of factors including maintainability – Security, performance and scalability, usability, size and support from community/commercial support options, marketplace for third party plugins and extensions, customer base – number of business running the application, ease of configuration/ integration with content management systems, customization/adaptability, scalability. The Judging panel is made up from a list of experienced and respected figures in the open source, ecommerce and Business Application industry :
Jamie Huskisson
Jamie has been developing as a "full-time freelancer" since he was 15. Recently turning 25 and opening up his own web development agency, he's continuing to enjoy that success. Having experience with various Open Source software and a vast knowledge of this area makes him the perfect judge for this category. You can follow Jamie on Twitter here.
Kevin Haas
Kevin Haas is a business intelligence technology consultant based in Chicago, IL with over 20 years of experience in databases, predictive analytics and business intelligence. He is a partner at OpenBI, LLC (www.openbi.com), a firm dedicated to open-source business intelligence, analytics and big data solutions. Kevin is a regular speaker at business technology conferences and has written articles for publications including Information Management and Linux Magazine. He holds a Masters Degree from Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s Degree from University of Florida. Kevin can be reached at kevin.haas@openbi.com.
Paul Anthony
Paul has been involved in software development for over 10 years, and has developed bespoke e-commerce solutions on behalf of major UK brands. He is passionate about software, and open source development, and regular blogs and reviews new software entering the marketplace on his personal blog Webdistortion. He is currently employed with PropertyPal - the leading Northern Ireland property portal. You can follow Paul on Twitter here.
You!
The final judge is made up of votes from customers and visitors to www.PacktPub.com. You have the chance to support your favorite Business Applications by submitting a vote when the final five are announced.
View the other judges :
- Open Source CMS Judges
- Open Source Mobile Toolkits and Libraries Judges
- Most Promising Open Source Project Judges
- Open Source JavaScript Library Judges
- Open Source Multimedia Software Judges
