This panel discussion will explore customer motivations for adopting open source software; operational experiences with open source adoption – such as maintenance and cost control; disruptive business models and which market segments are being impacted; as well as many other issues impacting open source adoption in the Enterprise and Government. The panelists will also draw from the 2010 Future of Open Source survey and discuss how businesses can continue to boost productivity and foster innovation with open source technologies.

Why is that? Because in the CRM Outsider - a blog that SugarCRM lets him write with freedom - he takes on important issues and muses about important subjects. That could range from a post on Trust v. Attention as the Prime Currency of the Social CRM Economy to a guest post by Mitch Lieberman, VP of SugarCRM and thinker extraordinare on The Consumerization of the Enterprise, where Mitch suggested in a positive way that he and Marc Benioff agreed on something.

SugarCRM is beefing up its channel partner program as the software developer looks to add 40 to 50 solution providers to its reseller ranks. The vendor is also expanding the types of partners it works with, adding incentives for consultants and other companies that provide SugarCRM with referrals, but don't resell the SugarCRM product. SugarCRM unveiled the enhanced program this week at Everything Channel's XChange Solution Provider conference in Los Angeles.