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Enterprise Open Source
If Open source applications are so great,why isn't everyone using it?

Apart from the fact that you may already be using and you don’t know it, there are more reasons why some organisations hesitate adopting open source.You may be doing your business a disservice if you don’t consider Open Source software…
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Enterprise Open Source
Automate Your Business at a Fraction of the Cost

With the help of license-free, enterprise grade software applications, you can implement highy sophisticated business systems at an affordable price. Software that would have cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars in the past is now available at a fraction of the cost.

Companies implementing systems such as SAP (for enterprise resource planning), Siebel (for customer relationship management), Business Objects (for business intelligence) spend hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars. You can get equivalent products from Open source and achieve the same or higher level of productivity…
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Enterprise Open Source
Opensource,Freeware,Shareware - Are they the same?

No, they are different. Click to understand the terminology and their implications for your business… 
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News
Victoria's Deparment of Education implemented a wireless network using Open Source technologies connecting 540,000 students, 42,000 teachers, more than 200,000 computers, and 40,000 notebooks spread across the 1700 sites.




Olympic Games are a huge technological undertaking; it requires 1,200 team members, 450 Intel-based servers and UNIC boxes, 4,700 PCs and 700 printers. In an attempt to save on licensing fees, International Olympic Committee (IOC) technology partner Atos Origin has proposed a switch to an open source platform for the Neijing games in 2008. The bid, made under the guidance of subcontractors IBM and HP, hinges on approval from the traditionally conservatice IOC. - From eWeek




Eighty-seven percent of respondents surveyed by Optaros Inc., in conjunction with InformationWeek Magazine, use open source software, according to this piece. The study, which was conducted in late 2005, covered 512 companies, government agencies and other organizations.




Open Source continue to be hot this year. Thanks to Dreamworks Animation SKG, that mashup is on its way to Hollywood. The company had migrated to Linux and other open source technologies over a year ago.




In response to the increasing demand for open source professionals, a group has launched POSITIVE, the Philippine Open Source Initiative, through which colleges and universities are able to add open source subjects to their course offerings. The backing group includes the development arm of the German government, Wireless Services Asia and the European IT Service Center Foundation.




Despite many commercial software comapanies' claims about the security of their products, open source software is very difficult to compete with when it comes to security. because of its worldwide use in research, open source software is always on the cutting edge of security. I trust open source software because I know a lot of other people have seen the same code I'm seeing. - From Tech Republic http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-1009_11-5692631.html?tag=nl.e105




The gap between what companies want from their software and what they are getting from vendors continues to grow, say experts. As dicontinues grows, so does interest in unconventional models like virtualization, software-as-a-service and open source.




Since it arrived, open-source technology has lured many an enterprise thanks to a cheaper price point , greater code flexibility and the ability to tweak an application or system to specific needs. All those factors keep pushing open source in the face of today's mega database giants such as Oracle, Microsoft and IBM. Sony is just one of many huge organizations excited about open-source technologies, specifically when it comes to database systems. - Business Week http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2006/tc20060206_918648.htm




“If anyone says that Linux (an open source operating system) is not secure enough or stable enough, ask them if they used their bank’s ATM recently. 80% of the banks use  our hardware in ATMs and our ATM hardware uses Linux. If it is not secure or stable, banks wouldn’t be using them”. - Martin Fink, VP, Hewlett Packard, in Linux World Conference, Sydney, 2006 




“Any technology leader, in the public or private sector, who is not supporting and implementing open standards should resign and get out if the business” - Peter Quinn, ex-CIO, Massachusetts State Govt.




Coonan encourages use of open source software - ZDnet http://www.agimo.gov.au/media/2004/08/35491.html




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The OpenOffice.org office suite has come a long way since its inception -- so much so that it’s now a viable alternative to Microsoft Office. - ZDnet Review http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/0,39023731,20270300,00.htm




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