Open Source Software

Open Source Software is currently being used by some of the worlds largest enterprises.  NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), Yahoo, Cox Communications, Government of Israel, Home Depot, Google, The Associated Press and NASA realize significant cost savings through their use of Open Source to operate web sites, business critical enterprise applications and packaged software.

Open source software offers significant advantages over traditional software for any business:

Lower Cost Operation

• Open Source products typically have lower license costs and dramatically reduced running costs that make up the Total Cost of Ownership.

Better Performance & Reliability

• A large community of users test open source software across a range of platforms before it is certified for production.

Ease of Deployment

• Open source focuses of the most essential functions required. You avoid the feature creep that results in having hundreds of rarely used features. This approach makes deployment easier.

Multiple Platform Flexibility

• Open source gives you access to the source thereby preventing lock-in to a single platform. Software is available on a variety of platforms. You can choose the most cost effective hardware and software solution to meet your needs.

Security

• It is typically more secure and suffers fewer attacks than proprietary software. When a problem is found it is addressed quickly because open source is out in the open available for peer review.