Found this article, Your Open Souce Plan on CIO Magazine (via Open Source Applications for Windows). The interesting point about this article is that it was written 3 years ago.
The article focused on the enterprise and how CIO are paying attention to open source, epsecially on the server end.
Open source is helping turn significant chunks of the IT infrastructure into commodities by offering alternatives to proprietary software.
Well, I believe small business owners should pay attention as well. Whether on the infrastructure or on the desktop.
IT or technology has over the years shifted from a supplementary role to an enabling role. It means that IT is no longer be a nice to have but a need to have.
For small business owners effective and resourceful leverage of open source softwares could become a competitive advantage.
This special report at InfoWorld covers many open source enterprise softwares including
- business intelligence (BI),
- business process management,
- content management,
- CRM,
- ERP,
- enterprise service bus,
- identity,
- directory,
- portal,
- point of sales (POS),
- RFID and
- VoIP.
Small or home business owners may not have the need for such enterprise class softwares but it is good to know the open source alternatives available.
Think about it, the day when a fortune 500 company and a SME uses the same open source CRM software. A possibility? Absoultely!
Via - http://freebizware.com/
Why open source?
By choosing an open source product, the user obtains a number of advantages compared to commercial products. Besides the fact that open source is always available for free, it is a transparent application, in that you are invited exclusively behind the scenes to view all source code and thereby to suggest improvements to the product. Furthermore, every product is covered by a large dedicated network, or community, who is more than willing to answer any questions, you may have.
There is indeed an eCommerce Software company that has been developing software since 2006. It’s called Shopping Cart Elite (eCommerce Solution). You will have the most advanced data infrastructure technology which will not only support automotive industry type data but any data which exists today including computer parts. It also includes an automated data mapper module which will allow you to enter 100, 500 or 50000 products into your shopping cart in under 30 minutes. It runs on a centralized advanced database with all security compliances internally managed. The marketing campaign tools are so advanced that it can literally launch the PPC campaign for you by researching your products on your website and suggesting keywords to use. After the campaign is launched, it can track every single visit from every campaign and report daily statistics on which particular keyword from which campaign converted into a sale and which campaign is recommended to be shut down.
Shopping Cart Elite was created considering the Open Source Community programs out there. Their program works on a low monthly subscription base. However there are more benefits then you think. You will have access to developers to create features you desire and they will never say “No, we can’t do it”. The features that you request will be developed FREE OF CHARGE as long as you are on the network. Free features include minor to intermediate modifications. If there are major modules to develop you will have a choice to have it developed for free but have a monthly subscription for that feature or you can help develop the feature and use it royalty free. If you develop the module on your own, not only will you be able to use it royalty free but also have an exclusive license to it. This means if you will want to license your module out to another user on the network, Shopping Cart Elite will help you do it and you will be able to earn money for each license sold. Definitely check them out (Shopping Cart Elite).
osalt.com provides a quick guide to the best open source software and helps you find open source alternatives to your favorite commercial products. At osalt.com, you can browse through software categories and compare pros and cons of both commercial products as well as open source software. By choosing an open source product, the user obtains a number of advantages compared to commercial products. Besides the fact that open source is always available for free, it is a transparent application, in that you are invited exclusively behind the scenes to view all source code and thereby to suggest improvements to the product. Furthermore, every product is covered by a large dedicated network, or community, who is more than willing to answer any questions, you may have.
- Visit this website: www.osalt.com/
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