Open Source had already moved out of the universities into home desktops and public institutions. Now the open source software is conquering the enterprise backend by enabling companies to deliver critical business services.
And what's is striking is the proliferation of different products in the enterprise space. The majority of enterprises worldwide are planning to use more open source than before in the next years.
The Rationale for Open Source
Companies direct their attention to open source for many reasons including - The licensing model of a a freely distributable software enables users to use, change the software for their own needs - Due to maturation and profileration of some base software the ease and spread of a building block approach for custom entire solutions or only parts.
- The ever increasing number of derivative and composite open source products boosted by the license model, which again themselves become a building block for more sophisticated solutions
- The low initial investment needed, which quickly justify new applications.
- Increased security against viruses due to the underlying technology.
Innorus and Open Source
Innorus puts a strong emphasis on open source solutions. When you start to discover the world of open source you will hear of dozens of Linux flavours, Apache HTTP Server, Lenya, Cocoon, James, PHP, JBoss. But which ones are the right ones for the enterprise? By selecting and standardizing on open source building blocks for ready made solutions, Innorus helps you to realize open source benefits in your enterprise quickly. In particular Innorus can help you to: - Open Source strategy research for your enterprise focusing on how you can benefit from open source.
- Open source web application offering
- Open source based custom enterprise applications
- Migration
- Windows Server family to Linux
- Unix to Linux
- Windows desktop to Linux desktop
- Database migration (Oracle on Linux, or proprietry to MySQL or PostGRE SQL
- Deployment of open source productivity software (office, graphics etc) on desktop both for Windows and Linux.