OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

In simple terms Open Source Software means that the terms of licensing the software to you rather than under traditional proprietary licenses where you pay sometime per copy or per user, you as a user are granted additional rights. We tend to favour software which follows the four freedoms detailed in the free software foundations definition:

• The freedom to run the program, for any purpose.

• The freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish.

• The freedom to redistribute copies.

• The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others.

Many everyday software applications have an Open Source equivalent which may give you the opportunity to save money on costly Software licenses. Want to get off the costly software upgrade treadmill? Or maybe you would like to look at Enterprise grade software which previously was out of reach to your organisation. Speak to us and we show you how Open Source can benefit your organisation. In some instances our solutions can make reuse of existing hardware or increase the life cycle between hardware upgrades.