2. Open Source is here to stay
enabling the intelligent & low cost enterprise
• Cost Savings – No Licensing Fees • Open Standards
• Open Solutions vs Proprietary • Increased Security
software
• Cost Savings in Infrastructure
• Speed to Deployment and overall Reduced TCO
•and more…
Apache Moodle
Web server E-learning platform
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3. Is the Crisis Good or Bad
for Open Source software?
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5. Open Source software?
• Access to source code
• Users can modify and improve
• Anyone can redistribute
• Public collaborative development
• The power of many
– Open source projects built by hundreds / thousands of users and
developers
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6. Security and Risks
An open source system that all the bright developers have gone through and enhanced to
eliminate all vulnerabilities
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7. Open Source as a vehicle for
promoting economic development
• Government
• Private enterprises
• Municipalities
• Local Administration
• NGOs
• Non-profit organizations
• Universities
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8. Open Source solutions
• Operating systems Middleware / dev platforms
Databases Content management
systems
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9. Case study : eLearning in Romtelecom
using moodle, the open source collaboration platform
Scalable Architecture
Moodle Fast deployment : 1-2 months
E-learning platform
5.000 users trained in 2009
No Licenses, minimum operational costs
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10. Open Source Adoption Lifecycle
in the Enterprise
Embed
in Enterprise Wide
Use becomes more Mission Critical Systems
mainstream Significantly reducing costs
Explore
Minimal use in non-
critical systems
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