Barry Klawans is the chief technology officer at JasperSoft and is a founding member of the OpenSolutions Alliance. He has over 20 years of experience architecting and developing enterprise applications.
Open source technology is a boon to companies that want to add features and
functionality to their applications without the overhead. It eliminates the
cost of databases, operating systems, and other infrastructure components,
enabling quick and cost-effective access to new features. According to a
survey conducted by IT research firm Optaros, companies with more than $1
billion in annual revenue reported average savings of $3.3 million in 2004 as
a result of open source technology (September 2005). A similar survey
conducted by IDC showed that open source databases are used by 33% of the 600
companies it surveyed.
Because of its popularity, open source is becoming mainstream. It is no
longer offered only by unknown startups; HP, Unisys, Microsoft, and other
technology... (more)
Barry Klawans is the chief technology officer at JasperSoft and is a founding member of the OpenSolutions Alliance. He has over 20 years of experience architecting and developing enterprise applications.
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