Open Source Solutions as the Way to Save Money and Eliminate Risk

[Marcos]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb 25, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Staff cuts and budget reductions - all signs of the difficult economic times organizations face today. Organizations are cancelling or delaying important new projects and evaluating cost-cutting measures just to survive. At the same time, proprietary software vendors are increasing license fees, and support and maintenance costs seemingly without concern as to how this affects their customers.
That is why Ingres Corporation, a leading provider of open source database management software and support services, and Rivet Logic, a leading provider of consulting and system integration services focused on open source content management solutions, will join together to host a webcast, "Save Money, Eliminate Risk - Transition to Commercial Open Source" on Wednesday, March 4 at 11 a.m. (PT)/2 p.m. (ET). To register, please click here.
The value of transitioning to an open source solution is well-known. No upfront license fees, pay only for what you use - but how does a company make the transition from proprietary software to an open source strategy? During the webcast, Mike Vertal, CEO of Rivet Logic, and Tom Wunderlich, director of business development at Ingres, will address some of these pressing questions:
-- How to do the transition?
-- What are the costs?
-- What are the risks?
-- What are the opportunities?
-- How do migration costs factor into the equation?
Open source products like Red Hat's JBoss Enterprise Middleware, Alfresco, and Ingres Database, along with open source systems integrators like Rivet Logic, offer a viable alternative that dramatically reduces costs and mitigates risk, without compromising on performance availability and supportability.
Vertal and Wunderlich will also discuss Connected Weddings, a first of its kind application for Facebook that uses Ingres, Red Hat's JBoss Enterprise Middleware, and Alfresco to integrate Web 2 functionality in wedding planning. New Gravity Ventures, creator of Connected Weddings, relied on Rivet Logic to build a stack using proven open source partner vendors like Ingres, Red Hat, and Alfresco to reduce costs without compromising reliability.
To learn how you can do the same, please join us for "Save Money, Eliminate Risk - Transition to Commercial Open Source" on Wednesday, March 4 at 11 a.m. (PT)/2 p.m. (ET).

http://opensource.co.uk/index.php/op...eliminate-risk

[aspoon]

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[Robredo]

Well done Marcos - it is very useful and cognitive article.

[ssiop]

Open source products like Red Hat's JBoss Enterprise Middleware, Alfresco, and Ingres Database, along with open source systems integrators like Rivet Logic, offer a viable alternative that dramatically reduces costs and mitigates risk, without compromising on performance availability and supportability.

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[giving4prosperity]

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[llqi]

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[chriscash01]

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[tanja]

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[andrew39]

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I will try them out!