One Point Weblog http://www.onepointltd.com/blog One Point Consulting Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:57:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en Is Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) the major strategic driver to migrate to Open Source? Find out what the LSE report says…? http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2011/12/28/is-total-cost-of-ownership-tco-the-major-strategic-driver-to-migrate-to-open-source-find-out-what-the-lse-report-says/ http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2011/12/28/is-total-cost-of-ownership-tco-the-major-strategic-driver-to-migrate-to-open-source-find-out-what-the-lse-report-says/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:57:11 +0000 Shashin Shah http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/?p=99 The objective of ‘Reducing cost and driving up efficiency’ has led many organizations to shift to the use of Open Source Software (OSS). Flexibility, easy customization, wide choice of vendors, open standard and open data are the other factors that have led many organizations to have renewed interest in OSS as a part of cost saving approaches.

Initiatives in many countries including Europe, in the USA and in the BRIC countries are proof of these policy ambitions. Around the globe, even governments have started taking initiatives to foster open source. The US government’s open government initiative is the best example. You can find here detailed information on this initiative.

The latest report from the prestigious London School of Economics (LSE) has certainly raised the spirit of the Open Source industry. This report was prepared for the UK Cabinet Office supported by OpenForum Europe.

LSE prepared this report to provide an independent evaluation of the possible savings to Government through the targeted use of free/open source software. The study came up with enduring cost reductions benefits by collecting evidence from those who are involved with the open source community or offering support services (with extensive experience).

Highlights of the findings that prove adopting Open Source is a good idea:

When asked to participants “Does your organisation have a policy in support for open source?”  The responders reacted with just over half of their organisations had a policy in respect of open source.

Answering the question “Do you have substantial contracted support? If so is it from your usual systems integrator/partner?” Respondents spilt almost 50:50 as to whether they had substantial contracted support for open source or not. From the comments made it is clear that many see this as essentially an in-house task, and some saw it as a part of their wider commitment to the OS community.

Besides that, the major concern for many companies is reducing dependency on service providers or software (called vendor lock-in). In the report, ‘reduced vendor lock-in’ was found as the top scoring strategic driver for open source adoption. Value for money was the close second.

The respondents distinguished a range of important cost saving categories considering the component parts of the TCO model. The number one was cost of software, closely followed by cost of customization for specific business need. When considering the ease or difficulty of estimating these cost factors respondents were equally clear. It was no surprise that most of the respondents were aware that open source adoption does help overall to reduce costs.

“Respondents were clear that real cost savings are possible from adoption of open source software - license fees and other acquisition costs are close to zero.”

“Over half of the respondents gave examples of situations where OSS had replaced proprietary software. And there was strong agreement that these uses of OSS had saved the organisation money.”

“Some UK local authorities explained how open source supported agility. They saw the response time for queries and bug fixes as astounding compared to working with proprietary software companies who worked to their own cycles of product development.”

But, on the other hand…

“Respondents often emphasized that if open source is to become an accepted part of information systems work within the public sector then it needs government-level policies to sustain such a change including an overhaul of procurement processes. Most see this as an essential levelling of the playing field that can provide open source service companies, particularly in the SME sector, with a chance of survival and growth.”

The interviewees believe that open source is not just confined to saving money; it is also more able in the long run to be able to provide the types of systems and services that the public sector needs, and in a way that reflects the common interests of the sector.

You can also read the whole LSE report by clicking here.

]]> http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2011/12/28/is-total-cost-of-ownership-tco-the-major-strategic-driver-to-migrate-to-open-source-find-out-what-the-lse-report-says/feed/ OSSCube Becomes World’s First Zend Center of Excellence http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2011/01/27/osscube-becomes-worlds-first-zend-center-of-excellence/ http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2011/01/27/osscube-becomes-worlds-first-zend-center-of-excellence/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:38:47 +0000 Shashin Shah http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/?p=92

OSSCube is very pleased to announce the world’s first Zend Centre of Excellence.

OSSCube UK Limited (A One Point Sister Company) is part of OSSCube and  looks forward to working in close partnership with Zend.  Full press release below:

PRESS RELEASE:

Raleigh RTP (North Carolina), 26 January 2011 — OSSCube today announced its selection by Zend Technologies, the PHP Company, as the world’s first Zend Center of Excellence (CoE). As a Zend CoE, OSSCube is recognized as a center for PHP best practices and a Zend Solutions Partner positioned to deliver innovative and productive applications and services to mid- to large-sized enterprises across the U.S., the U.K. and India. OSSCube U.K. becomes a Zend Authorized Training Center, certified to provide full training and support for Zend Certification programs.

The Zend Center of Excellence program was launched in January 2011 by Zend Technologies as part of its ongoing PHP community thought leadership and knowledge sharing for effective use of PHP open source and commercial solutions for enterprise application development. Zend provides developers with an integrated solution ideal for Web and cloud computing environments that includes Zend Server Web application server, the Zend Studio IDE and Zend Framework, the leading PHP application framework.

“OSSCube is proud to be the first to establish a Zend Center of Excellence, an important step in our commitment to provide customers with best-of-breed practices, tools and solutions for successful application development and management on the Zend PHP platform. We are confident that our expanded partnership with Zend will enable us to deliver even higher value and ROI in our engagements,” said Lavanya Rastogi, President and Co-founder, OSSCube.

“We are impressed by the steadfast commitment of OSSCube to developing and promoting industry standard best practices for PHP open source and commercial solutions,” said Siddhartha Agarwal, VP, Americas & Emerging Markets Field Operations at Zend. Their strong team of Zend certified professionals consistently break new ground with Zend and PHP in large-scale and business-critical implementations around the world.”

About OSSCube

Headquartered in North Carolina with offices in the U.K. and India, OSSCube is a leading global Open Source software development company with expertise in outsourced product development. We are dedicated to providing solutions to businesses by leveraging the power of open source software, solutions and technologies. OSSCube partners with leading technology providers such as Zend, EnterpriseDB, Acquia and SugarCRM, to provide the most innovative and effective solutions possible. With over a decade of experience and 200+ team members, OSSCube has an established track record of delivering solutions cost-effectively and on time. Learn more at http://php.osscube.com

About Zend

Zend Technologies, Inc., the PHP Company, is the leading provider of software and services for developing, deploying and managing business-critical PHP applications for Web, cloud and mobile computing environments. PHP runs 35 percent of the world’s Web sites and has quickly become the most popular language for building dynamic Web applications. The Zend family of products delivers a comprehensive solution supporting the entire application lifecycle, being deployed at more than 35,000 companies worldwide. Zend is headquartered in California with offices in France, Germany, Ireland, Israel and Italy.

Learn more at http://www.zend.com.

]]> http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2011/01/27/osscube-becomes-worlds-first-zend-center-of-excellence/feed/ OSSCube launches into the European market with One Point Consulting http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2010/12/28/osscube-launches-into-the-european-market-with-one-point-consulting/ http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2010/12/28/osscube-launches-into-the-european-market-with-one-point-consulting/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 08:45:18 +0000 Shashin Shah http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/?p=90 OSSCube launches into the European market with One Point Consulting


Press Release
OSSCube, as OSSCube UK, enters into the European market with a landmark joint venture with One Point Consulting Ltd, one of the leading open source consulting providers in UK. the joint venture will address the needs of the European market.

OSSCube marks its entry into the European market with a landmark joint venture with one of the leading open source consulting providers in UK - One Point Consulting Ltd.  Known as OSSCube UK, the joint venture will address the needs of the European market. One Point brings a range of skills and partnerships including Zimbra, MindTouch and Processmaker, which complements the OSSCube service lines. OSSCube UK will proactively be promoting the solutions and services of OSSCube including SugarCRM, Zend, LAMP, MySQL and EnterpriseDB.

“With extensive experience in the areas of Enterprise Architecture, Systems Integration, Programme Management, Identity Systems and Open Source with rigour and strong ethics, One Point enriches the OSSCube family with its unique insights into the European market and provides a strategic advantage by enabling us with the requisite expertise, and skills to successfully deliver projects” said OSSCube’s President and co-founder Lavanya Rastogi.

“By becoming a part of the OSSCube family, One Point Consulting will make new forays into servicing enterprises in Europe with a better range of open source services and a strong team with immense passion and rich skill-sets. It enables us to better fulfill the vision we had for One Point” said Shashin Shah, MD OSSCube UK

About One Point Consulting

One Point Consulting is a premium quality consultancy in the Enterprise Architecture, ECM, Messaging and Collaboration domain in Europe. The core team has expertise and industry best practices developed over a period of 25 years delivery services and solutions to large corporations and SMEs.

About OSSCube

OSSCube is a leading Open Source software development company with expertise in outsourced product development. Headquartered in the US, the company focuses on leveraging the power of open source technologies to deliver business solutions. Our partnerships with the most innovative technology development companies include Zend, MySQL, Ingres, SugarCRM and EnterpriseDB to provide effective, cutting-edge solutions.

]]> http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2010/12/28/osscube-launches-into-the-european-market-with-one-point-consulting/feed/ Zimbra ZCS System Admin Course in London, November 23-25th http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2010/10/02/zimbra-zcs-system-admin-course-in-london-november-23-25th/ http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2010/10/02/zimbra-zcs-system-admin-course-in-london-november-23-25th/#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:25:58 +0000 Shashin Shah http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/?p=88 One Point, Zimbra’s only certified trainer in the UK has organised a 3-day System Admin Course in London.

For details see: http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/courses.cfm?ui=zimbra&a=det&id_course=79945

To register please go to:

http://www.onepointltd.com/jsps/contact/

]]> http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2010/10/02/zimbra-zcs-system-admin-course-in-london-november-23-25th/feed/ Special Offer on MindTouch v10 http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2010/09/25/special-offer-on-mindtouch-v10/ http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2010/09/25/special-offer-on-mindtouch-v10/#comments Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:25:49 +0000 Shashin Shah http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/?p=86

Offer Title:

A proven Collaborative WebSite for £5K

We believe enterprise software should be scalable, agile and extensible.

Over and above this, it needs to affordable. That’s why One Point has partnered with MindTouch to bring you this very special promotional offer.

Offer Summary:

Special discounted offer to deploy on your own infrastructure your own collaborative website using MindTouch Platform v10 for £5K per annum.

Professional Services, Hosting, Training and Support options available at additional cost.

Offer Details:

Includes:

- Per Server Licensing Model

- Unlimited external content viewers

- Unlimited internal content contributors

- Desk Top Suite

- Publishing

- Collaboration

- Provided as a Vmware installable image

Offer Information:

http://www.mindtouch.com/products/platform

Offer Expiry Date:

30/09/2010

Contact Details for Special Offer:

Mr Shashin Shah

One Point Consulting Ltd

W: www.onepointltd.com

E: Shashin@onepointltd.com

]]> http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2010/09/25/special-offer-on-mindtouch-v10/feed/ One Point becomes the first UK Partner for Process Maker http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2010/09/21/one-point-becomes-the-first-uk-partner-for-process-maker/ http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2010/09/21/one-point-becomes-the-first-uk-partner-for-process-maker/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:52:07 +0000 Shashin Shah http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/?p=83 One Point continues to bring the best open source solutions to its clients by adding Process Maker to its portfolio. Process Maker is the only PHP based Business Process Management System (BPM).  It is 100% web based with a very light footprint and fully supports SOA based architecture. One Point is pleased that Process Maker have selected us their first UK partner based on our established expertise in Enterprise Architecture and Open Source.

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]]> http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2010/09/21/one-point-becomes-the-first-uk-partner-for-process-maker/feed/ One Point Sponsors the Open Source Report for Local Government http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2009/08/15/one-point-sponsors-the-open-source-report-for-local-government/ http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2009/08/15/one-point-sponsors-the-open-source-report-for-local-government/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:04:24 +0000 Administrator http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/?p=78 A recent report published by the Public Sector Forum reveals interesting insight into the adoption and barriers of Open Source in local government.  Full report can be downloaded at http://ukgovoss.org/open-or-closed/.

For further details please contact David Linday at david.lindsay@onepointld.com.

]]> http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2009/08/15/one-point-sponsors-the-open-source-report-for-local-government/feed/ One Point works with OCP to develop Single Sign-on solutions http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2009/05/21/one-point-works-with-ocp-to-develop-single-sign-on-solutions/ http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2009/05/21/one-point-works-with-ocp-to-develop-single-sign-on-solutions/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 06:17:05 +0000 Administrator http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/?p=75 One Point is working with a specialist management consultancy OCP, Organisational Consulting Partnership Ltd, to develop solutions and industry-specific propositions for biometric ID management. With OCP supplying in-depth experience of business consulting and process (re)engineering, One Point is assisting with shaping the technology component of biometric, specifically match on card, solutions.

The immediate focus is on the biometric-enablement of single sign-on.

David Lindsay, the One Point Practice Director for biometrics, is leading the programme from the One Point team.

Contact him david.lindsay@onepointbiometrics.com or +44 7876 371 769 for more information.

OCP can be found at http://www.ocp.co.uk/Content/NewsPage.asp?id=275.

]]> http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2009/05/21/one-point-works-with-ocp-to-develop-single-sign-on-solutions/feed/ One Point has a new Biometrics Practice http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2009/05/20/one-point-has-a-new-biometrics-practice/ http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2009/05/20/one-point-has-a-new-biometrics-practice/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 06:22:51 +0000 Administrator http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/?p=65 One Point has set up a new practice to focus on the expanding area of biometrics and ID management.  The new unit will be One Point Biometrics and will be led by David Lindsay as Practice Director and will begin working on client propositions immediately, with One Point’s clients and with partner organisations.

Dr Lindsay joins One Point from EDS where he was the Applications SME and lead at the EMEA sales centre of excellence.  Before that, he was at Unisys, Andersen and Logica.  He has had considerable exposure to the recent UK ID management procurements.  He is also a ISO 271001 auditor and was the Information Security Manager for the public sector practice of a multi-national technology and services company and will bring this experience to ID management.

He can be contacted at:

M: +44 7876 371 769 | E: david.lindsay@onepointbiometrics.com

David Lindsay at Linked-in:

View David Lindsay's profile on LinkedIn

]]> http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2009/05/20/one-point-has-a-new-biometrics-practice/feed/ One Point launches Open EDU One at K. L. E. Society’s College of BCA http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2009/05/05/one-point-launches-open-edu-one-at-k-l-e-society%e2%80%99s-college-of-bca/ http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/2009/05/05/one-point-launches-open-edu-one-at-k-l-e-society%e2%80%99s-college-of-bca/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 08:07:02 +0000 Administrator http://www.onepointltd.com/blog/?p=59 K. L. E. Society’s College of BCA had organised a seminar on Open Source and Embedded Systems at the Digital Vision Laboratory of the Lingaraj College Campus in Belgaum, Karnataka on 28th April 2009.
K. L. E. Society (http://www.klesociety.org) is one of the largest educational societies in Asia with over 205 educational institutions spread throughout and outside India.

On this occasion, Chintan Zaveri, Open Source Consultant at One Point spoke about the need of adopting Open Source within the Indian EDU sector.  The topics covered included:

  • History of Open Source Software (OSS)
  • Myths and benefits of OSS
  • OSS Activity throughout the world
  • OSS Adoption Case studies
  • The EDU scenario in India
  • Why should the students and educators adopt Open Source?

We also took this opportunity to launch Open EDU One, a wide range of Open Source Software services for the educational institutions in India. Our services mainly focus on:

  • Improving the institutions’ capability to manage change by improving internal collaboration
  • Enhancing the institutions’ brand and visibility, globally
  • Reducing IT and other expenditures and encouraging innovation

If you are an EDU in India, please call us on +91 98 603 23774 or email contact@onepointltd.com to find out how One Point can help you achieve any or all of the above mentioned goals.

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