Open Source

Open Source Software (OSS) is transforming the way businesses acquire and manage software at every level from operating systems to application. Enterprises are increasingly looking for innovation, flexibility, better ROI and cost reduction. We believe that Open Source applications in many areas can deliver all of these benefits. Some of the largest companies in the world today such as Amazon, Yahoo! and Google owe their success to open source.

Gone are the days when the power of Open Source was only felt at the operating system level. Today there are many applications and development languages and tools that can empower both the business and the IT departments with a powerful array of choices to bring greater control, independence, innovation and cost savings. These range from tools and applications for the desktop to those for supporting critical applications for supporting your organisation’s online presence to those running the back office. There is an open source based application for most areas.

With the establishment of Open Source businesses, a new breed of enterprise-friendly OSS, also known as Commercial OSS has come into existence. The Commercial OSS is aimed at users who wish to enjoy the flexibility of Open Source with the support of Proprietary Software at a much lower cost. The rise in the number of Commercial OSS projects has generated a lot of interest for Open Source amongst many enterprises.

All of this is due to the excellent Open Source software engineering practices, low-cost, great support options and innovative business models.

However, despite the interest and significant benefits, there is often much reluctance and confusion within the enterprises to pursue an OSS strategy, mainly due to the lack of right kind of resources within the organisation.

One Point has a deep understanding and experience of Open Source covering Infrastructure, Products and specific technical skills as listed below:

Infrastructure Related

• Xen virtualisation
• Desktop & Server Linux (including Ubuntu, CentOS, Redhat)
• Red hat clustering
• Embedded Linux
• Bash scripting
• Audio/Video capture/encoding/decoding/streaming/transcoding/processing

Product skills include the Installation/Customisation/Migration/Support Services for OpenVZ, Zimbra ZCS, Alfresco, MediaWiki, Joomla, Wordpress, OSCommerce, ZenCart, Request Tracker, Liferay and JA-SIG CAS.

Technical skills includes :

• Zope, Plone, OpenCms, Mambo/Joomla, Alfresco ECM, Liferay Enterprise Portal, Zimbra Collaboration Suite, TWiki, Mediawiki, ZWiki, Wikka Wakka Wiki, Wordpress, WebHuddle, Xen, OpenVZ, VMware Server, Subversion, Trac
• Java, Struts, Spring Framework, ORM, J2EE, Web Services, Liferay portlets
• LDAP administration and programming skills (including OpenLDAP, Fedora DS and Apache DS)
• Various scripting languages including Javascript, Perl, Unix Shell
• Application servers including Tomcat and jBoss
• Database experience including MySQL,Postgres, Oracle, SQLite and Ingres and
• Rapid Web Development Frameworks including Groovy, Grails, Ruby and Ruby on Rails

We can help with the following Open Source services:

• Assess the benefits of OSS for your enterprise
• Define an OSS Strategy for your enterprise and shape your IT and Enterprise Architecture Strategy
• Assess the maturity of Open Source Solutions and help select the right products for your enterprise
• Implementation and Integration of Alfresco, Zimbra and Liferay
• Migration Services to OSS