Open Source Global

Consulting

We provide consulting services in the field of open source operating systems and applications, including Linux systems management, LAMP stack design, external storage integration and networking configuration.

Benefits of open source software in your IT infrastructure

Open source software and file formats don't tie your organization to a particular vendor.
Open source software is more secure. Software fixes get out quickly in case of critical security breaches.
Open source software creates a common platform base vendors can build software on. The source of the underlying operating system and libraries are available enabling open standards.
Open source software is of good quality, developers can leverage the knowledge of an entire world of applications to build more robust solution.
Open source software doesn't need anti virus software. Anti virus software is designed for systems having so many flaws that they can't be corrected. Viruses do exist in the open source world, but the solution involves the system being fixed instead of having a virus database updated.
Open source software allows a much higher level of integration and customization.
Open source software runs on a very wide range of computer systems, this software is built with common low level development tools like gcc, porting thousands of applications to a new hardware boils down to porting those low level development tools to the new hardware.
Open source software has extensive internationalization support, applications being translated in many languages.
Open source software is very interoperable, it can be connected to many networks, exchange information from a broad range of closed systems, manipulate data found on storage medium in many formats.
Open source software is compatible with the widest range of computer devices, from the very new to the very old.