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Open Source Year 2008 in Review: More Adoption, Success, Innovation, and Alternatives
Posted 21 Dec 2008 by Bruno von Rotz | Tags: Acquia, Acquisition, Ajax, Alfresco, CIO, Community, Content Management, CRM, Customer Relationship Management, DiSo, Django, Drupal, ECM, Ecommerce, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise Open Source Directory, EOS, Europe, iPhone, IT Strategy, Java, JBoss, Liferay, Magento, MySQL, Open, Open Source, Open Source Katalog, OpenID, Portal, RIA, Spring, SpringSource, Sugar CRM, Yahoo!

2008 was an important year for Open Source and a successful one in addition. We have seen more adoption, more commercial success, more innovation, more collaboration and more options for the IT buyer. And it’s not the end, more success is still to come. The following paragraphs are summarizing what we have seen in the last 12 months.Accelerated Adoption of Open Source Read more ...

Open Source Catalogue 2009 generates high interest and confirms the relevance of Open Source for Enterprises
Posted 06 Dec 2008 by Bruno von Rotz | Tags: Customer Relationship Management, EOS, IT Strategy, Open Source, Open Source Katalog

One week ago we published the "Open Source Katalog 2009" for our German language audiences. And we are really excited about the enormous echo that this offline version of our online resource "Enterprise Open Source Directory" (EOS) generated. In few days almost 5'000 copies were downloaded and the press in both Switzerland and Germany was "speaking" about the new version of the catalogue. Read more ...

Open Source Content Management Panel at Gilbane Boston
Posted 25 Nov 2008 by John Eckman | Tags: Conference, Content Management, ECM, Enterprise applications, Enterprise Open Source Directory, EOS, IT Strategy, Open Source, Platform

Next week, I'll be moderating a panel on Open Source Content Management at the fifth annual Gilbane Boston Conference - "Where Content Management Meets Social Media." The panel is scheduled for Thursday, December 4th, from 3:30-5:00pm. The panelists will be: Read more ...

Post Merger Integration – Technology Strategy & Planning – Part 2
Posted 08 Jul 2008 by Kevin Carlson | Tags: Acquisition, Application Stategy, Architecture, Assembly Methodology, IT Strategy, Merger, Strategy, support

Once a detailed transition or integration plan is created, efforts at this point should consider:Efficiency of Architecture: What is needed to bridge a particular gap between the baseline and vision?  Are architectural changes necessary and, if so, how will those changes be executed with little to no disruption to the business?   If integration is necessary, can a tertiary technology be introduced to simplify the effort? Read more ...

Post Merger Integration – Technology Strategy & Planning – Part 1
Posted 08 Jul 2008 by Kevin Carlson | Tags: Acquisition, Application Stategy, Architecture, IT Strategy, Merger, Strategy

In general, when a company is acquired, there are two primary directions in which the new owners want to lead complementary or parallel technology:  Either one company’s systems are deemed superior and the other company’s users are migrated to the superior system, or the systems are deemed complementary and integration is prioritized.  With either approach, it is imperative that the overall technology strategy is aligned with strategic business goals.  Having mis-aligned strategies between business owners and IT is one of the most common, if not the most common, reason for integratio Read more ...

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