Open Source Consulting

The adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) has been in existence for a very long time now. During the recent recession of the global economy, the primary focus of CXO turned towards the implementation of OSS to meet business demands in relatively short span of time. OSS brings efficiency and standards. However, organizations that attempt IT implementation without specific policies and procedures may not achieve the expected benefits. Moreover, organizations may end up in situations similar to what CISCO faced, while embedding Open Source component in their switches and routers.

The major hurdle in adopting OSS is in the selection process. There are more than 100,000 Open Source projects available in sourceforge.net site alone. This makes it very difficult for the IT honchos to decide on what product to choose in order to fulfill their company�s business requirements on a sustained basis.

Another major hurdle in implementing Open Source products and their components is integrating various products and versions in the Open Source stack itself. Also integrating OSS pre-existing commercial software is an added hassle.

To alleviate these business hitches, Kumaran offers consulting services in these arenas:

• Framing concise policy and procedure for adopting OSS in the organization
• Open Source product evaluations and recommendations
• Architecting applications and deployments using Open Source technology stack
• Rapid prototyping of Open Source technology
• Reference installations/implementations of Open Source stack

Business Benefits

• Elimination of risks associate with Open Source component integration and security
• Major slash in implementation costs and zero risk of costly mistakes
• Development of rapid prototypes to evaluate various options