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Open Source for the Enterprise--new from O'Reilly | posted by Markus on Sunday December 04, @08:33AM ( Printer Friendly Version.| Email this article) | | | |  O'Reilly informs us of their latest book, Open Source for the Enterprise (no, not the space ship. interesting thought, though...;-)
Open source software may be changing Information Technology, but making it
work for your company is more complicated than simply installing a copy of
Linux. If you're serious about using open source to cut costs, accelerate
development, and reduce vendor lock-in, you need to understand how open
source is different from commercial software and what responsibilities and
risks it brings.
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| | "Open Source for the Enterprise" is a sober guide to using open source in
your IT department, a book that takes you beyond the cheerleading and
fear-mongering. Co-written by Dan Woods, former CTO of TheStreet.com, this
book provides an honest assessment of questions such as:
-Why is there a "productization gap" in most open source projects?
-How can the maturity of open source be evaluated?
-How can the ROI of open source be calculated?
-What policies for governance can be instituted to control the adoption of
open source?
-What new commercial services can help manage the risks of open source?
-How will using open source transform an IT department?
Large vendors such as IBM, Novell, and Hewlett Packard have made open
source a lynchpin of their offerings. Find out if this is the right
strategy for your company.
Advanced praise for this book:
"Open source has become a strategic business issue; decisions on how and
where to use open source now have a major impact on the overall direction
of IT's abilities to support the business both with capabilities and by
controlling costs. This is a new game and one generally not covered in
existing books, which continue to assume that readers are 'deep dive'
technologists. 'Open Source for the Enterprise' provides everyone from
business managers to technologists with the balanced view that has been
missing. Well worth the time to read, and also worth encouraging others in
your enterprise to read as well."
--Andy Mulholland, Global CTO Capgemini
Title: Open Source for the Enterprise
Author: Dan Woods
Author: Gautam Guliani
Publisher: O'Reilly
Publisher URL: http://www.oreilly.com
Book URL: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensourceent/
ISBN: 0-596-10119-8
Pages: 234 pages
Price USD 22.95 US
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