Getting Open Source Ready for Business

Written By
Jim Rapoza
Jim Rapoza
Published: Jun 21, 2007
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
1 minute read
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What is the next step for open source in the enterprise. Open source products have individually proven their worth and abilities against commercial products when it comes to functionality. But some businesses are looking for more. They are looking for ready made stacks of enterprise applications, they are looking for support for solutions, not for individual open source applications. Most importantly, they are looking for these solutions to come from the channel providers that they are already working with.

In this Tech Rising podcast, I talk to Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource, a company that takes open source applications and builds them into business ready solutions, about her company’s efforts to make open source solutions ready for business.

Jim Rapoza

Jim Rapoza

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Jim Rapoza, Chief Technology Analyst, eWEEK.For nearly fifteen years, Jim Rapoza has evaluated products and technologies in almost every technology category for eWEEK. Mr Rapoza's current technology focus is on all categories of emerging information technology though he continues to focus on core technology areas that include: content management systems, portal applications, Web publishing tools and security. Mr. Rapoza has coordinated several evaluations at enterprise organizations, including USA Today and The Prudential, to measure the capability of products and services under real-world conditions and against real-world criteria. Jim Rapoza's award-winning weekly column, Tech Directions, delves into all areas of technologies and the challenges of managing and deploying technology today.

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