"Large enterprises are starting to express a willingness to incorporate open source into mission-critical applications."

"A Forrester survey of 140 large North American companies found that 60% of respondents plan to use it, and half of them use it for mission-critical applications."

-John Rymer & Imogen Harris,
Spring Forrester Report "Open Source Investment Challenge"

Why Open Source?

The Market

Many organizations recognize and are embracing the economic benefits of choosing open source solutions as an alternative to proprietary software, to create business-critical enterprise applications. CIOs are increasingly concerned about vendor lock-in, software price increases, escalating support costs, abandoned products or releases, and cancellation of support of proprietary software products. Open source software offers an alternative option based on its reliability, security and scalability. Integration of open source into development environments is well-suited for all types of enterprise business requirements when it has been correctly developed and deployed.

The Problem

There are many gaps that currently exist for companies wanting to adopt open source, including the lack of skills, training, support and integration. Using open source to develop mission-critical business solutions is neither as simple nor as straightforward as open source vendors would have you believe. IT professionals are confused about where to go for information and good quality solutions. Consequently, IT managers, looking to reduce their development costs by choosing to use open source, often rush into projects without careful planning or a real understanding of the pitfalls of using open source.

It is often not until they have a project well underway, that many development teams fail to realize they don't have the right tools that work seamlessly together, the best methodologies or enough expert knowledge about open source to help them produce quality, scalable, secure, and robust applications on time and on budget. In addition, most open source companies do not have the support necessary to help their clients develop and maintain open source projects. This environment simply cannot ensure that mission-critical applications are delivered efficiently or reliably.

The Solution

Exadel solves this problem by offering an innovative set of open source solutions and effective services that help organizations maximize the benefits of using open source. For companies that are new to open source, Exadel can help by identifying an existing or new application that can be delivered with an open source pilot project. If an organization is already leveraging open source, Exadel can help design and build a more complex usage of components for maximum return. Regardless of the stage, Exadel's affordable combination of open source tools, development environment, component-based architecture, and professional services help development teams to quickly solve real business problems.