One of the most exciting changes taking place in business IT is the adoption of open source software. As open source projects mature, it opens up new opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses. Thanks to Open Source, now a Small Business can use same power and features of Web Applications which was earlier treated as reserved for large business only. A great example of this shift is the web content management system marketplace. Flexible open source CMS systems such as Drupal, Joomla and DotNet Nuke are now competing directly with expensive proprietary systems - and winning.
Wisdom has build expertise to implement and customize open source solutions like Joomla, OS Commerce and many more for the benefit of our clients.
Our Philosphy is to provide best solutions to our clients and all our services are designed based on you. Usage of Mature and Powerfully build Open source applications not only reduce time and cost of development, but also provide a mature solution. Think about expertise of few developers team compared with few thousand developers team. These solutions are already well tested and matured as being used by thousand of users world-wide. So Why we should re-invent the wheel, and cost our client thousand of bucks and months of spending on development when a better solution can be provided for less price and in short time.
Choose Best Open Source application based on requirements of client. As sucess of project is highly based on choosing right solution.
Designing Frond Interface according to your corporate Identity.
Implementation of Solution.
Customizations, if needed.
End-User Training.
Open source software is not just software that is given away for free. It is software in which the source-code is "open" for the public to view, download, re-distribute, modify, and improve. This is a very important distinction from freeware, which is normally still owned by a company and cannot be modified. In contrast, open source projects allow anyone to contribute, with the best ideas and code being implemented in the project itself.
Many projects have diverse and thriving developer communities around them, with developers scattered across the globe. All work towards the same goal: creating software that is truly the best in its category.
Aside from the fact that there are no licensing fees (and thus often a lower Total Cost of Ownership), there are plenty of other advantages associated with using open source software, particularly for web applications:
Scalability
Thousands (or even millions) of people use any given open source application. This means that thousands have tested the code you are using. It is unlikely that your site will outgrow a system that is used by organisations much larger than your own. Why try and write your own system from scratch when you can build off of such a solid foundation?
Variety of Extensions
Open source projects allow developers to add their own features in the form of additional contributions (often called modules or extensions, depending on the system). Due to its collaborative nature, open source systems often have many more available contributions when compared to their proprietary counterparts. Chances are, what is useful to one is useful to another. And once a new feature is developed using open source software, it becomes available to anyone else using that open source software. For instance, the open source Joomla and Drupal content management systems both have over 1,500 contributions that add extra functionality.
Strong Developer Communities
Using open source means that you're not alone in creating a website. Whether you are a webmaster or a seasoned developer, there are thousands of others who have encountered similar problems. Many of them share their solutions online. There are also active online chat rooms and forums to discuss the software you are using. The answers you need are just a web search away. By contrast, trying to "go it alone" to create a website is an exercise in frustration, as you are the only person able to find a solution to the problems faced.
Free code. Consider how long and expensive it would take to develop many of the open source content management solutions available today. Based on the amount of source code available, if you were to build a CMS like Drupal it would cost more than $28 million dollars (523 people at $55k a year). With open source all of this code is available for free.
No Vendor Lock-in
One of the biggest problems with proprietary software purchased from a vendor is that it becomes necessary to continue buying from that vendor - even if your satisfaction goes down. If it is even possible, switching to a new system is time-consuming and costly. IT managers who use open source can be confident that there are many possible vendors from which to gain support. You even have the option to modify and maintain a separate version of the software yourself if that better suits your company's needs.
