{"product_id":"open-source-for-the-enterprise-managing-risks-reaping-rewards-9780596101190","title":"Open Source for the Enterprise: Managing Risks, Reaping Rewards","description":"\u003cp\u003eOpen source software is changing the world of Information Technology. But making it work for your company is far more complicated than simply installing a copy of Linux. If you are serious about using open source to cut costs, accelerate development, and reduce vendor lock-in, you must institutionalize skills and create new ways of working. You must understand how open source is different from commercial software and what responsibilities and risks it brings. \u003ci\u003eOpen Source for the Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e is a sober guide to putting open source to work in the modern IT department.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen source software is software whose code is freely available to anyone who wants to change and redistribute it. New commercial support services, smaller licensing fees, increased collaboration, and a friendlier platform to sell products and services are just a few of the reasons open source is so attractive to IT departments. Some of the open source projects that are in current, widespread use in businesses large and small include Linux, FreeBSD, Apache, MySQL, PostgreSQL, JBOSS, and Perl. These have been used to such great effect by Google, Amazon, Yahoo!, and major commercial and financial firms, that a wave of publicity has resulted in recent years, bordering on hype. Large vendors such as IBM, Novell, and Hewlett Packard have made open source a lynchpin of their offerings. Open source has entered a new area where it is being used as a marketing device, a collaborative software development methodology, and a business model.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides something far more valuable than either the cheerleading or the fear-mongering one hears about open source. The authors are Dan Woods, former CTO of TheStreet.com and a consultant and author of several books about IT, and Gautam Guliani, Director of Software Architecture at Kaplan Test Prep \u0026amp; Admissions. Each has used open source software for some 15 years at IT departments large and small. They have collected the wisdom of a host of experts from IT departments, open source communities, and software companies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOpen Source for the Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e provides a top to bottom view not only of the technology, but of the skills required to manage it and the organizational issues that must be addressed. Here are the sorts of questions answered in the book: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy is there a productization gap in most open source projects?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can the maturity of open source be evaluated?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can the ROI of open source be calculated?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat skills are needed to use open source?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat sorts of open source projects are appropriate for IT departments at the beginner, intermediate, advanced, and expert levels?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat questions need to be answered by an open source strategy?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat policies for governance can be instituted to control the adoption of open source?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat new commercial services can help manage the risks of open source?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo differences in open source licenses matter?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow will using open source transform an IT department?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eOpen Source for the Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e: Open Source has become a strategic business issue; decisions on how andwhere to choose to use Open Source now have a major impact on theoverall direction of IT abilities to support the business both withcapabilities and by controlling costs. This is a new game and onegenerally not covered in existing books on Open Source which continue toassume that the readers are 'deep dive' technologists, \u003ci\u003eOpen Source for the Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e provides everyone from business managers to technologistswith the balanced view that has been missing. Well worth the time toread, and also worth encouraging others in your enterprise to read as well. ----Andy Mulholland - Global CTO Capgemini\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOpen Source for the Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e is required reading for anyone workingwith or looking to adopt open source technologies in a corporateenvironment. Its practical, no-BS approach will make sure you're armedwith the information you need to deploy applications successfully (aswell as helping you know when to say no). If you're trying to sell opensource to management, this book will give you the ammunition you need.If you're a manager trying to drive down cost using open source, thisbook will tell you what questions to ask your staff. In short, it's aclear, concise explanation of how to successfully leverage open sourcewithout making the big mistakes that can get you fired. ----Kevin Bedell - founding editor of LinuxWorld Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e O'Reilly Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780596101190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 7.06w x 0.60d","brand":"Dan Woods, Gautam Guliani","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41489519935669,"sku":"9780596101190","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8ff34131-17d9-46a9-9b40-a84e6556ef11.jpg?v=1640912844","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/open-source-for-the-enterprise-managing-risks-reaping-rewards-9780596101190","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}