Linux Consulting in the Portland Oregon area.
Getting small, and medium sized business away from the Microsoft Tax.
Did you know that for $2,999 You can get Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition, and that's just the Operating System! Not included is the hardware, client licenses, setup, install etc...
And did you know for the same price we will setup install, a Linux server, that does the same plus more! Domain Controller, Email Server, Groupware Server, File Server, new VOIP phone system, Anti-Virus, Firewall, plus more and we will even throw in 15 hours of SUPPORT! INCLUDING Hardware! All using open standards, no proprietary software to lock you to license fees, or paying for upgrades.
As a Senior System Administrator with over 15 years experience and have been involved with Linux Community since 1996 we have the experience and knowledge to get Linux up and running as your main server. From the kernel to drivers, from SaaS applications, cloud computing, clustering, to firewalls. With extensive experience in Security, and Network Administration, in small and enterprise settings we bring real world answers to your office with support at a fraction of the cost.
Here are some notable quotes in the press about Open Source software in business today:
Arena founder and CTO Eric Larkin says of OpenSource and Linux "....very clear to me that the open source solutions for Web applications were substantially ahead of commercial products in scalability and usability."
"More and more SaaS-centric companies are moving to Linux and open source. In fact, 90 percent of SaaS solutions will use open source by 2010, according to Gartner."
Most situations require technical decisions to be made within the context of larger business constraints. Throughout We have advocated the proper strategic steps to keep the business issues at the center of what drives Information Technology development.
Here is a quick thumbnail list of what is wrong with proprietary software running a SaaS / cloud environment:
- inability to control costs—fees, subscriptions
- no control over choice of hardware specifications
- no control over connection protocols
- no right to change applications or access source code—or write new ones
- problems encrypting your own data (except during transmission)
- some cloud hosts are free, as in beer but not speech
- inability to control the economic business model determining a host’s viability
- you can’t host the cloud where you want it
- unable to scale hardware and software configurations
As you can see, proprietary software, hardware, and operating systems can limit your ability to grow, scale, and change as your business does. Why not start out with that in mind and let us help you leverage open source to fit your business needs, and able to grow with you!
By Richard Hillesley, 25 Feb 2009 at 19:08 "For a long time, nobody but the nerds and geeks and the occasional sysadmin took Linux and free software seriously. But now it seems that every corporation has its finger in the open source pie"
So let us help you bake that pie and eat it too! Contact us @ Sales@linuxsystems.net