In challenging economic times, how do internal application development teams continue to deliver higher quality software and Web applications with fewer resources? Unlike in past economic downturns, development teams today have a resource they can turn to in order to lower the costs of development, maintain high-quality, and decrease cost of ownership for the long run: open source software.
The use of open source, one of the most groundbreaking trends in the software industry, is more than just for experimental or for internal-use only. With experience in auditing billions of lines of code for Fortune 100 as well as start-up companies, Palamida has seen some of the most productive and cost-saving use of open source from market leaders across all industries. This paper will list the top 25 open source projects reviewed by Palamida that have proven to be among the most reliable, innovative, and enterprise-ready open source projects available on the market.
This paper is for senior engineering and IT executives who are looking for resourceful ways to trim budgets, while ensuring that application development work continues to be a competitive advantage for their businesses. It will list some of the best open source projects Palamida has seen used inside organizations of all sizes. As well, it will provide senior managers with best practices basics in defining an effective open source usage strategy, while ensuring the integrity and security of their applications and their business model.
