Debating Open Source Security |
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Is Open Source software more or less secure than its proprietary counterparts? Perhaps (unsurprisingly) there is no simple answer. On the one hand, security has been touted as one of the key driving factors for the adoption of Open Source but on the other there is a view that if Open Source had been as popular as Windows, it too might have been attacked pretty much as often as Windows is today.
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Redefining Enterprise Architecture with SOA |
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Governments in the Middle East are driving for change. The challenge for them, to do more with less, is a constant battle. Their IT infrastructure needs to face the complexities of applications, processes, inefficiencies, and security concerns and balance these, in most cases within tight budgets. In an environment of constant change, the right technology choice can meet these requirements without a slow down in productivity.
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The open source myths – busted! LET’S GET TECHNICAL |
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Like the open source myths for business, the technical side is often misunderstood as well. It may be that your IT Director isn’t fully up to speed yet, so let’s make the discussion a little more technology focused.
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The open source myths – busted! |
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In the world of business, having the right IT systems in place is so critical - not just to success but to operational survival itself – that the choice of operating platforms should not be decided by clever arguments and flash marketing techniques. Instead, if you’re betting your business on a strategic choice, you should get the facts – the real facts.
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Open for Business |
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Across the Middle East, enterprises large and small, are looking for value from their IT investments, flexibility to adapt to new market conditions and the ability to quickly customise or develop applications to match business need.
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What price freedom? |
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Commercial software can be costly in more ways than one. As if hefty license fees weren't bad enough, product support is limited to whatever services the vendor agrees to sell you, at a price that's tough to negotiate. Of course, you could fix program bugs yourself if you had access to the source code—but the typical software maker doesn't provide this.
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How Open Source measures up |
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In this new era of open standards, the balance of power has been returned to the customer. Successful technology companies will be those that focus on customer service. Today, odds are against a proprietary software company using pure product innovation to gain a competitive advantage. Innovating with purpose, integrating responsive customer service - this is how to deliver Return on Investment (ROI) for the enterprise.
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Community standards |
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Unless you have been living under a rock, you are no doubt aware of the heated debate that the ratification of Microsoft's OOXML standard for document exchange is causing. While there has been a lot of controversy and intrigue over the approval process, the positive outcome has been to give extensive media coverage to the critically important issue of the future of computer and applications interoperability.
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Simply SOA |
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SOA continues to gain in popularity. There is a growing trend away from one-stop-shop packages to custom software. More and more companies are building solutions that are specific and strategic to their business needs. Organizations have found that they had to customize the off-the-shelf products and that these applications were unable to support cross-functional business processes. Combined with budget constraints, enterprise executives are now also challenged to do more with less. They face application and business process development complexity, inefficiency, business process friction, and IT user experiences that sap energy from the business and the bottom line.
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Virtually Open Source |
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Virtualization technology delivers a quantum step in IT operational flexibility, speed of deployment, and application performance and availability. Virtualization allows IT managers to deliver more to their customers while gaining control of their costs. And new and exciting uses for virtualized environments are being developed every day.
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Certifying for success |
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More and more enterprises, especially the aggressive, competitive ones, are now shifting away from monolithic environments towards software that is more flexible, open and allows its IT to be more responsive. These IT trends combined with business trends of managing cost, growth, and risk hinge not only on agile, flexible IT environments that can make a significant difference to their business performance but also on IT talent, which must include both technical capabilities and the ability to manage projects and complex situations.
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About Us |
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Opennet MEA has now been appointed the authorised distributor for Zimbra for Middle East and North Africa. Zimbra, a Yahoo! company, is the leading open source server software for email and collaboration and provides a set of end-user and administrator benefits that make it a flexible solution for deployments of all sizes, from SMEs to multi-thousand user enterprises.
With over ten years experience in the implementation and support of Open Source based projects Opennet MEA represents a centre of excellence for advice on Open Source adoption with ongoing service and support.
As an established distributor or Red Hat and a recent Zimbra Distributor in the Middle East & North Africa, Opennet’s primary role is the supply of subscriptions to resellers and system integrators across the territory.
Opennet also offers a wide range of support services to its partners from updating them with the latest offerings from its vendors to a local call centre support to training and certification. Opennet’s technical staff work closely with its partners to advice and develop the right solutions to deliver to their customers.
Opennet’s training and certification centre has trained and graduated more than 400 RHCE and 200 RHCT Red Hat students around the Middle East and Africa region
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Welcome to Opennet MEA |
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Opennet MEA has now been appointed the authorised distributor for Zimbra for Middle East and North Africa. Zimbra, a Yahoo! company, is the leading open source server software for email and collaboration and provides a set of end-user and administrator benefits that make it a flexible solution for deployments of all sizes, from SMEs to multi-thousand user enterprises.
With over ten years experience in the implementation and support of Open Source based projects Opennet MEA represents a centre of excellence for advice on Open Source adoption with ongoing service and support.
As an established distributor or Red Hat and a recent Zimbra Distributor in the Middle East & North Africa, Opennet’s primary role is the supply of subscriptions to resellers and system integrators across the territory.
Opennet also offers a wide range of support services to its partners from updating them with the latest offerings from its vendors to a local call centre support to training and certification. Opennet’s technical staff work closely with its partners to advice and develop the right solutions to deliver to their customers.
Opennet’s training and certification centre has trained and graduated more than 400 RHCE and 200 RHCT Red Hat students around the Middle East and Africa region
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