Title: Living the Open Source Enterprise
1Living the Open Source Enterprise
- Living the consulting experience from a
non-consultants view point
2This Evening
- Introduction to Aeco
- The Linux Enterprise Positioning Matrix
- Enterprise Open Source Best practice
- The Case Study- Novastore.com.au
3Firstly, Some Perspective
- Open Source Projects/Products 78,620 (26/3/04 -
SourceForge) - Open Source Registered Developers 817,008
(1/8/03 - SourceForge) - IBM Employees 320,000
- Hewlett Packard 150,000
- Microsoft Employees 54,468
- Dell Employees 40,000
- ORACLE Employees 40,000
- Sun Microsystems Employees 35,700
- SAP employees 28,900
4Then Some Myths
- Free Software is with out costs
- Free Software is uncontrollable
- Free Software is Unstable
- Free Software is risky
- Free Software is without Assurance of Longevity
- Free Software is of limited Value to my Enterprise
5Some Clarity
- Open Source ltgt Linux
- Linux lt Open Source
- Linux is not always equated to Open source in
Marketing and managements Eyes
6Enterprise Open Source Matrix
- Realizing the Value of Enterprise Linux/Open
Source
7Enterprise Linux Strategic Positioning Matrix
Unlocked Business Value
Proximity to Core of Business
Application
Infrastructure
Platform
8Enterprise Linux Strategic Positioning Matrix
Unlocked Business Value
Proximity to Core of Business
Application
Infrastructure
Platform
9Enterprise Linux Strategic Positioning Matrix
HR/Fin
CRM
ERP
Unlocked Business Value
Proximity to Core of Business
B2B
B2C
MIP Apps
Application
Infrastructure
Platform
10Best Practice Open Source
- Re-engineering IT in an open world Plugging in
to 72,000 solutions without blowing a fuse
11Power and Risk
- Identified Risks of Enterprise Linux/Open Source
- Risk of lack of repeatable process
- Risk of poor product selection
- Risk of divergent IT strategies
- Risk of lack of support
- Risk of lack of control
- Risk of fragmentation of solutions/Strategies
12Power and Risk
- Power of Linux/Open Source
- Power of shorter solution delivery timetables
- Power of low barrier to delivery of solutions
- Power of flexible deployment
- Power of low capital expense
- Power of 800,000 developers
- Power of 70,000 solutions
- Power of component based Solutions
- Power of blending commercial and open solutions
- Power of delivering Undeliverable MIP Solutions
13Best Practice Linux process re-engineering
- Linux/Open Source changes Status Quo.
- Define your Vision
- Define your boundaries and interfaces
- Know thyself
- Support
- Supplier
- Build/buy
- Analyse your processes (Acquisition/Build/Support)
- Re-engineer your processes
- Continual improvement/ monitoring
14IT Business Process Regineering
Business Need
Business Case
IT Strategy
Quality Mgmt
Risk Mgmt
Product/Solution Selection
Business Alignment
Internal Skills Resources
External Skills Resources
Business Constraints
72,000 Open Solutions
Proprietary Solutions
15Case Study
16Background and Timeline
- Aeco Pacific Solutions Division Sun Technology
Partner - November 02 Allowed to resell hardware
- December/Jan 03 Sales Strategy Selection
- Jan-Feb 03 Solution Strategy
- Feb 03 product Selection
- March-June 03 Construction/Test/Deploy
- July 1 Go live
17Features
- E-commerce Store (engine)
- Complex Product Selection
- Quota-matic (sales and user driven Quotation
tool) - Ease of Use
- Low maintenance
- Information Rich
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24Product Selection
- Requirement Definition
- Product intrinsics
- Stability of Product
- Quality of Code
- Quality of Community
- CVS-Code control
- Maintainability
- Features
- Architectures
25Issues
- Platform
- Technology
- Commercial alternatives
- Scope creep
- So many other features are only a click away
- Need continuous review
- Often features arent discovered until
inside-the-code - Scoping of Changes
- GNU Licence Issues Intellectual Property
- Multiple authorship - coding standard and styles
26Risk Management
- Source Code Ownership
- Community membership
- Partnering
- Code Quality CVS doesnt mean good managment
- Architecture
27Novastore
- 32 Interface enhancements
- Quotation Tool (user/salesperson)
- Electronic Banking (XML/Live)
- Object Cache
- Database Cache (horizontal Scalability)
- Product Associations (complex products)
- Product Options
- Products/category enhancment/catalogs
28Open Source Recommendations
- IP Considerations
- Risk management
- Quality management
- Methodology management
- Scope Control
- Research Research Research
- Trial
- Own the code mentality
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