Open source alternatives exist for many of today´s proprietary business application solutions and application software components. Recognizing that open source software is at different levels of maturity, KnowledgeBlue researches, evaluates, and monitors open source projects to determine their readiness for enterprise use. Based on our research to date, we believe there are three major areas within an IT organization´s business infrastructure and application portfolio where open source software (OSS) should strongly be considered as an alternative to commercial applications.

Our open source practice can assist your organization to help identify, evaluate, assess, select and deploy open source solutions.

Strategy and Assessment: KnowledgeBlue will analyze your current infrastructure and resource capability and identify open source alternatives that can reduce your existing cost structure and enhance your current enterprise goals and objectives.

Solution Selection: KnowledgeBlue will help you select the appropriate open source solution based on our past experience and knowledge of the industry. Because of our expertise in the open source segment of the industry, we will be able to "fast-cycle: the selection process, by starting with our open source enterprise grid, our portfolio of KnowledgeBlue endorsed open source solutions.

Solution Delivery: KnowledgeBlue will work directly with your team to finalize your requirements, architect and integrate your selected open source solutions into your environment. We also can provide provide the solution as a turn-key delivery service, where you fully leverage our Consulting Practice to save you time and money.

Support and Maintenance: KnowledgeBlue provides the ongoing support and maintenance to your open source solution as part of our KnowledgeCARE Support offering. We regularly monitor and assess the open source solutions and will apply bug fixes or full maintenance upgrades to your solution.