What is open source?
Open source is an approach to the design, development and distribution of software(s), offering practical accessibility to a software's sourc codes. Some consider open source as one of various possible design approaches, while others consider it a critical strategic element of their operations. Before open source became widely adopted, developers and producers used a variety of phrases to describe the concept; the term open source gained popularity with the rise of the Internet, which provided access to diverse production models, communication paths, and interactive communities.
Software development costs in organizations have been touted as being approximately 15% of total costs. This indicates that the value of one over another development methodology is more of a marketing decision (which customers and pricing models) as much as it is about the design of software. Effective usage of Open source applications definitely bring down the costs of development and with the use of tried and tested models supported by communities, usage of Open source software has been fundamental in bringing down the development time as well.
Customizing open source applications
While all said and done is true and the source codes are available for business use, they are systems made out on their own which may not be suitable for your actual requirements. Open source applications are the best possible choice to look at if we need to keep the development costs and development time low. However these solutions may not be completely plug and play types especially for your business requirements. Apart from that - Open source systems often provide the sources for fully functional systems which have their own UI. More importantly the question arises on which Open source system is to be choosen to be implemented for your business requirements. This becomes a very vital question as if one chooses a wrong system - the entire effort tends to be a waste. Our team of experts at Agile Technosys have varied experience in customizing Open source systems to suit them for your business needs. Not only we match your UI but we can also make terrific changes to the base open source software and to make it completely aligned and suitable for your business requirements.
Open source applications
We have terrific experience in working with Open source CMS systems, ecommerce systems, CRM based systems and we have indepth experience in architecture.
