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FLOSS (Free/Libre open source software) is one of the most important trends in IT sincethe advent of the PC and commodity software, but despite the potential impact on Europeanfirms, its adoption is still hampered by limited knowledge, especially among SMEs thatcould potentially benefit the most from it.This guide (developed in the context of the FLOSSMETRICS and OpenTTT projects) presenta set of guidelines and suggestions for the adoption of open source software within SMEs,using a ladder model that will guide companies from the initial selection and adoption of FLOSS within the IT infrastructure up to the creation of suitable business models based onopen source software.The guide is split into an introduction to FLOSS and a catalog of open source applications,selected to fulfill the requests that were gathered in the interviews and audit in theOpenTTT project. The application areas are infrastructural software (ranging from network and system management to security), ERP and CRM applications, groupware, documentmanagement, content management systems (CMS), VoIP, graphics/CAD/GIS systems,desktop applications, engineering and manufacturing, vertical business applications andeLearning.This is the third edition of the guide; the guide is distributed under aCC-attribution-sharealike 3.0 license. The author is Carlo Daffara (cdaffara@conecta.it).The complete guide in PDF format is avalaible here
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Free/
Libre Open SourceSoftware: a guide for SMEs
•SME Guide Introduction•1. What's Free/Libre/Open Source Software?•2. Ten myths about free/libre open source software•3. Basic FLOSS adoption models•4. Finding and selecting software•5. Best practices for FLOSS adoption•6. FLOSS-based business models•Bibliography•Appendix 1: estimating the number of active FLOSS projects•Appendix 2: QSOS assessment score tables•Appendix 3: USB-based SME toolkits
Software catalog
•Software Catalog Introduction•Security•Data protection and recovery•Virtualization and remote access•Desktop, device, network and servermanagement•Identity, access management•Database and DB management•Software Development•ERP•CRM•Groupware•VoIP, conferencing and messaging•Document management•Vertical business applications•Content management systems•Elearning applications•Graphics Video and CAD•Desktop applications•Engineering and manufacturing•Health Care
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This is the new edition of the FLOSSMETRICS guide, after the previous http://www.scribd.com/doc/2084063/Flo... and http://www.scribd.com/doc/2084073/Flo... . It contains several additional chapters and a new organization of the software catalog.