Open source technologies have been part of the software and technology landscape for quite some time.\u00a0 Except for the very notable exceptions of Linux and Java which have acheived mainstream success, other open source applications have not had the same market impact.\u00a0 Perhaps this is a bit unfair as Java and Linus are applications that are more globally deployed by nature, and other open source applications would by nature be more contained to a specific industry or market segment.\u00a0 For example, why would I have ever heard of open source CRM code?\u00a0 I have however heard of open source applicant tracking.<\/p>\n
Traditionally, HR has struggled with technology, always being the “ugly step child” and never getting the type of IT attention that SCM and CRM got.\u00a0 As such, open source applications have some serious advantages in their cost and potentially their speed of delivery as well.\u00a0 I’m not sure I see lots of open source activity in the HR technology market, but it’s an interesting step in the ongoing competition for waning ERP market share.<\/p>\n
The following is an excerpt from an presentation on open source and why the adoption of open source technologies is increasing.\u00a0 You can find the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n In today’s environment, there are also three catalysts speeding up the adoption of open source applications.<\/p>\n Transition to Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)<\/span>.<\/p>\n There’s been a fundamental change in the way we built enterprise software. Instead of building it around a database, some stored procedures, and client\/server user interfaces, creating a very closed and inward-looking application, we’re now moving to building open architectures that can let different applications talk to each other. Thus, different commercial applications or open source ones can now all work together. As a result, SOA has created many more openings for open source applications in the enterprise.<\/p>\n Transition to On Demand Software<\/span>.<\/p>\n I think this is just starting to gain momentum as a driver of open source applications and will become much more important over time, because open source applications are naturally suited for the on-demand environment. We have newer architectures with web-based user interfaces, instead of the old client\/server architecture that could be very expensive to deploy. We have a flexible application that can be customized and adapted to the unique requirements of specific markets or niches, so an on-demand vendor can create a differentiated offering. Commercial software which can’t be modified, in contrast, force on-demand vendors into the uncomfortable position of a commoditized product offering. Finally, open source applications such as ours can be deployed on a completely open source stack, so it’s much less expensive than licensing commercial applications, databases, and operating systems.<\/p>\n Vendor Consolidation.<\/span><\/p>\n The third catalyst is a gift from the commercial software industry, and that’s all the vendor consolidation that’s going on today. What the consolidation is doing is reducing the amount of choice available to users. This is the essence of consolidation in any industry, be it airlines, telecommunications, or software: reduce choice, reduce capacity, and raise prices. Well, open source is the antidote of consolidation, because we’re about creating more choice and lowering prices. As companies find that they no longer can meet their needs with commercial packages, they are finding open source as an alternative. Just as importantly, a new breed of independent software vendors are now rising up to serve those forgotten niches, and they are increasingly doing it with open source software as the foundation of their product offerings.\u00a0 ((Chen, Si, June 9, 2006.\u00a0 “Why Enterprises Are Adopting Open Source Applications.”\u00a0 Retrieved from http:\/\/opensourcestrategies.blogspot.com<\/a> on June 9, 2006.))<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Open source technologies have been part of the software and technology landscape for quite some time.\u00a0 Except for the very notable exceptions of Linux and Java which have acheived mainstream success, other open source applications have not had the same…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hr-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}