Technology drives business!  It provides the means to differentiate, create new products, disrupt markets, and create business value.  Technology does not take place of good business practices, marketing, efficient production; rather it enhances these necessary characteristics. We choose Open Source solutions that we consider to be stable, mature, powerful and easy to manage.  These characteristics give the solutions a competitive advantage over other, proprietary solutions.  Although the potential solutions are growing fast, we whole-heartedly recommend and provide support for the following. Network and Security Webmin - is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Nessus -  is the world's most popular vulnerability scanner used in over 75,000 organizations world-wide. Wireshark - is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the standard in many industries. Asterisk - is the most popular and extensible open source public branch exchange (PBX) telephone system in the world. XenSource - developing open source technology to maintain the Xen hypervisor's position as the world’s fastest and most secure hypervisor. Applications and Servers Apache Web Server - in the March2012 Netcraft Web Server Survey was listed as running 65% of all web sites on the Internet. MySQL - is the world's most popular open source database the choice of the world's largest and fastest-growing organizations including Facebook, Google & Adobe. JBoss Application Server - is the most popular java application server in the industry and Forrester estimates a 63% ROI in a Total Economic Impact report. Liferay Enterprise Portal - is the next generation in open source portal software, Liferay Enterprise Portal and a leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Portals. Desktop Solutions Ubuntu - is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. OpenOffice.org - If you use using Microsoft Office - you'll be completely at home with OpenOffice.org.  We are also happy to assist in researching and recommending other products to meet your specific needs, remember the initial analysis and consultation is free!

Better Systems, Lower Costs! Android is an open-source software stack created for mobile phones and other devices.  According to a recent AdMob survey of 1,430 tablet owners, 77% use their desktop or laptop PC less after buying the device. 28% use the tablet as their primary PC. Breaking the Word Processor Curve - OpenOffice.org Writer isn't a replacement for anything; it's simply a better piece of software Liferay releases v6.1 Enterprise Portal - Liferay version 6.1 is the latest release by this leading open source portal developer. Intel's Open Source Technology Center (OTC) specializes in Open Source Software development and focus on the development of Linux Kernel, Xen virtualization software, Linux device drivers and Embeded Linux.

Local News On Federal Tech Talk, FederalRadioNews Host John Gilroy is joined by Greystones Group CEO Sheila Duffy and Director of Technology Services Mary-Sara Camerino discussing agile software development and using open source software to reduce the cost of Federal IT.