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Open Source and the Channel: A Perfect Pairing

By Samara Lynn, CRN
August 07, 2009    10:54 AM ET

Open source vendors are increasingly embracing the channel and offering partner programs and there's love all around - Solution providers and VARs can seize quite a significant amount of opportunity from the open-source world. In today's Everything Channel NetSeminar, Technical Editor Samara Lynn will take a look at just how open source can help you achieve profit streams, save your customers money and create customized, powerful computing platforms. Key areas on the agenda:

  • Open Source and lower TCO
  • Revenue streams through subscription services versus traditional licensing
  • The technical benefits of open-source:
  • Greater flexibility
  • Greater customization, the ability to provide customers with solutions truly tailored for their needs.
  • Operating system and application stability
  • More secure than other alternate platforms

    Join live Tuesday, August 25th at 11 am pdt/2 pm edt with special guests Alfresco's vice president of the Americas Bill Robinson and Red Hat's Roger Egan Director, North America Channel Sales and Development. Participate in the real time discussion.


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