TECHNOLOGY
You don ’ t have to build your system in house . Enlist an expert instead .
A new software architecture is needed to fully leverage the agility of the cloud . Open source can be the pathway to that new architecture and offers two key benefits .
First , organisations can run management toolkits that prevent lock-in to a proprietary silo . This gives businesses the freedom to change the cloud strategy where appropriate .
Second is the ability to access the technical and commercial advantages that arise from cloud technology . A broad , open-source strategy underpinned by a software stack lowers costs and strengthens independence from software vendors .
The open-source approach can also create change for the better in an organisation ’ s processes and working practices .
28 November 2014