"Open for business" presentation by Fred Blauer from Fred Blauer and Associates on services that we perform, and our approach to using Open source software in business.

1. Open for Business Fred Blauer and Associates/TP1 May/09. Value proposition, Business model "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.", Charles Darwin “ A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.”, Wayne Gretzky

3. Implement Business Solutions for medium sized businesses

4. Systems audit and IT Governance

6. Ex. We can work with your existing system – maybe you don't need to change

7. We focus on service because that is where most of our revenue comes from

8. Cost advantages and flexibility due to our approach - Leverage Open source technologies and standards (No vendor lock in for upgrades or support)

10. No large initial investment or commitment to get started (see SAAS and Open source technologies)

11. Active participant in the Open Source communities and ecosystems

13. Leverage the latest and most reliable ”Best of Breed” and integrated Business software technology

14. Leverage technology alliances

15. Implement ”best practices” based on other companies in similar industries Customize and integrate solutions

17. Audit of IT processes and controls

18. Sarbanes, Oxley compliance for public companies

20. Customer relationship management solutions

23. Retail/point of sale (Posterita/Adempiere)

24. Wholesale and distribution (Xtuple)

25. Service Industry (Best of breed)

28. Business process best practices

29. Work only with solutions that are proven and have reputable commercial enterprise backing for quality and second level support

30. See case studies and testimonials

31. Review of controls (ex. Backups, security, control over program changes etc.)

33. In-house behind your firewalls

34. Virtual machine images

35. Server appliances

36. Solutions are platform independant and free of restrictive licensing

37. Systems are multi-language and multi-Currency

39. Enable companies to generate more revenue with technology

40. Better cost and profitability information for decision making

41. Improve cash flow - No server infrastructure required.

42. Affordable, and powerful solutions

43. More efficient business processes

44. Better Control