In today’s enterprises, IT takes a center stage in an organization’s business model. They consist of interrelated architectural, co-operational and financial arrangements designed and developed to achieve its strategic goals and objectives. The products and/or services the organization offers, or will offer, are based on the arrangements that are built on the IT infrastructure.
Open source software (OSS) is capable of bringing down average IT expenditure of companies. Cost reduction isn’t only about spending less on software licenses but also about increased efficiency in an organization’s IT setup. For example, the real value is higher, mainly because reused OSS code tends to be of higher quality when compared with equivalent proprietary.
In this session, we will discuss the economic value of open source middleware for achieving the objectives set forth by the new IT business models.
WSO2Con USA 2015: New IT Business Models and Open Source Middleware Economic Value
1. New
IT
Business
Models
and
Open
Source
Middleware
Economic
Value
Samisa
Abeysinghe
Vice
President
Delivery
WSO2
2. Why
use
Open
Source?
• Build
an
echo-‐system
around
products
and
services
• Grow
your
user
communiGes
• Cost
advantage?
• Quality
advantage!
3. Cost
vs
Other
Benefits
• Most
assume
OSS
to
be
cheap
• It
is
not
just
about
financial
value
• Culture
– Is
what
OSS
is
all
about
– Community
driven
with
respect
and
ethics
being
the
corner
stones
• Results
in
quality
and
security
aspects
• Foster
innovaGon
4. Economic
Value
of
OSS
Labor
Economics
• ResulGng
from
personal
graGficaGon
and
reputaGon
Direct
cost
savings
• Improved
pricing
flexibility
Efficiency
• Technically
• Strategically
• Socially
Control
over
cost
• Get
the
right
and
quick
responses
5. IT
SoluGons
Services
SoWware
Hardware
• What
have
you
got
to
pay
for?
• OSS
drives
down
soWware
costs
– Lower
overall
project
cost
7. Value
ProposiGon
• Since
soWware
costs
go
down
with
OSS
– More
room
for
services
– Can
provide
be_er
quality
services
– More
value
to
the
whole
project
• Faster
ROI
• Broader
value
proposiGon
8. Integrated
Stacks
• Saves
integraGon
Gme
and
component
costs
when
OSS
used
• Replace
some
parts
with
OSS
if
not
all
to
lower
the
total
cost
• When
you
sell
the
soluGon
to
other
BUs
the
demand
can
rise
if
your
price
is
low
– Puts
more
price
sensiGve
customers
within
reach
• Quality
of
OSS
– SaGsfied
customers
9. Lower
Learning/Training
Costs
OSS
Availability
Advantage
Download
and
play
Explore
and
innovate
around
usage
Community
to
help
Contribute
back
10. OpportuniGes
• Break
the
barrier
to
entry
– Try
out
the
new
projects/pilot
projects
with
OSS
for
free
• Move
on
or
throw
away
decision
based
on
success
• Risk
is
less
even
if
you
fail
– Provision,
maintenance
and
support
will
cost
but
later
when
the
project
is
up
and
running
11. Contribute
and
Influence
Commi_ers
Contrib
utors
Users
Benefits
• Faster
fixes
• Strategy
alignment
• Employee
a_racGveness
• Visibility
in
the
community
12. Conclusion
• Control
over
cost
• Overall
project
success
• Efficiency
• Quality
• Influence