| | October 20156CIOReviewCIOReviewCopyright © 2015 CIOReview, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewOCTOBER 07 - 2015Managing EditorJeevan GeorgeEditorial StaffAlex D' Souza Derek JamesFrank NoelJoe PhilipMathew Jacob Nirmali KharghoriaShashakanth PeetlaSonia SacharT:510.565.7559 VisualizersStephen ThomasArpita GhoshOPEN SOURCE SPECIALCIOReviewSalesLawrence Tse lawrence@cioreview.com Victoria Davis victoria@cioreview.com Carol Matthewcarol@cioreview.comMailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 OCTOBER 07 - 2015, Volume 4 SE 77 Published by CIOReview To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com Open source software (OSS) has become the center of attention for many enterprises lately. In addition to being free, it liberates users from the licensing restrictions of proprietary software and brings them together to share, collaborate, experiment and create a global community for everyone to work together. A wide range of businesses--from SMBs to large enterprises--irrespective of the area they operate, are leveraging open source software for cloud and big data to social media and mobility projects. Meanwhile many others are looking forward to upgrade their existing enterprise software like ERPs, CRMs, ECM, BI and others to open source without spending millions for licensing and support. For instance, New York Stock Exchange runs on a trading platform powered by Linux, and CERN uses Apache ActiveMQ, an open source Java Message Service (JMS) client to move data between thousands of machines deployed at this largest particle physics laboratory in the world. As major companies with proprietary software are becoming more active as OSS developers and contributors, the lines between open source and proprietary software is becoming irrevocably blurred. Microsoft has open sourced the full .NET stack allowing cross-platform developers to write .Net applications for Linux and Mac OS platforms. On the other hand, Google is one of the largest proponents of OSS, with not only Android, but with the suite of security tools including Santa, Firing Range, and Nogotofail. Open source is also leading the next chapter in superior mobile application development as it is easy to implement, maintain and scale, while supporting industry standards. These characteristics can unleash never before seen opportunities for the enterprises.In this scenario, our editorial team has evaluated several of open source software companies to present you the 20 Most Promising Open Source Solution Providers. This special edition blends thought-leadership from subject matter experts with real stories on what selected vendors are doing for their clients. We hope this will help you make enterprise strategies for the future. Jeevan GeorgeManaging Editoreditor@cioreview.comEditorialThe Rise of Open Source
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