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Transcript of Open Source: Too Good to be True? Presented by Matt Florell President, eflo.net LLC.
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Open Source:Too Good to be True?
Presented by Matt Florell President, eflo.net LLC
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What is Open Source?
• 59 OSI-approved “Open Source” licenses– Examples: GPL, BSD, Apache, MPL, etc...– Source code included with distributed application– No discrimination against any person or group and it
must be language and technology neutral– License cannot be for only one piece of software– License must not restrict other bundled software
• Hardware designs can be Open Source as well:– Zaptel– PA1688
Taken from OSI (Open Source Initiative) - http://www.opensource.org
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What Open Source Software Can Be Used in the Call Center?
• Instant Messaging Applications• VOIP Soft Phones• Web Browsers• Office and Productivity Applications• Customer Relationship Management (CRM)• Call Routing and PBX software• Other Infrastructure services(email/web/etc...)
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Instant Messaging Applications
• Pidgin (formerly GAIM)– Compatible with AIM, MSNM, Yahoo, ICQ, Jabber– Runs on Linux, Windows and Mac
• Kopete– Linux, KDE-only
• Jabber XML IM platform
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VOIP Soft Phones
• Milliphone• GONEPhone• Twinkle• IAX Client Lib
– Iaxclient– TelGo– Kiax– WinIAX– Monophone
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Web Browsers
• Firefox (Mozilla)• Galeon• Epiphany• Kazehakase• Skipstone• Command-line browser
– Elinks– Lynx– Netrik
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Office and Productivity Applications• Office programs (word processing, spreadsheets)
– Open Office– Koffice
• Groupware (email and productivity tools)– Thunderbird – Evolution – Group-Office (web-based)– Open Xchange
• Wiki or online knowledgebase– MediaWiki (maintained by Wikipedia)– Tiki CMS
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Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• SugarCRM• Vtiger• Trac (also a Wiki solution)• TinyERP• Hermes
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PBX and Call Routing Software
• Asterisk• OpenSER• FreeSwitch• Yate• CallWeaver• sipX
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Other Infrastructure Services
• Web servers– Apache– Tomcat– thttpd
• Email server– Sendmail– postfix
• Database– MySQL– PostgreSQL
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Reasons to use Open Source
• Increased internal control over the code-base, the ability to change to code to suite your needs
• Software will never be end-of-life• No vendor lock-in• Most OSS has little or no licensing costs• More flexibility of hardware used:
– Standard server/workstation hardware– Multiple Operating Systems supported– Dozens of VOIP hard-phones compatible
• More protocols supported: (SIP/IAX/H323/MGCP/SCCP)
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Issues With Using Open Source
• More internal resources needed to maintain and customize systems(unless outsourcing)
• No large professional support options for smaller OSS projects
• Lack of detailed documentation on most Open Source Projects
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Reasons for using Proprietary Solutions
• Often Proprietary vendors are large companies with large support infrastructure
• Hardware is guaranteed to work and is tested• Full feature compatibility across product
offerings from vendor• In the world of VOIP, proprietary vendors
created most of the standards in use today
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Issues with using Proprietary Solutions
• Less flexibility with hardware options• Closed source, difficult and often expensive to
customize to a high degree• Limited options for support• Chance of end-of-life of product line• Rigid pricing structure of products, and higher
cost• Per seat, per feature, per phone and per
computer licensing complicates expansion
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Is open source right for you?
• Do you have the IT resources to install and maintain the applications?
• Do you want control over the source code?• Do you want to be able to modify the software to
suit your company's needs?• Do you want to reduce your overall long-term
costs?
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Case Study: 200 seat Call Center
• Started with 200-seat Proprietary inbound/outbound system (per seat cost $1200)
– Additional costs of Windows licensing for workstations and servers
– Mandatory monthly maintenance costs from vendor
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Case Study: 200 seat Call Center
• Switched to Asterisk-based system, no license costs, and was able to add features that were impossible with their existing proprietary system
– Changes to the source code were made to deeply integrate the functions of the call center with their internal CRM system
– Switched to Linux for workstations, no license costs, and lower maintenance costs
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Case Study: 200 seat Call Center
• Open Source Packages used:– Slackware Linux– Asterisk Open Source Edition– astGUIclient/VICIDIAL call center suite– Mozilla Firefox on the agent stations
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Case Study: 100 seat Call Center
• Existing systems all Windows-based and IT staff all Windows-trained
– New staff would need to be brought in, as well as extensive training of existing staff to convert to Linux-based systems
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Case Study: 100 seat Call Center
• High degree of customization of existing systems done by outside firms on existing system
– Existing CRM system was closed source as well and was actually partially built-in to their call center software, making a switch very difficult and expensive
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Case Study: 100 seat Call Center
• Very small budget Open Source conversion project
– Resources were not available to make the move to Open Source
– Decided to move to another Proprietary vendor with a similar platform to what they had been running
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Case Study: 500 seat inbound Call Center
• Started new call center with Asterisk to handle inbound calls and added servers as inbound volume grew
– Started with a single high-end server, then added machines to handle recording and monitoring
– After growing, they added another large server and balance the call load between the two
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Case Study: 500 seat inbound Call Center
• All agents use Proprietary SIP hard phones• Agent workstations are Windows-based• Open Source Packages used:
– Fedora Core Linux– Asterisk Open Source Edition– OrecX Call reording and monitoring solution
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Thank youFor more information on Open Source
software and licenses, go to:
http://www.opensource.org