It Works in the WildOpen Source + Business
Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire - @horncologneOpen Source Evangelist, Acquia
re:publica 2014 - BerlinCMS Breakfast Edinburgh
It Works in the WildOpen Source + Business or ...
Open Source DeliversBetter Business
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@horncologne / @acquia
#opensource / #Drupal
Who are you?Why are you here?
Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire
Open Source Evangelist –Acquia
acquia.com/podcasts
@horncologne
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Acquia - The Enterprise Guide to Drupal!• Gründer und CTO Dries Buytaert • 400+ Mitarbeiter, in USA, Europa & Australia • 4,000+ Enterprise Kunden • Acquia Support & Hosting, PS – Center of Excellence • 19 Mrd.+ Requests pro Monat auf Acquia Cloud • 700+ Partner
• Founder and CTO Dries Buytaert
• 450+ employees in US, Europe & Australia
• Acquia Software, Support & Cloud
• 19 billion+ requests/month on Acquia Cloud
• 775+ Partners
Acquia – Dream it. Drupal it.
What is ?
Market Presence 1,500,000+ sitesGlobal Adoption 228 countriesExtensive Capabilities 22,000+ modulesBroad Community 1,000,000+ on d.oActive Development 26,000+ developersExpert Drupal Services 1000s of companies
World’s largest open source platform
It Works in the WildOpen Source + Business or ...
Open Source DeliversBetter Business
What dobusinesses need?
Profitability (aka $)
Or “success” as you define it ...
• Faster Speed of Innovation• Reduced Cost of Risk
• Faster Time to Market
• Best-of-Breed, Integrated Solutions
• Better Quality, Security, Accountability
To be profitable, I need ...
1. Innovation:• Faster Speed of Innovation• Reduced Cost of Risk
2. Cost savings:• Faster Time to Market
3. Efficiency/Productivity• Best-of-Breed, Integrated Solutions
4. Risk mitigation• Better Quality, Security, Accountability
To be profitable, I need ...
1. Innovation2. Cost savings3. Efficiency/Productivity4. Risk mitigation
But what is open source? ...
Open Source Delivers:
Open Source = Four Freedoms
Use it: for anything, anywhere, foreverStudy it: understand what you are usingModify it: fix it, make it betterShare it: redistribute, sell, give back
"In the world of computer software, open source communities develop and improve ideas organically, based on concepts and practices that work. Driven by innovation contributed by individuals, open source simply means that a system is available to any who wish to contribute.
It provides the fastest possible rate of improvement for ideas."
One Way Forward: The Outsider's Guide to Fixing the Republic.
- Lawrence Lessig, 2012
1. Innovation2. Cost savings3. Efficiency/Productivity4. Risk mitigation
Let’s check ...
Open source delivers all this?
February 2012 March 2012 April 2012
Pinterest hits 10M unique visitors
New Drupal module created for website
Users “pinned” images
15 Drupal sites go live with Pinterest integration
1. Open source: Innovation & Agility
Open Source software supported by a large, active community keeps you on the cutting edge of innovation.Pinterest, @font-face Drupal modules,Mongo DB Drupal integration, Composer, … ?
Modular, open source solutions give you faster, cheaper time-to-market.
NYSE
Agility
“Users generally have a much more accurate and detailed model of their needs than manufacturers have ...”Eric von Hipple, Democratizing Innovation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/6086350983/sizes/l/in/photostream/
2. Open Source: “zero” price tag
A zero price tag lets me ...
Proprietary
IT CostsPersonnel
HostingBandwidth
Design(Recurring) Licensing fees
Vendor lock-in Data lock-in (buy it back?)
Vendor roadmapVendor release cycle
When it happens
Open Source
IT CostsPersonnelHostingBandwidthDesignNo licensing feesInvest in your teamInvest what/when you need1000s of vendorsYou own your dataYour roadmapWhen you need itWhen you need it
“Better, not cheaper”“Phase 2 now!”“Bang for $”“Keep the money in the project”
Better, not cheaper.
Budget == 100 Proprietary FOSS Reallocation
SLA Support / Infrastructure
15 15 0
Software license fees
25 0 -25
Strategy, Design, Features, Training ...
25 35 +10
Implementation 25 30 +5
Testing, QA 10 20 +10
Better, not cheaper.
Budget == 100 Proprietary FOSS Reallocation
SLA Support / Infrastructure
15 15 0
Software license fees
25 0 -25
Strategy, Design, Features, Training ...
25 35 +10
Implementation 25 30 +5
Testing, QA 10 20 +10
Better, not cheaper.
Budget == 100 Proprietary FOSS Reallocation
SLA Support / Infrastructure
15 15 0
Software license fees
25 0 -25
Strategy, Design, Features, Training ...
25 35 +10
Implementation 25 30 +5
Testing, QA 10 20 +10
Better, not cheaper.
Budget == 100 Proprietary FOSS Reallocation
SLA Support / Infrastructure
15 15 0
Software license fees
25 0 -25
Strategy, Design, Features, Training ...
25 35 +10
Implementation 25 30 +5
Testing, QA 10 20 +10
Better, not cheaper.
Budget == 100 Proprietary FOSS Reallocation
SLA Support / Infrastructure
15 15 0
Software license fees
25 0 -25
Strategy, Design, Features, Training ...
25 35 +10
Implementation 25 30 +5
Testing, QA 10 20 +10
Better, not cheaper.
Budget == 100 Proprietary FOSS Reallocation
SLA Support / Infrastructure
15 15 0
Software license fees
25 0 -25
Strategy, Design, Features, Training ...
25 35 +10
Implementation 25 30 +5
Testing, QA 10 20 +10
Better, not cheaper.
Rapid Site Launch
Rapid Site Launch vml.com australia.vml.com brazil.vml.com china.vml.com europe.vml.com goodtechnology.com goodtechnology.co.uk gtlondon.co.uk london.vml.com milan.vml.com native.vml.com poland.vml.com qaisconsulting.com southafrica.vml.com southkorea.vml.com tokyo.vml.com vml.au vml.br vmlbrazil.com vml.co.uk vml-gt.com
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Market Presence 1,500,000+ sitesGlobal Adoption 228 countriesExtensive Capabilities 22,000+ modulesBroad Community 1,000,000+ membersActive Development 26,000+ developers
World’s largest open source platform
3. Open source: Efficiency/Productivity
Modular, open source solutions let you keep what works, replace what you need to.
Changingneeds
Keep what works.Innovate when/where you should.
Keep what works.Innovate when/where you should.
4. Open source: Risk Mitigation
Open source licensesput me in control.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/centralasian/5329431523/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Transparency ...
Quality is a common outcomeof transparency.
Security is a common outcome of transparency.
Is Open Source Secure?
“Continuous and broad peer review, enabled by publicly available source code, supports [our] software reliabilityand security efforts”
David M. Wennergren, Department of Defense CIOClarifying Guidance Regarding Open Source Software
“One interviewee from a global pharmaceutical organization believed that his open source WCM solutions were more secure than proprietary ones … Many also feel that the open code base is a particular advantage, as it allows organizations to explore potential security vulnerabilities.”
- Forrester Research, October 2012
Is Open Source Secure?
Auditing is only possiblethrough transparency.
(system of record, compliance, etc.) http://goo.gl/VRzZW
4. Open source: Risk Mitigation
Yours?
1. Innovation2. Cost savings3. Efficiency/Productivity4. Risk mitigation
∴ Open Source == $
Open Source Delivers:
Thank you!
Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire - @[email protected]
Jeffrey A. “jam” McGuire
Open Source Evangelist –Acquia
acquia.com/podcasts
@horncologne
Questions?