Open Source for Business

Small and medium size businesses have a unique set of needs. These organizations often have limited time and resources to devote to building and maintaining tools and application that will help streamline business processes and need to deliver fast ROI. Open source solutions offer SME's the opportunity to get up and running quickly with a solution that can be customized to fit their business requirements for little investement. Many solutions available can take the place of the traditional large scale enterprise applications that can't be customized often create more work. OS solutions can help update website content, collaborate with internal teams, manage a project, create a community and communicate with clients. 

Advantages for SME's:
1. No cost for solution
2. The right open source solution can be enterprise ready
3. Can help streamline business processes
4. Solutions are supported by a large community
5. Allows for experimentation and trials without a large investment

Here are just a few articles that show how SME's are embracing open source: