Open source presents a large potential competitive advantage for businesses that understand how to manage and implement enterprise software. Linux has contributed greatly to the adoption and success of Open Source Software. Companies such as IBM, HP, Red Hat, Oracle, and recently, Novell, have invested in, and legitimized the use of Open Source Software for the enterprise.

Open Source Software has many benefits for the enterprise including:

• OSS offers enterprises the opportunity to be more self-reliant through source code modification.
• It allows incremental project and upgrade schedules, free rein in integration decisions, and direct interaction with the OSS community.
• It creates the opportunity to implement projects in a way that is consistently mindful of enterprise goals, rather than the goals of a proprietary software vendor.
• OSS allows enterprises to select from a broader range of hardware and software vendors and service providers than proprietary solutions.

For these and other reasons, the acceptance of Open Source Software as an enterprise option has accelerated greatly.

Armstrong Consulting has aligned itself with the open source community to be able to offer expert consulting and support services for the top open source enterprise solutions available for businesses today.

Solutions include:

• Compiere – an Enterprise Resource Planning software package.
• dotProjet – a web-based project management and online collaboration portal.
• Open WorkBench – A client project management application that is a free alternative to Microsoft Project.
• Mambo – a web portal and content management solution that can be used for total knowledge management.
• SugarCRM – a customer relationship management solution to manage your sales, marketing and client relationship.
• Moodle – an web based learning management portal that manage the total learning experience.
• And others…

Through applications mentioned above, Armstrong Consulting can provide their clients enterprise solutions while drastically cutting or removing the licensing cost all together.