Gartner Web Development, LLC

Companies are spending billions of dollars on software, software maintenance, licensing, and renewals annually. In recent years, many private, government, and school organizations have turned to open source software as a cost-effective alternative to proprietary, closed source software. The Brazilian government expects to save over $120 million this year since announcing it’s intention to switch to open source in 2005 [1]. Companies should consider the use of open source software in their day to day operations, because, despite lower total cost of ownership, functionality and ease of use is not compromised.

An attractive, informative website is a business’ front line in marketing. Before your company actively pursues a potential sale, the consumer is already making decisions whether or not to buy products and services. Before your company is even aware of this potential sale, the consumer is already researching you and the competition. Today the internet is the research center of choice for potential customers and decision makers. Why? Because of the non threatening nature of the internet. Prospective customers can research your business without any obtrusive contact by sales personnel and can still remain anonymous while reaching a decision to buy goods or services.