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A new open source intranet solution PDF Print E-mail

Open Designs specialises in the use of Open Source internet technologies for SME's. We want to point to some best-of-breed free software that can help businesses utilise web technology to their advantage. Today I'm going to share with you one such technology you are probably not aware of: Alfresco. What is Alfresco? It is an Enterprise Content Management System.

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Joomla or Drupal PDF Print E-mail

Joomla and Drupal are the two most popular Open Source CMS's on the market.  That's not without reason.  They're both good.  There are lots of other CMS's as well, but we're not going to cover them in this article.  Here I want to discuss when to choose Joomla and when to choose Drupal.
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10 common web design mistakes PDF Print E-mail

Here I have collected some of the most frequent mistakes I see people do with their websites.  Enjoy, I hope it can help someone!
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Open Up! PDF Print E-mail

Several trends can be spotted over the last years when it comes to how software is being developed and sold.   Two powerful such trends are the Open Source movement, and Software As A Service (SAAS).  Sometimes the two are even combined.  Without knowing it, you probably use Open Source software every day.  It could be your browser (Firefox), Operating System (Linux), the server serving up the web pages you look at (Apache).  It could be in you mobile phone, or even in your car.

Software producers are waking up to the fact the the old way of licencing their products isn't always good enough in today's world.  Their products can be bypassed by open source upstarts that quickly can grow to surpass them in functionality and usability.

On our pages we hope to give you more information as to why it could be wise to Open Up.