A far cry from the early days of the “freeware" and "shareware" movement that carried with it the notoriety of security issues, lack of technical support, and a “wild-west” programming landscape, today's Open Source technology is being adopted by government and business for cost-effective, secure, and reliable delivery of critical missions and crucial day-to-day operations.

Open technology has been recently embraced by the Department of Defense and is gaining popularity at all levels of government. Cost-conscious agencies are looking to cut prohibitive, ongoing, and ever-increasing license fees tied to the maintenance and enhancements of their enterprise systems.  They want cost savings and increased vendor autonomy without sacrificing security, quality, reliability, and technical support.

IEM is a leader in advancing Open Source technology within the development community and in helping our customers build innovative and custom-designed open software systems that rely on available and robust software tools free of expensive licensing costs.

Considering Open Source?  Here are a few tips:

• Select an experienced Open Source partner
  
• Evaluate available tools:
  • Server software
  • Library databases
  • Application development platforms
    
• Contact IEM. We can answer your questions!
  
  

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