OpenOffice.org 2 - TCO for SMEs?

Yes of course, I would like to compare the price of OpenOffice.org 2 with MS Office-2007 here and see how OpenOffice.org 2 makes an impact on TCO.

MS office-2007 - 500$ (approx)
OpenOffice.org 2 - 0$

So on a whole TCO of MS Office - 2007 is 500$ where as TCO of OpenOffice-2 is 0$.

To use OpenOffice.org 2 you don’t need to contact any vendor or third party. OpenOffice-2 can be downloaded and used entirely free of cost and is released under the LGPL license. This means you may use it for any purpose - domestic, commercial, educational, public administration. You may install it on as many computers as you like. You may make copies and give them away to family, friends, students, and employees - anyone you like. And you don’t have to pay anything for future upgrades.

Some of the cool features of OpenOffice.org 2

OpenOffice.org Writer - A full-featured word processor.
OpenOffice.org Calc - Complete spreadsheet functionality
OpenOffice.org Impress - A full-featured presentation tool


- Compatibility with MS Office
- One-click PDF export feature that enables you to easily create
PDF files, to export pdf we don’t need any third party tools
- Export presentations and drawings to the Macromedia Flash format

Isn't it cool.....? try OpenOffice.org 2 today and enjoy the freedom.

Open Source Applications for OSN - 3COM

3COM is a pioneer in providing Open Source Applications for Open Source Networking. The following editorial explains what the 3COM focuses on and what they have yielded.

Open source software applications, many of them widely used now, deliver low-cost, highly functional, innovative solutions that address a number of current network challenges. To provide these benefits within an OSN-enabled environment, 3Com offers open source “bundles” of pre-tested and supported applications for use with the 3Com® OSN Module (OSN|M).

OSN Service Monitoring Bundle
The Service Monitoring Bundle gives IT managers increased network visibility that lets them proactively identify potential network problems and more effectively predict network behavior, reducings operating expense by automating problem resolution using a variety of open source solutions.

Additionally, the Service Monitoring Bundle can enhance compliance with industry and IT regulations, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI). The bundle enhances protection through an implementation of network-wide security strategies that speedily detect worms or other threats.

Four individual solutions in the bundle can be easily installed on an OSN Module using a standard web browser.

• Network Service Monitoring. Utilizes the open source application MRTG for flexible data gathering and graphical representation of critical OSN service metrics
  
  
• Network Traffic Monitoring. Utilizes the open source application NTOP to characterize “Live” traffic and identify network usage patterns, providing a wealth of network traffic data with many uses, such as detection of network security violations or network optimization and planning.
  
  
• Packet Capturing and Analysis. Utilizes the open source application TShark to allow network administrators to quickly troubleshoot both local and remote networks, detecting potential security problems as well as providing detailed information on network protocols in use
  
  
• Service Notification. Utilizes the open source application Nagios® to inform network administrators about problems quickly and enable resolution of potential service degradations


Availability, Service and Support
The Service Monitoring Bundle includes an easy-to-use web-based administration interface, Webmin, that eases installation and administration of its open source applications on 3Com OSN-enabled hardware. Support for the monitoring tool can be obtained from 3Com as described in the Software Application Support Service available for the Service Monitoring Bundle and other applications that have been tested and approved for use with the 3Com OSN Module (OSN|M). The Service includes 24x7 telephone technical support, bug fixes, software upgrades and 3Com web services for covered software applications.

Licensing
The OSN Network Monitoring Bundle is available from the 3Com website for all registered OSN|M users. The open source-based applications that the product uses are made available under the terms of the GNU General Public License V2 . The WEBMIN module is distributed under a BSD-like license.

Courtesy: 3COM Corporation