New IT reality: open source software with universal support
Open source software is now an inevitable reality in the world of information technology (IT). Though the lack of integrated services and functional solutions has impeded open source software development for a long time, today it's mature enough so that large consulting service providers are increasingly making it part of their solutions. To the great relief of businesses forced to cut back on their IT investments.
At the same time, major suppliers, such as IBM, Novell, Sun, Oracle and Zend, are basing a major part of their product development strategy on Linux products and open source software, and don't hesitate to release their own developments to the open source community. A future full of promise for open source...
Services that can satisfy requirements
As recognized specialists, DMR consultants are the source of many solution implementation efforts for the government, including the first installations of TYPO3 in Quebec City. They provide mixed open source-proprietary software solutions that make it possible to combine content management systems, electronic document management and collaborative tools.
DMR's Open Source Software Expertise and Solution Center (OSSESC) has put together a solid set of services that truly meet the needs of businesses:
| Areas of expertise |
Technologies |
| Web development and electronic document management |
TYPO3, Alfresco, Joomla!, OpenCMS, InfoGlue, Plone, XHTML, CSS2, Web 2.0 |
| Application development and integration |
Apache Maven – CVS – Eclipse – NetBeans – SubVersion |
| Enterprise infrastructures, security and workstations |
Management of heterogeneous infrastructures (Windows, Linux, Novell, Unix, etc.), VMware, Virtualization, LiveMotion, OpenOffice Suite |
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Operations |
Linux, Unix (Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise, Red Hat Enterprise, etc.) |
| Databases |
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle |
Certified experts
The OSSESC has a pool of effective, highly qualified experts. Passionate people who have devoted time and effort to obtaining recognized certifications :
- ITIL Foundation Certificate Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform
- Sun Certified Web Component Developer for the Java 2 Platform
- Zend Certified Engineer PHP (4 and 5).
Member of TYPO3 Association and Novell partner
DMR is a member of the TYPO3 Association. The goal of this non-profit association, founded in 2004, is to ensure the ongoing development of TYPO3, the popular Web content management system for enterprise purposes, and to promote it.
In joining the association, DMR shows its involvement in the open source world and its desire to help evolve this powerful system that is already solidly implemented at the Quebec government and several Quebec businesses. Our TYPO3 specialists play an active part in managing the official TYPO3 Web site and contribute to the product's development.
As a Novell partner, we can give you specialized support for the following solutions:
- migration and integration of Linux and its services in your network environments (especially SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop)
- deployment of exhaustive identity-based management and security systems
- management of heterogeneous networks including various types of resources and peripherals
- implementation of multiplatform network services.