These are some of the best ERP, CRM, small business server, project management and business intelligence applications available under an open source license.
Open source software for business is — yes, you guessed it — big business. According to Gartner, businesses will likely spend $321 billion on enterprise software in 2016, 4.2 percent more than last year. With business application expenses taking an ever-larger share of their IT budgets, many organizations are looking for ways to cut costs, and that leads many to consider open source software. In fact, a survey conducted by Black Duck Software found that 65 percent of companies were increasing their use of open source software in 2016.
By Cynthia Harvey