The Business Case for Open Source Management Tools

From InfoWorld, Grounwork's CEO, Ranga Rangachari, makes The Business Case for Open Source Management Tools.

Vendor overshot is as bad today as it ever was -- particularly with management tools. On the one hand, chances are you're paying through the teeth for a lot of functionality that you'll never use (as your systems and networking tools are engineered to meet the needs of the largest enterprises). On the other hand, you're being confronted with solutions that themselves are a bear to install and configure (largely because of all of these complex features and add-ons that you'll never use).