Category Archives: Opensource

Bringing open source software to Southeast Asia and India for 11 years

Open source software is at the center of technology and thereby business transformation. However, starting a business when it was very difficult to convince the enterprises to use open source software for business critical applications and running it for 11 years is an adventurous journey. Sharing some of those experiences and how we have contributedContinue reading “Bringing open source software to Southeast Asia and India for 11 years”

What it means to complete 11 years in the open source business

What if you are not a unicorn? What if you don’t have the backing of big time VCs as your investors? Can you still make an impact? Before I start talking about the impact that we have been making, let me talk about our journey. Year 2009 was certainly not a great year for businessesContinue reading “What it means to complete 11 years in the open source business”

What ails commercial open source software companies?

Open source software is mainstream, open source has made (and continues to) the world (not just IT) a better place in many ways. There are many example of open source software ( Linux, android, chrome etc) to open source projects (gov data, open hardware, educational contents etc) However, we can’t say commercial vendors of theContinue reading “What ails commercial open source software companies?”

2 technologies that are shaping business transformation

I wrote this blog first for my company’s website. We all know how IT has become center stage of business transformation in last few years. It has its own challenges that are unique and at the same time has opened up new opportunities. The senior IT executives have to deal with operational and strategic levelContinue reading “2 technologies that are shaping business transformation”