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Open Source Software

Collaborative development and individualistic momentum are two of the Open Source Community’s greatest
strengths. The Internet and the far-reaching effects of standardized Open Source tool sets enable large numbers of programmers from around the world to build software quickly. The global, round-the-clock development of the Open Source community accelerates the delivery of high quality software.

Though some for-profit software vendors may take exception, many open source products are even more secure than their proprietary counterparts. There are several reasons we can cite for strong security:

Source Code Transparency: Because Open Source code is available to everyone, bugs (including security bugs) are found sooner and resolved faster.

Vertical Integration: Since open source tends to be more compartmental and not vertically integrated, it’s generally easier and faster to repair any problem. For instance, when a security flaw is found in a proprietary database management system that has considerable operating system dependencies and perhaps special code in the operating system, changes might be required not only to the database code, but also to the operating system code. The equivalent Open Source product usually has fewer dependencies and, as a result, the correction is often simpler and therefore faster.

Reputations: Leaders of the top open source projects are most often identified and well known, so their reputations ride on writing good code and quickly fixing any bugs that are found. Reputation is a tremendous motivator.

Connet addresses the key requirements for a secure, open, integrated software stack, along with enterprise platforms and the end-to-end support needed for an application infrastructure built upon Open Source software. We bring together the best-in-class Open Source solutions, then add even greater value; we heighten the security, reliability and manageability of the Open Source stack. And we provide you with the services that help you
safely migrate to an enterprise-class, Open Source based infrastructure.