Power of Enterprise Open Source

Enterprise Open Source is the business model of eZ Systems, meaning that we do business in the realm of freedom and responsibility. While our products are Open Source licensed, eZ Systems is still a company with a professionally hired crew. Thus, just like any other company, we deliver if you pay us and we need to make money to pay our crew and bills.

Experiences since 1999

Since 1999, eZ Systems has been creating Open Source software and serves its customers. During that time, we have first of all experienced the benefits of Open Source when it comes to efficient product development and distribution. We acknowledge that our software would not have been as good as it is today without the help of an active community and the Open Source development model.

Our global leading market position can also partially be credited to the distribution effect which is possible with Open Source software and the Internet.

We have also experienced that there are many people around the world who demand the freedom of Open Source, have the competence to help themselves, and are happy to share with others. These people are the peers of our community, and the basis of any Open Source software model.

From Early Adopters to Mainstream

As the acceptance of our product grew from early adaptors and innovators into the mainstream market, we realized that very many of the new customers neither have the dedicated internal resources, nor the wish to do everything themselves. They want a reliable partner making sure that they get a solution solving their problems and meeting their demands throughout the entire project life cycle, from implementation to assurance and guarantees.

This leads us to the term Enterprise Open Source: By combining the full freedom of Open Source software with the responsibility of a company, we are able to both

• give the users the full freedom of Open Source software
• be the responsible party providing enterprises with a full set of services and guarantees

This makes it possible for us to benefit from the open development processes as well as open software distribution, and at the same time have a scalable business.