By Rahul AroraCIGNEX, the global leader in Enterprise-ready Open Source (News - Alert) Software Solutions, along with leading Open Source Technology providers Alfresco, Liferay & Ephesoft, recently organized two Lunch & Learn seminars. The goal was to enable companies to gain insights into reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of Enterprise IT solutions from the leaders in Open Source Industry. The seminars provided valuable tips on how leading global enterprises are reaping the benefits of using Enterprise-ready Open Source Software Solutions. The two Lunch & Learn seminars were scheduled from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at The Hatton Hotel in London, on Wednesday, July 20 & Thursday, July 21.
“IT decision makers across the world are facing challenges of lowering their IT spends while keeping pace with newer solutions in the ECM, Portals & Social collaboration solutions,” said Munwar Shariff, CTO & EVP-EMEA, CIGNEX, in a statement. “These seminars bring the leaders in Open Source technologies under one roof to share the benefits of Enterprise-ready Open Source applications. The focus would be on sharing the tremendous benefits clients globally have reaped reducing the TCO of their IT investments using Open Source.”
The two lunch seminars were aimed at helping Senior Management make strategic decisions regarding IT spending. The first seminar focused on the functionalities and benefits of using Open Source Enterprise Content Management and Document Capture Solutions with CIGNEX, Alfresco & Ephesoft. The second seminar stressed the advantages of leveraging Open Source Portals and Social Collaboration solutions.
The speakers at these seminars included prominent Open Source leaders such as John Powell, president & CEO, Alfresco; Bryan Cheung, CEO, Liferay; and Finn Lehmann, VP-Sales & Marketing, Ephesoft. They shared their insights, technology solution benefits, and were available to talk in person.
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