Concerned about the current economic climate and want to drastically reduce costs.

All organisations are currently looking at ways to reduce costs and free open source software offers these savings today and more importantly, into the future.

Concerned that the new versions of software your organisation is advised to purchase offers little or no productivity benefits.

To ensure a continuous revenue stream, every commercial software vendor change the features within their software so your organisation continues to purchase their products. As open source software is free, it does not need to change features just to drive revenue. Open source software change features because they are a requirement therefore, there are less upgrades for your organisation to cope with.

Concerned your IT provider is directing your IT rather than your business.

Many existing IT providers profit by ensuring your organisation continues to invest in its IT system. These providers will steer your business into continually investing in technology which may offer little benefit but ensure you keep investing. At Take Life Easy we work at reducing your IT expenditure and review each and every IT solution you currently have in use. We ensure your entire IT environment offers value for money and is delivering real benefits.

Concerned that your data is now locked into a single software vendor and may become inaccessible unless you continually purchase their software product.

Unlike the commercial proprietary software you are currently using, open source software adheres to open standards allowing software developers to understand the way your data is structured and to ensure it can always be accessed by future software developments. Say goodbye to vendor lock in and proprietary formats. You have the source code to your applications when storing data in open standards.

Concerned your organisation has lost track of software licensing and the legal repercussions this could mean to its directors.

There is a legal requirement within your organisation to ensure it has purchased the correct number of licenses for the software actually in use. Allowing Take Life Easy to transition your organisation to open source software frees you from tracking software licenses for legal purposes.

Concerned at the amount of viruses your business is exposed to on a daily basis.

If your organisation has based its IT infrastructure on the Microsoft Windows operating system, you are well aware of the viruses it is exposed to and the additional cost of anti virus, spyware and firewall software. The open source Linux operating system provides a far more robust infrastructure and almost all of the viruses released have no affect on Linux. It goes without saying that any anti virus software that Take Life Easy propose will obviously be open source and thus be free for your organisation to use!

Concerned your current IT solution does not offer the security your organisation requires.

As with viruses, security breaches are a rare event with open source software. The Linux operating system works in an far more secure manner than many of its alternatives and because open source is open, security holes are identified and fixed faster than any commercial proprietary software could ever achieve.