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Integration of Open Source Systems for SME

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Novel Methods and Technologies for Enterprise Information Systems

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation ((LNISO,volume 8))

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To support the enterprise requirements in the case of enterprise resource planning, customer requirements management, document management systems and business intelligence proprietary but also open source software can be used. This paper focus on the open source branch and shows on a model which fields should be considered in selecting the best bundle for integration of these open source products. Therefore, a market analysis was done to identify the small and medium enterprise requirements and in an ongoing process the best open source systems fitting together has been chosen and proved by some case studies. The rating criteria’s are license, the activity of the community and the proposed interfaces.

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  1. University of Applied Science Kufstein, Andreas-Hofer-Straße 7, 6330, Kufstein, Austria

    Hans-Peter Steinbacher & Philipp Althaler

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  1. University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    Felix Piazolo

  2. University of innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    Michael Felderer

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Steinbacher, HP., Althaler, P. (2014). Integration of Open Source Systems for SME. In: Piazolo, F., Felderer, M. (eds) Novel Methods and Technologies for Enterprise Information Systems. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07055-1_12

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