TY - UNPB
T1 - The Challenges of Open Source Software in IT Adoption
T2 - Enterprise Achitecture versus Total Cost of Ownership
AU - Holm Larsen, Michael
AU - Holck, Jesper
AU - Pedersen, Mogens Kuhn
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Abstract: The paper presents an explorative study of Open Source Software (OSS) focusing on the managerial decisions for acquisition of OSS. Based on three case studies we argue that whereas small organizations often may chose adoption of OSS expecting significant cost savings, a major barrier for larger organizations' adoption of OSS lies in the organizations' consolidation of the enterprise architectures, in addition to that OSS will not be adopted before satisfactory delivery and procurement models for OSS are established. Keywords: Open Source Software, OSS, Enterprise Architecture, Total Cost of Ownership, Delivery and Procurement Model.
AB - Abstract: The paper presents an explorative study of Open Source Software (OSS) focusing on the managerial decisions for acquisition of OSS. Based on three case studies we argue that whereas small organizations often may chose adoption of OSS expecting significant cost savings, a major barrier for larger organizations' adoption of OSS lies in the organizations' consolidation of the enterprise architectures, in addition to that OSS will not be adopted before satisfactory delivery and procurement models for OSS are established. Keywords: Open Source Software, OSS, Enterprise Architecture, Total Cost of Ownership, Delivery and Procurement Model.
KW - Software
KW - Open source
KW - Virksomhedens informationsteknologi
KW - IT-ledelse
KW - IT-investeringer
KW - Indkøb
KW - Sourcing
KW - IT-arkitektur
KW - TCO - Total cost of ownership
KW - OSS
M3 - Working paper
BT - The Challenges of Open Source Software in IT Adoption
CY - København
ER -