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Rising cost of Commercial Open Source Products

I came across this article on BusinessWeek which prompted me to get me to put down some of my own thoughts:

Link [http://www.businessweek.com/technology/technology_at_work/archives/2009/07/the_failure_of.html](http://www.businessweek.com/technology/technology_at_work/archives/2009/...)

Online Document Collaboration

Collaboration is a broad and all encompassing term which comprises of many technologies and application. Web meetings/conferencing, internet forums, desktop sharing, instant messenger, emails, shared calendars, online project management, wikis, social networking (Facebook, Linkedin, twitter), ranking and voting applications, online document or spreadsheet editing are all examples of collaborative applications.

LinearCube's New Affordable, On-Demand Document Management for Small Businesses

LinearCube's document management systems offer simple solutions for sharing, editing, and controlling your company's important data, with one major benefit: affordable price points for smaller businesses.

SaaS Document Management Systems and the SMB marketplace

After doing our market research for the past few months, I am coming to the conclusion that it is tough to sell the value proposition for a horizontal Document Management System in the SMB market place. Even if the cost are very low as is the case with a hosted SaaS based offering, unless the business is just looking for standard DMS features, they are not willing to spend any money. There are a few reasons for this:

Guide to selecting On-Demand Document Management System

I have outlined 8 steps that a customer needs to go through when evaluating an On-DemandDocument Management System. I have organized them based on highest to lowest priority. The priorities could be different based on a customer’s business model and document usage patterns.

SaaS, Virtualization, Open Source Document Management

I am starting this forum to get a dialog going around the coming together of Software-as-a-Service, Virtualization and Open Source and how they apply to Document Management Systems. I will also discuss what size of businesses and what industry segments can most benefit from this emerging trend.

My company LinearCube is a provider of Open Source Software-as-a-Service based Document Management System. I will share some of my experience as we go to market and learn what the customers are asking for.

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