Hi, Every now and then there is talk on this list about the penetration of FOSS in the corporate world.
This is another one of these threads, but with a more focused objective. This message is addressed mainly to the business owners in this list who use FOSS in their company and to people working for such companies (guys, please pass this on to your manager(s)). I am offering the opportunity for a small to medium business to implement a Business Intelligence (BI) solution using FOSS. This, to my knowledge, will be a first in Canterbury, if not in New Zealand. The implementation will have an incremental approach and as the project will progress the company will see tangible results in the form of: - Cleaner data - More accurate descriptors and information - Better and more meaningful reports - Defined, formalised and timely reported KPIs - Support for pattern discovery in different aspects of the business and in business processes - Multidimensional reporting for analysis, forecasting and decision making - Analysis tools for investigating different business scenarios The aim is first and foremost to deliver a useful BI solution that will permit the company to increase its performance and profit and make significant savings. The offer can be downloaded from here (http://www.totalimex.com/FOSS_BI_Solution_Offer.pdf 76KB) It is not a for-free offer - or else will not make business sense - but it has a gratis component. I am donating 24 hours of my time to do the feasibility study and cost / benefit analysis for the project - 14-16 on site and 8-10 off-site to write the report - should it be evident that the company can really make use of such a solution, as not everyone may find it useful in their current stage. I will also directly conduct all aspects of the projects. Because I will work on it only part time, I will just charge agreed time, and that at half the market hourly rates for such projects. However I cannot promise the same for the work that will need to be outsourced or for the other members of the team, should I have to put together a team to successfully deliver the solution. As you will see in the doc when you download it, there are some strings attached and I'll put them here. To qualify for this offer the company has to: - already use at least 50% FOSS in the applications system that model and support the core business process - agree, should it be proven necessary, to invest in the required infrastructure to facilitate a successful implementation of the BI solution or parts of it - agree to periodically report on this list of successfully completed threads in the project stream with a short progress report - agree to contribute to the case study highlighting the success story at the end of the project - agree to the publishing of the sanitised version of the success story on my website - agree to have the sanitised version of the success story with the company's name mentioned in it published in the electronic and/or printed regional and national media - agree to provide references for future similar projects Also worth mentioning here is the time frame. I expect that the project will take around 6 months, but that can vary depending on multiple factors determined by the specifics of the company. First tangible benefits and measurable results will be guaranteed though in the first three weeks. At this time and with the above mentioned strings and bonuses, this is an offer for one qualifying company only, and it will be delivered on a first-qualified-come-first-served basis. This offer as it is presented now will expire on 09/03/2009 Who want to take advantage? Adrian
