sambastream minibar presentation - using open source in saas
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November 09 Minibar presentaiton on how we used Open Source to achieve the impossible with SambaJAM, delivering a rich powerful application in months, not years!TRANSCRIPT
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SambaJAMUsing Open-Source
to build the impossible – FAST!
Collaborative Content Management in the Cloud
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SambaJAM – Overview
iGoogle Style Personal Dashboard
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SambaJAM – Overview
Secure workspaces with customisable home dashboard & features
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SambaJAM – Overview
Secure wikis supporting wiki mark-up language & WYSIWYG editor
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SambaJAM – Overview
Document Library with thumbnails, tagging, version control, workflows…
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SambaJAM – Overview
…multi-file uploading…
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SambaJAM – Overview
…drag & drop Document Management…
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SambaJAM – Overview
…online previews with commenting…
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SambaJAM – Overview
…online document & spreadsheet editing with Zoho…
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SambaJAM – Overview
…and Microsoft Office Integration with no extra plugins
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SambaJAM – Overview
Quick dropdown search with thumbnailed results
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SambaJAM – Overview
Advanced search query builder to refine results
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Question
How did we get all of this functionality in months, not years?!
Answer: Open Source all the way!!
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SambaJAM – Open-Source Stack
Enterprise Content Management
SambaJAMGWT Client
Client Interface –runs on all major browsers with single code base
Content Management–Scalable, secure, reliable
Database & Rendition Engine
Operating System
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Open-Source Benefits
Use open-source to replace non-core commodity functions in your applications for the following benefits:
Save lots of money
Rapid development times
Get free exposure for your apps through community
No more re-inventing the wheel
Expand your development team to 1000’s
Transparent, hackable software
Let you concentrate on the end product
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Open-Source Dangers
Check licenses – Are you obligated to contribute back changes? Can you sell it?
Community Size & Traction – make sure you don’t back the wrong horse
Project Roadmap – Particularly important for company backed open-source projects like Alfresco
Support – If it’s a critical system, who’s going to support it if things go wrong?
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Partnering with commercial Open-Source
Use the community edition for as long as possible until you have customers
Make sure your product roadmaps don’t compete or will cause some issues down the line
Take advantage of their marketing & PR channels as much as possible
Remember you’re a start-up – when you do start paying get the best terms!
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Thankyou
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