How to Champion a Commercial Open Source IT Management Solution to Executive Management

Today’s new trends in IT Management is to replace proprietary solutions for open source solutions because of the proprietary software’s restricted extensibility, bloated functionality and lofty maintenance costs. Decision influencers have several important steps to prove the open source strength and cost effectiveness to convince management to make the switch. Join Audrey Rasmussen, analyst at Ptak, Noel and Associates and Tara Spalding and Rich Trezza from GroundWork Open Source share insight on what IT managers are experiencing in their software purchasing such as budget shifts and service level expectations.