Military Medicine Foundation Opts for Open Solution With Bluenog
by Kristin Shoemaker - Oct. 15, 2009Comments (0)- Related Blog Posts
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There have been an ever increasing number of public organizations and private non-profits -- including medical institutions and educational facilities -- making the move to open source or hybrid open-proprietary software solutions.
Of course there are a number of compelling reasons for this trend beyond the frequently cited savings or escape from vendor lock-in. One of the reasons that the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine chose Bluenog to provide its content management system, web portal and business intelligence software was the flexibility that open source software offered in integrating with its legacy systems and infrastructure.
I wouldn't be surprised if, over the next several years, we see open source gain traction as much -- if not more -- because it's easily integrated in mixed network or legacy system situations as it is due to cost or stability. It's much less disruptive to gradually transition from proprietary to open platforms when learning curves are factored in -- and it allows existing hardware or software licensing contracts and obligations to expire, so none of an organization's already invested resources go to waste.
Bluenog has no small task ahead, but chief technology officer Suresh Kuppusamy says that Bluenog's specialty is working with organizations like HJF that have a global employee base and heavily-relied upon legacy enterprise systems -- but not limitless amounts of cash to spend on software solutions.
HJF is a private, non-profit organization working to improve military medicine and public health, focusing on research administration, clinical trials, staffing and program management, and education. It chose Bluenog to supply its content management system, web portal and business intelligence software after evaluating several similar solutions earlier this year. HJF and Bluenog expect that the first portal implementation will be completed by the end of the year.
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