OpenLogic Offers Training Services to Open Source Newcomers
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Talk about a company making lemonade out of the economy's lemons. There's a lot of talk about how the sluggish economy is a boon to the adoption of open source in enterprise, but enthusiastic IT managers are often met with resistance from business owners who don't understand what open source technology is all about, or how to use it.
OpenLogic has put together a series of training services that will help companies learn the ins and outs of using open source software. There are 4 different training options to choose from, ranging from days-long workshops to shorter sessions that last only a few hours. OpenLogic even offers a mentoring program for companies that need specific types of knowledge transfer. Training is typically done on-site, however some programs can be conducted as online tutorials.
Current pre-packaged topics include clustering for Web apps, introductions to PostgreSQL and MySQL administration, and application development for managers. If OpenLogic doesn't have a training course that meets your needs, they will design a custom program and "provide training on just about any open source technology."
In a prepared statement, OpenLogic's Senior Vice President Kim Weins said, "With the current economic situation, many companies are turning to lower cost open source software. OpenLogic's training classes help companies accelerate migration projects from expensive proprietary solutions to open source technologies and jump start new development efforts."
This is a really great idea and one that can't help but lower the barrier of entry for business owners who have been reluctant to wade into the waters of open source technology. OpenLogic's Web site doesn't provide pricing information for its training packages -- you need to contact the company for that -- but it's likely to cost far less than proprietary software, vendor lock-in, and the huge bottles of aspirin IT managers need for their headaches.
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