BW: Andover.Net Bolsters Corporate Services With New Magazine

“Andover.Net, the leading Internet destination for Linux and
Open Source computing, today announced its August launch of Open, a
magazine for senior technology planners engaged in acquiring and
integrating Open Source solutions for the enterprise. By
identifying buyers and builders of Open Source systems, Open rounds
out Andover.Net’s Corporate Services initiative for Linux and Open
Source projects, which includes a broad range of fee-based Internet
services that include on-line expert support, application updates
and project consulting.”

“At Andover.Net we use a collaborative support model over the
Internet to extend service on thousands of products to thousands of
corporations,” says Bruce Twickler, president and CEO.
“Conventional support models have dozens of people supporting
dozens of applications but Andover.Net has 3 million unique
visitors each month who can give support.“

“Our leading web sites like QuestionExchange.com and
Freshmeat.net already serve a community building enterprise
computing strategies on Open Source software,” says Bill Dwyer,
Andover.Net’s vice president of publishing. “But there are still a
lot of companies seeking ways to adopt superior Open Source
solutions. Now we’ll be there in print with Open, whose mission is
to bridge technology and business issues to help them work through
the challenges of the most important revolution in the history of
software development.” A key component of the Open editorial
package is OpenBench Labs, which will assess the business benefits
of IT technologies. All benchmark software, Dwyer notes, will be
maintained as Open Source projects on SourceForge.net. “This
enables Open’s readers to go far beyond simply replicating the
tests in Open, by giving them the opportunity to actively
participate in designing the logic and methodology of the
magazine’s testing.”

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