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In the last few years we’ve seen a significant number of open source tools which are effective no-cost or low-cost replacements to traditional proprietary tools which can costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to purchase and maintain. Open Office is now very competitive with Microsoft’s Office Suite, GIMP can do many of the things that Adobe Photoshop can do, and the OSS email solution, Zimbra, is making many wonder if Exchange will maintain its market dominance.
On the business side, we have many great open source solutions available, but very few of these tools integrate with each other in any meaningful way. When you purchase software all from the same company, usually their tools will play with each other very well, but when it comes to several different open source projects with different programming teams, you’ll save a lot of money, but there’s little chance of meaningful integration between each application.

That’s all about to change. DataSync is developing a new OSS unification suite which will make many of the open-source tools used by small and medium sized businesses work together as if they were all made by the same company. The project is called the “DataSync Productivity Suite.” The biggest benefit of the solution is that there’s no redundant data between the applications. Instead of having a set of duplicate contacts in SugarCRM and Zimbra, you’ll just have one set of contacts. You’ll only need to enter the data once, and it will show up where it needs to in all of the OSS applications that you leverage.

The DataSync Productivity Suite will have integrated open source applications to meet any and all business needs. It features the Joomla Content Management System for your company’s website, SugarCRM for sales force automation and customer relationship management, Zimbra for your business email needs, and KnowledgeTree for document management. The architecture around the productivity suite is extremely modular, so it’s very easy to add in additional open-source applications as time goes on. In the near future, DataSync will be adding an e-commerce solution to its arsenal of OSS tools available.

DataSync’s Productivity Suite also features a unified logon module which will enable you to sign-on to Joomla, SugarCRM, Zimbra, and KnowledgeTree with one username and password. With a single sign-on, you’ll be able to access all of your business productivity tools at once.

Click Here to Learn More About DataSync’s Productivity Suite