DataSync Business News

Developing open source software is a very unique and rewarding experience. The economic landscape is changing and is conducive to high-velocity open source development projects. We’ve been publishing our development builds (a big release is on the docket), launching our forums, and getting some velocity and automation behind our efforts. Zimbra and SugarCRM are products we’re watching grow extremely quickly, and hope to contribute more to in the future. We’re also watching Alfresco closely, and may include it soon in DataSync Suite.

Even though we’re in the early stages of developing DataSync Suite, it’s been fascinating to see early participation from the community. I was very apprehensive at first that we’d be on our own with development until we had a stable production package out the door. However this has not been the case. We have developers from around the world looking at our code, giving us great feedback, and participating in our thinking process.

We’re still in the early stages of building this product. We have solid development efforts devoted to the project, and are adding capacity (our next developer is starting in a couple weeks!). It’s still a challenge to pick which features to write first, balancing the desire to move forward with the financial restraints of a young company, and releasing code early and often. However through it all the project is moving forward, and we’re growing as a company. I’m excited as ever about the future of open source and how DataSync Suite will impact the world.

Regards,

-Mike