Learning how to solve existing problems is one of the keys to developing a
successful product. Learning when to turn to the open source community to
facilitate innovation is another quality that more and more companies are
beginning to realize. The BitLeap story provides a real-world example of how
new companies can innovate with open source and thereby create something new
and useful.
As the founder of the popular open source Cacti project, BitLeap co-founder
Ian Berry understood the merits of open source software. Hear how BitLeap
incorporates open source to deliver cost-effective backup services.
First of all, interacting in the open source community comes with
responsibility. Of course there's the responsibility of abiding by open
source license stipulations and pub... (more)