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The Evolution of an Open Source Business model
”Case study: eZ Systems”
Aleksander Farstad
CEO eZ systems
Mai 2007
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How can a relatively small Norwegian company?
• Get on this list: • ”The Blueships of Enterprise Content Management” (German
JDK evaluate the ECM market in 2005) • 1 Open Text (Canada)• 2 Oracle (USA)• 3 eZ systems (Norway)• 4 Microsoft (USA)• 5 EMC (USA)
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How can a relatively small Norwegian company?
• ... gather 350 people from 28 nationalities to Skien, a small town in Norway.
• ...making the event the biggest Content Management event in Europe last year.
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How can a relatively small Norwegian company?• Get a customer list like this:
• IT/Telecom: MySQL, Mandriva, Zend, Catch, Telenet Belgium, Orange, France Telecom, Phonzo...
• Media: National Geografic, Swiss TV, Swiss Radio, Vogue, Prisma pub, Elle...
• Educational Institutions: MiT, Copenhagen Business School, INRA, HiO, HiT, HiA...
• Non Profit Organizations: Amnesty International, Norwegian Church Aid, OneWorld.net, United Nations, ICBL...
• Public Sector: Florida State, Agricoltura Italiana Online, Ministry of Science and Technology Israel, Ministry of Fisheries Norway...
• Other institutions: US Navy, NASA, Belgium Nuclear Research Institute, Norwegian National Library, French Ministry of Defence..
• Larger Enterprises:INEO (SUEZ), Sparkassen Informatik, Dorma, KPMG, Hitachi, VPS...
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Answer:
• The little Norwegian Company is not alone...
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Because with...
• More than 2 million downloads• More than 27 000 registered community members• More than 175 official partners• That little Norwegian Company is not that little...
• eZ ecosystem:
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The core values of an open ecosystem
• eZ Philosophy:
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Where does Open Source come in?
• It is the tool that allow Open Innovation to happen!
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Some facts about the relative small Norwegian company
• eZ systems is the world largest Open Source Content Management Software company
• Headquartered in Skien, Norway• Offices in Oslo, Copenhagen, Odessa, Dortmund, Lyon and
Vancouver• Main product is eZ Publish, Open Source Content Management
System • 85 employees from 23 nationalities
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The start in 1999: ”The vision of eZ”
• To be a global leading software company• Global position• Global scalable business model
• Making software and solutions for information sharing• Following the eZ philosophy
• 100 % Open Source, Open Standards, Open Architecture• Open, share and innovate
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So why an Open Source business strategy?
• It is a business model that creates most value for the entire ecosystem
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But how to make money???
• When all software is available for free under an Open Source license
• Meaning anyone can download, install, use and distribute the software under an open source license
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Evolution 1: Services
• Consulting• Support• Training
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Problem: Going global...
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Solution: Partners...
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New problem: How to make business with partners?As most of the services are delivered by them???
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Evolution 2: Knowledge end expertise
• Expert services• Training and certification• Books and knowledge products
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Problem: How to scale the business???
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Evolution 3: Responsibility
• Garantees and unlimited support
• Optional extented legal rights from proprietary license options
• Automatic maintenance tools and services
• Solution sertification
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The Enterprise Open Source business model of eZ
• Expert services• Knowledge products• Subscriptions with Garantees and unlimited support, proprietary
license options, Automatic maintenance tools and services
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The Enterprise Open Source of eZ
• While this model has less direct license revenue than a normal software model, it is more recurring, which scales from automatic services provided through the subscription model
Enterprise Open SourceTraditional
Services Services
MaintenanceMaintenance
Licenses
Licenses
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Questions?