Leveraging open source in an age of digital business
The world is rapidly progressing towards omnipresent digitization, with products evolving into services and becoming platforms. Remote work and e-learning are gaining popularity, and everyday objects are embedded with smart capabilities. Artificial intelligence is ubiquitous, data is widely accessible, and privacy is a significant concern for everyone. Innovation, collaboration and digital independence are crucial. As part of this shift, open source has proven a highly successful strategy across various sectors and industries, demonstrating its effectiveness across multiple metrics. How do you plan to incorporate this proven strategy into your own?
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An approach right for you
How can open source fit into my business strategy?
When incorporating open source into your business strategy, it's vital to grasp how it adds value, the correlation between open source and revenue opportunities, and its potential effects on your patent portfolio. Open Up can help you consider how best to leverage open source into your company's business valuation and go-to-market strategy.
What are the risks?
There are benefits to using open source but also potential risks, such as supply chain sustainability, intellectual property impacts, cyber-resilience, and legal obligations. Understanding and mitigating these risks is important. Open Up is here to help.
Where do I start?
When implementing open source practices in your company, figuring out where to start is essential. Your developers probably already use open source, so it’s probably wise to establish a policy framework. Open Up is here to help you use this opportunity to bring open source best practices into your company's culture. From silo-breaking to HR, from purchasing to supply chain, from business models to community engagement.
“Empowerment of individuals is a key part of what makes open source work, since in the end, innovations tend to come from small groups, not from large, structured efforts.”
–Tim O'Reilly
