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“Open source Guide The best of open source” Page 2 PREAMBLE SMILE Smile is a company of engineers specialising in the implementation of open source solutions and the integration of open source based systems. Smile is a member of APRIL, the association for the promotion and defence of open source software, PLOSS, a network of open source software companies in the Ile-de-France region, and CNLL, the French open source software council. FR Smile has a staff of over 700 throughout the world, more than 550 of whom are in France (as . at December 2012), making it the largest integrator of open source solutions in France and Europe. Since approximately 2000, Smile has been actively monitoring technological developments, SMILE which has enabled it to discover the most promising open source products, to qualify and . assess them so as to offer its clients the most successful, robust and sustainable products. This approach has led to a range of white papers covering various fields of application: content management (2004), portals (2005), business intelligence (2006), PHP frameworks (2007), virtualisation (2007), electronic document management (2008), ERPs (2008), open WWW source VPNs (2009), firewalls and flow controls (2009), message oriented middleware (2009), e-commerce and corporate social networks (2010), the Guide to Open Source and NoSQL (2011) and, more recently, mobile and open source census and compliance tools (2012). Each of these works presents a selection of the best open source solutions for the domain in question, their respective qualities as well as operational feedback. As open source solutions continue to acquire new domains, Smile will be there to help its clients benefit from these in a risk-free way. Smile is present in the French IT landscape as the integration architect of choice to support the largest companies in their adoption of the best open source solutions. Over recent years, Smile has also extended the range of services it offers. Since 2005, a consulting department has been supporting our clients both in the pre-project phases and in project guidance. Smile has had a graphics studio since 2000, which in 2007 became an interactive agency (Smile Digital) that, in addition to graphics creation also offers expertise in e-marketing, publishing and rich interfaces. Smile also has an agency that specialises in third party maintenance (supporting and operating software applications) and a complete training centre, Smile Training. Finally, Smile is based in Paris, Lille, Lyon, Grenoble, Nantes, Bordeaux, Marseille and Montpellier. It is also present in Spain, Switzerland, Benelux, Ukraine and Morocco. December 2012 © Copyright Smile – Open Source Solutions – Unauthorised reproduction prohibited “Open source Guide The best of open source” Page 3 CLIENT REFERENCES Smile is proud to have contributed, over the years, to some of the largest web fulfilment projects in France and Europe. Below are some examples of clients that have placed their trust in us. Websites EMI Music, Salon de l’Agriculture, Mazars, Areva, Société Générale, Gîtes de France, Patrice FR Pichet, Groupama, Eco-Emballage, CFnews, CEA, Prisma Pub, Véolia, NRJ, JCDecaux, . 01 Informatique, Spie, PSA, Boiron, Larousse, Dassault-Systèmes, Action Contre la Faim, BNP Paribas, Air Pays de Loire, Forum des Images, IFP, BHV, ZeMedical, Gallimard, Cheval Mag, AFSSAPS, Bénéteau, Carrefour, AG2R La Mondiale, Groupe Bayard, Association de la Prévention Routière, Secours Catholique, Canson, Veolia, Bouygues Telecom, CNIL and more... SMILE . Portals, intranets and information systems HEC, Bouygues Telecom, Prisma, Veolia, Arjowiggins, INA, Primagaz, Croix Rouge, Eurosport, Invivo, Faceo, Château de Versailles, Eurosport, Ipsos, VSC Technologies, Sanef, Explorimmo, WWW Bureau Veritas, Région Centre, Dassault Systèmes, Fondation d’Auteuil, INRA, Gaz Electricité de Grenoble, Ville de Niort, French Ministry of Culture, PagesJaunes Annonces and so on… E-commerce Krys, La Halle, Gibert Joseph, De Dietrich, Adenclassifieds, Macif, Furet du Nord, Gîtes de France, Camif Collectivité, GPdis, Projectif, ETS, Bain & Spa, Yves Rocher, Bouygues Immobilier, Nestlé, Stanhome, AVF Périmédical, CCI, Pompiers de France, French Atomic Energy Commission, Snowleader, Darjeeling, etc. ERPs and business intelligence Veolia Transport, Solucom, Casden Banques Populaires, La Poste, Christian Louboutin, PubAudit, Effia Transport, France 24, Inra, Publicis, Nomadvantage, Nouvelles Frontières, Anevia, Jus de Fruits de Mooréa, Espace Loggia, Bureau Veritas, Skyrock, Lafarge, Cadremploi, Groupe Vinci, IEDOM (Banque de France), Carrefour, Corsair, Le Bon Coin, Jardiland, Trésorerie Générale du Maroc, Ville de Genève, ESCP, Sofia, Faiveley Transport, INRA, Deloitte, Yves Rocher, ETS, DGAC, Generalitat de Catalunya, Gilbert Joseph, Perouse Médical and more... December 2012 © Copyright Smile – Open Source Solutions – Unauthorised reproduction prohibited “Open source Guide The best of open source” Page 4 Document management Primagaz, UCFF, Apave, Géoservices, Renault F1 Team, INRIA, CIDJ, SNCD, Ecureuil Gestion, CS Informatique, Serimax, Véolia Propreté, NetasQ, Corep, Packetis, Alstom Power Services, Mazars, etc. Infrastructure and hosting Agence Nationale pour les Chèques Vacances, Pierre Audoin Consultants, Rexel, Motor Presse, OSEO, Sport24, Eco-Emballage, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, ETS, Ionis, Osmoz, SIDEL, Atel Hotels, Cadremploi, SETRAG, Institut Français du Pétrole, Mutualité Française, Bouygues Telecom, Carrefour, HEC, Jardiland, Orange, TNS Sofres, Manpower, French FR Ministry of the Economy, Eram, Kantar Worldpanel, Fiducial, and so on... SMILE View our client references online at: http://www.smile-oss.com/en/Clients. WWW December 2012 © Copyright Smile – Open Source Solutions – Unauthorised reproduction prohibited “Open source Guide The best of open source” Page 5 THIS WHITE PAPER The studies agree: open source solutions are used by a majority of companies, both large and small, whether or not it was a conscious decision. This comes as no surprise given the rich and varied range of open source solutions available today. Since 2004, Smile has regularly published white papers presenting the extraordinary depth of these solutions: content management in 2004, portals in 2005, business intelligence in 2006, virtualisation in 2007, electronic document management and ERPs in 2008, open source VPNs and firewalls in 2009, e-commerce and corporate social networks in 2010, NoSQL in 2011, mobile and open source census/compliance tools in 2012, and so on. FR . A total of 27 documents have thus been produced and are available for free to download. Each text presents a selection of the best open source solutions for the domain in question, outlining their respective strengths and providing feedback on real life experiences in using these tools. SMILE Yet one thing was missing: a central repository containing the best open source solutions on . the market, which could be used to guide and orientate decision makers toward benchmark solutions. We have received many requests for such a guide, particularly from IT Departments. For this reason, we published the first edition of this Guide to Open Source Solutions in late 2011. In that publication, more than 150 open source solutions were analysed and presented. WWW In the space of one year, there were more than 12,000 open source downloads and it was only natural to offer an updated version reflecting the extraordinarily dynamic nature of the world of open source software. The gap has now been filled with this 2013 edition, which presents nearly 200 products in 40 enterprise software domains. All product types are included, or nearly all – this paper does not look at “office automation” applications like Firefox, Gimp and LibreOffice – with a summary presentation and an assessment of each based on six standard criteria. In this 2nd edition, two categories have been added: cloud computing & big data. Before launching into the following 300 pages, we recommend you read through the next section, which describes our analytical methodology and lists our suggestions for deriving maximum value from the guide. We hope that this white paper, the fruit of the labour of 40 of our top experts, will be of use to you. Enjoy! December 2012 © Copyright Smile – Open Source Solutions – Unauthorised reproduction prohibited “Open source Guide The best of open source” Page 6 Please feel free to share your opinions and assessments of the products presented in this white paper with us. Likewise, do let us know if there is a solution you would like to see included, which we have omitted. One address for both: [email protected] FR . SMILE . WWW December 2012 © Copyright Smile – Open Source Solutions – Unauthorised reproduction prohibited “Open source Guide The best of open source” Page 7 CONTENTS PREAMBLE .................................................................................................. 2 SMILE ................................................................................................................................................................... 2 CLIENT REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................. 3 THIS WHITE PAPER ................................................................................................................................................... 5 CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................................................