Gadget retailer IWOOT goes open source
Online gadget specialist I Want One of Those (IWOOT) has chosen to deploy SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell as part of its ongoing open source strategy.
The deployment is part of the online gadget retailer's strategy to reduce IT costs by migrating its infrastructure to open source-based technology components, having moved its website and other front-end IT systems to Red Hat last year.
Since then the company has undergone a change of ownership. But Angus Gow, I Want One of Those programme director told IT PRO the new business owners were just as keen to pursue the strategy started with the previous owners of reducing costs by eliminating expensive annual licensing and upgrade costs.
"While using open source components certainly isn't free, I'm not paying out for renewals or new licences for new users every year," he said. "The costs of carrying over configurations to new versions goes up and up every year too."
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