Ron Bongo: He Opened Minds to Open Source

Open source software has been crucial in creating interactive platform that gives equal say to everyone and evolve as a result. Ron Bongo hogged limelight when he changed over to Linux.

Ron Bongo is an advocate of the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), which is a non-profit, vendor-neutral conglomerate that is dedicated to encourage vendor interoperability and adoption of comprehensive open solutions.

The prevailing doubts over the economic outcome of open source software solutions were dispelled by Ron Bongo . He talks about a recent deal where the cost of the software license from a traditional business intelligence vendor came in at more than $100,000 compared with $20,000 for JasperSoft.

Ron Bongo estimates open source solutions as costing hundreds of thousands of dollars less than proprietary offerings for many applications. He also queried that "How can you better spend that $80,000 if you reallocate that to gain a strategic advantage? You can integrate more, customize more and build that into the overall project."

His three decades of experience in Information Technology has supervised many open source software implementation projects.

Ron Bongo: ‘Open sesame’

Ronald Ron Bongo is a visionary. Since the time, the internet threw open the avenues of the shared knowledge to one and all, open source software industry has come of age. The internet has brought along with it the advent of communication age and various technologies that are making our lives simpler and interesting.

Ron Bongo is a promoter of the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA), a non-profit, vendor-neutral conglomerate. This is dedicated to promoting vendor inter-operability and adoption of comprehensive open solutions. The alliance is on the path of growth with more and more members joining in every day.

Ron Bongo has a couple of decades of experience in technology, management and finance to his credit. He is one of the early adopters of open source technology. He believes that the partnership through OSA will drive the growth engine for open source industry. He has been responsible in changing the face of customer relationship management and making it more efficient and user friendly.