This week it has been announced that Tesco, an international retail superpower, has implemented an open source based virtual learning environment (Joomla/Moodle) for its 470,000 employees. Bizarrely this news seems to be more radical than the news that the retailer was to ban sleepy shoppers from getting their weekly shop in their pjs.

But how shocking is it really? Our newly elected BOGOF government has committed to back open source technology in the future for all public sector projects. In an environment previously loyal to locked down proprietary or trusty Microsoft systems, why is everyone beginning to jump on the open source shopping trolley?

One thing that is certainly clear is that open source technology such as Joomla is no longer considered to be only for smaller websites and start up business, but is now seen as a serious web platform that is hugely scalable, something that we've been talking about for a long time.

At Alienation we firmly back open source technology and here’s why... We believe open source technology:

• Has higher reliability
• Provides more flexibility
• Is user driven
• Is more cost effective
• Provides huge scope for functionality to be quickly realised
• And best of all stops clients being locked down by agencies

So there you have it. Open source. Better than shopping in your pjs.

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Joomla! CMS rocks our world too!
written by Andrew, May 14, 2010

Many big corporations are adopting open source solutions for their business processes. Its not that difficult as one thinks - simple know-how of how Joomla! CMS work is enough to deliver a powerful and functional website. And with the many available free components, nothing is impossible.

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