%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2008 %T Open Source Interoperability: It's More than Technology %A Dominic Sartorio %X The Open Solutions Alliance is a consortium of leading commercial open source vendors, integrators and end users dedicated to the growth of open source based solutions in the enterprise. We believe Linux and other infrastructure software, such as Apache, has become mainstream, and packaged solutions represent the next great growth opportunity. However some unique challenges can temper that opportunity. These challenges include getting the word out about the maturity and enterprise-readiness of those solutions, ensuring interoperability both with each other and with other proprietary and legacy solutions, and ensuring healthy collaboration between vendors and their respective customer and developer communities. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 01/2008 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/112 %N January 2008 %9 Articles %1 Open Solutions Alliance Dominic Sartorio is president of the Open Solutions Alliance, and is employed as Senior Director of Product Management at SpikeSource, Inc. Dominic has over 15 years of experience in enterprise software including open source, in roles ranging from engineering to technical sales to product management.