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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. But the real story is much more complicated.

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Study the Data, But Eat the Cake—Put the Human Factor Forward

.orgSource

Several providers offer open source or limited free access, which is a great way to test options. Free and Open-Source Apache Spark provides a powerful platform for large-scale data processing and machine learning tasks. RapidMiner is another open-source platform with a drag-and-drop interface.

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Free Webinar This Week on Open Source Software in Libraries

Tech Soup

Register now for TechSoup's "Story of an Open Source Library" webinar, this Thursday at 11 a.m. This webinar will cover specific open source tools (some of which you may not have heard of before!) Tags: Open Source. Pacific time.

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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Then I’ll share the latest stories on the impact of our tech volunteerism and human rights tech efforts as well our new tech leadership. Human Rights Our Human Rights Program continues to focus on helping activists and journalists securely document the stories of human rights abuses worldwide. billion poor and unbanked.

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StoryCorps' IT Manager on Nonprofit Tech Planning and Open Source Solutions

Tech Soup

See our recent spotlight on StoryCorps to learn more and stream one of the organization's stories. I asked Dean for IT tips that I could pass on to small nonprofits, and since I knew Dean was an open source advocate, I asked him his thoughts on open-source solutions for the nonprofit community.

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6 Ways to Tell Your Story With Interactive Maps

NTEN

Data Leadership Open Source Strategy Communications' Seems we've entered a golden era of interactive mapping, with no shortage of exciting ways to display geographically-specific data. In the last few years, we've seen exponential growth in interactive mapping software that presents data from all sorts of angles.

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6 Ways to Tell Your Story With Interactive Maps

NTEN

Data interactive maps Leadership mapping MS-DS nptech nten Open Source Paul Chamberlain Strategy Communications' In the last few years, we've seen exponential growth in interactive mapping software that presents data from all sorts of angles.

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