ESR in Open Source

ESR technologies offers the next generation of Enterprise Search and Retrieval technology, based on "Commercial Open Source" (COS), a software development methodology that produces better software solutions at lower cost than proprietary software solutions.

As one of the leading vendors in the open source community using Lucene/Solr, ESR Technologies offers certified and value added distributions of Lucene and Solr Enterprise Search Platform, named ESR Plasma Editions bundled with enterprise level support, training, consulting and additional advanced software extensions.

The following is a list of benefits of using a COS software solution for your enterprise:

"Best of the breed" on innovation

By nature, COS product development is a Darwinian process, where only the most useful features and products merit the time and attention of the open source community. This "survival of the fittest" approach differs greatly from the development model of proprietary software vendors, where a selected group of engineers build features they believe customers across a variety of businesses, industries and geographies might want. By contrast, COS captures the feedback of thousands of the world’s best developers; leading to more frequent improvements of the software solution that fits the demands of customers worldwide.

More secure and stable software

Proprietary software solution providers tend to have predefined and infrequent product release schedule. Customers very often need to wait for the vendor to deliver another product release after a new development cycle or product patch to fix the problem. Alleviating the proprietary software quality problems, COS software solutions reveal source code to all developers in the world, allowing the open source community to test and fix any problems or bugs. It is through peer review and use that the resulting product or code is both more secure, tested, and stable than many proprietary products.

Opportunity for early feedback and collaboration

Freely available access to source and binary code not only allows developers and customers to try it out, but also enables users to provide feedback during development. This provides a much tighter feedback loop than proprietary software, improving overall quality and functionality.

Lower total cost of ownership and acquisition

COS software solutions offers lower upfront implementation, customization and maintenance costs than proprietary software solutions because of the way the software is manufactured. By leveraging the expertise of developers worldwide, COS vendors deliver a better product at a lower cost. Thus customers can measure their return of investment in very short period of time.

Lower risk

COS software solutions lower risk for customers by providing early visibility into roadmaps and access to a larger pool of talent at a low cost, preventing technology lock-in, and paying at the point of value.