Inter-OPS Global Solutions offers a wide range of IT services and open source solutions from small to Enterprise businesses. Inter-OPS security solutions is based on Cisco and otherBest Practice solutions, we have tested and implemented many security solutions for are clients that has proven to provide a comprehensive insight.

Enterprise intrusion detection solutions are often too expensive for small and midsize businesses, and organizations. As a result their business processes lack true infrastructure security and efficiency. Open source solutions allow small and midsize enterprises to acquire software solutions at a fraction of the cost of their commercial counterparts.

However, lack of professional support for the implementation of open source solutions can become an issue, and at Inter-OPS we are committed to addressing that concern. Inter-OPS is an open source technology consulting firm that offers a wide range of services including implementation and support for high quality, open source Security, Network management, and other software solutions for small to large businesses and organizations.

Our mission is to help organizations achieve low total cost of ownership and high return on investment by means of engineering and support, high availability application hosting, systems/network management, Intrusion Detection, and monitoring software and services, as well as standardized and packaged integrated solutions.

Why is Cisco with Open Source Better?

Here are just a few of the reasons we think Cisco and open source is better:

• Quality. Many consider the quality of open source projects to be significantly better than proprietary software. The development model encourages constant peer review of the code and design of the software. Releases tend to occur frequently and only when the software is considered ready for use; not on a date set by a marketing department.
• Reduced Risk. Availability of source code and the freedom of an open source licence gives business greater control over the tools they depend on. Unreasonable price increases, unacceptable licencing restrictions and the collapse or acquisition of a vendor have very little impact.
• Security. Attempts to hack internet servers are frequent and tools to help are readily available so security is critical to the success of any online enterprise. No software is 100% immune from security vulnerabilities but the number of people actively reading open source software helps to reduce the risk. When a problem is found in an open source package it is often fixed in a matter of hours; proprietary software vendors sometimes take months to even announce the existence of a problem to its customers.
• Support. Access to good support channels is important during development and day-to-day running of services. Most open source projects provide free, high quality support via mailing lists, forums and IRC. The help is often provided by the same people that wrote the original code - who better to help out! Commercial support is also available for many of the larger open source projects.
• Cost. Open source software is typically available at no cost and available to download from the internet. Open source licences are designed to allow you to use the software again and again with no per-seat or per-server costs to worry about. Future versions will also be available at no cost and you don't need to track the latest version to get support or ensure the upgrade price doesn't shoot up later. All this means you will have more money to spend where it matters - realising your business idea