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Open Source Support Center launches U.S. headquarters
Europe's largest independent open source service and support company, credativ, is expanding its Open Source Support Center to the U.S. market to satisfy the rapidly growing need for expert assistance with open source technologies
Sept 9 2009 San Diego, California, September 9, 2009 -- credativ, Europe's largest independent open source service and support company, announced today that it has expanded operations to the U.S., where it will offer comprehensive services provided by its Open Source Support Center to enterprise, small and medium business (SMB), and government sectors. The company named Joseph E. Conway as President/CEO of credativ LLC. Mr. Conway will use his 20+ years of experience managing and delivering successful projects, many based on open source technologies, to quickly build up robust U.S. operations.
The credativ, LLC Open Source Support Center provides expert/developer level service and support for all major open source distributions and applications. Examples of supported distributions and software include: Red Hat, Debian, and Ubuntu Linux distributions; PostgreSQL and MySQL databases; Nagios and OpenERP applications. credativ also supports numerous other distributions and applications built on open source technologies.
Mr. Conway said of the move to the U.S: "Open source adoption is accelerating in the U.S., and credativ LLC is introducing an important new concept to satisfy the resulting support void. We are one of the first companies to provide a critical piece of the infrastructure for mixed open source technology stacks – comprehensive, developer-level service and support for all major distributions and applications under one roof. We are an independent one-stop shop, and our aim is to help customers to save time and resources by focusing on solving their problems regardless of which open source technology best meets their requirements."
Michael Meskes, founder and CEO of parent credativ GmbH remarked: "Businesses and government agencies in the U.S. face the same open source challenges as their European counterparts in terms of selecting and implementing multiple open source technologies and finding high quality service and support from one provider. We are already enabling customers across Europe to gain significant benefit from open source. Now U.S organizations can rely on us as well."
For additional information on credativ LLC and its Open Source Support Center, contact Joseph Conway or visit http://www.credativ.us/media/uploads/additonal_info.pdf.
In spite of the global economic downturn, credativ has experienced significant growth in both the UK and Germany. The company already provides many large organisations using Debian or Linux distributions based on Debian with support and consultancy through its Open Source Support Centre and this is a prominent factor in its success. In fact, the firm has enjoyed its best financial year since its 1999 foundation, as well as experiencing more than 20% growth in turnover during the two previous years.
" Our success is down to the quality and in depth knowledge of open source for business and we believe that it is also a testament to the increasing number of organisations that are adopting open source for their IT infrastructure."
About credativ
Founded in 1999, credativ is an independent consulting and services company which operates from Germany, the U.K., Canada, and the U.S. With a large team of experts in open source software, credativ offers a vast knowledge base that can be tapped into at any time by its clients. The company focuses on the service and support of open source software with a comprehensive range of services, including open source consulting, architectural and technical advice, open source software development, open source training, and personalized support. credativ is "Your One-Stop Shop for Open Source SupportTM".
The Open Source Support Center, OSSC, Your One-Stop Shop for Open Source Support and credativ are trademarks of credativ LLC. All other trade names are the property of their respective owners.
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