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Monday, July 07 2008

Montreal Metropolitan Community chose Savoir-faire Linux

Following the Montreal Metropolitan Community's invitation to tender, to which majors IT pioneers answered, Savoir-faire Linux has been chosen to handle one of the largest Open Source projects driven by a government organization in North America. Savoir-faire Linux will provide support as well as consulting services regarding the integration of Internet WEB applications, for the three years to come.

The context

The Montreal Metropolitan Community is a planning, coordinating and funding body serving 82 municipalities. It is home to 3.6 million residents spread over an area of 4360 square kilometers.

Given the Community's activities, a strong, professional and secure technology infrastructure is required. In order to reach its goals, the Community has to go through several challenges :

  • Deploying numerous applications throughout an evolutionary mandate;
  • using numerous changing technologies;
  • high security pressures;
  • numerous types of users using multiple technologies;
  • numerous information types and sources;
  • a very high quantity of data (geomatic as well as statistic);
  • needs that demand a large field of expertise as well as advanced technologies;
  • high budget pressure.

Open Source softwares, core of the strategy chosen by the Montreal Metropolitan Community

Given these challenges, Savoir-faire Linux will provide the Montreal Metropolitan Community with an environment exclusively built around Open Source technologies. This way, the Community will be receiving more than just a piece of software from Savoir-faire Linux enterprise solutions, it will remain seated firmly in control of its information system and its components.

MySQL, PHP, Apache, Ajax are simply a glanced at the well known Open Source technologies that will be used throughout the development process.

The AGILE methodology

The AGILE methodology is the core of all the Internet development projects. It aims at the customer's satisfaction and needs, rather than the signed contract. It is based on 4 key notions:

  • The Workforce: Transparent communication from our consulting team;
  • The Applications: Application development, integration and customization in response to our customer's needs;
  • The Collaboration: The client is the driver, our consulting team brings its expertise;
  • The Will to innovate: Evolutionary integration, meeting our customer's new needs throughout the process.

Savoir-faire Linux would like to congratulate the Montreal Metropolitan Community once again for its trust and its will to go forward, using advanced technologies.

Do not hesitate to contact us for more information.