Olliance Group :: Open Source Strategy Consulting

With eight years experience and over 300 engagements, Olliance Group has developed the reputation as the leading global open source management consulting firm. Founded in 2001, Olliance has completed successful consulting engagements for clients ranging from Fortune 500 enterprises and government entities to venture-backed startups, large ISVs and OEMs, industry trade associations, non-profits, and venture capital firms. Our mission is to help our clients capitalize on the strategic, technological, and financial benefits of open source software.

Olliance's core consulting services include:

Olliance has helped more than 150 companies address the fundamental issues surrounding their open source plans and strategies through our Corporate Strategy Assessment engagement.

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Olliance provides a valuable independent perspective and insight into open source related mergers & acquisitions, facilitating the close of the transaction and development and implementation of integration plans.

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Realizing the business objectives of an open source strategy require careful attention to monetization of the community, creation of channels and development of partners. Olliance has broad experience in helping open source businesses get these critical factors right. We can also supply resources to jump start the execution of these activities.

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Our IP Management consulting services help you evaluate and manage open source software with minimum risk and overhead and assist in selecting licenses to support your business models.

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Olliance has been instrumental in the evolution and shaping of the commercial open source ecosystem, pioneering many of the business and usage model concepts in use today. Olliance holds a unique position in the open source ecosystem allowing us to provide independent, timely and actionable open source strategies to our clients.