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Pervasive technology has long influenced us to create a ubiquitous lifestyle. However, use of inexpensive technology in a cogent business environment has long been the dream of many entrepreneurs. Capital investment for an innovative business idea has been a perplex issue. This article, sheds light on some of the marked down business intelligence systems available in the free market today. The article aims to present diversified tools and its uses in a startup company in variegated industries. Diversified tools which aid to build an expedient and innovative way to strategize therein abetting a scrupulous enterprise.
INTRODUCTION
Technology and communications has long evolved in this information age we dwell in. Internet has become an integral, imperative tool for any process, whether it would be work, play or casual lounging. The dependency on internet is incomprehensible. However, enterprise inexpensive software's and tools has long been the desire. The answer to this conundrum is answered in this day and age, because of the development in the open source and web based applications designed for enterprises. Open source software involves collaboration between firms, suppliers, customers or makers of related products to pool software R&D to produce a shared technology. (West, Chesbrough, Vanhaverbeve, 2006).
Economic elasticity for a start-up company, has always been the critical challenge. In this information age, we drive information to create value (Skok, 2013). But, the tools which create this value have always required substantial economic capital. In this paper we present some of the applications which answer these fundamental questions, they are: Active Campaign and Google analytics. The tools listed above simulate vertical integration in an information driven environment in a meticulous orderly manner to impeach the prodigality of process management. Making life easy for a budding entrepreneur.
The software which are discussed in this paper is being used by many organizations to its fullest potential. Which substantiates the claim made by Michael Skok in his 2013 Future of open source 7th annual survey on open source enterprise system productivity. (Skok, 2013). Companies which use these software's vary from web development, manufacturing to hotel and retail industries. This paper aims to present a holistic view of how a small scale, Start-up Companies can use these tools to increase productivity. Productivity which is driven by...