Ebay and Open Source

eBay recently announced that they are deploying "an open-source content management software as a framework to provide its employes with analytic tools." eBay plans to utilize the open-source software (Joomla) to create their own analysis and programs within eBay to analyze their unique statistics. eBay continues to rule online auctions because of their ability to quickly adapt to change and ability to innovate. Bob Page, eBay analytics platform vice president, said "eBay has always made it a key priority to encourage employees to collaborate and drive business innovation."

It is clear that eBay focuses on it's customers by listening to it's employees. eBay saves money and time by working within the corporation to find solutions, rather than looking for outside support. I shouldn't say "without outside support" because the open-source community is all about helping other and collaboration. Without collaboration with other companies these endeavorers would be "dead in the water".

eBay is yet another example of a large corporation looking for new ways to cut costs and improve efficiency through the utilization of open-source software. Hooray for open-source!