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Altamente Unveils Open Source Solutions for Government at FOSE

Federal Office Systems Exposition

After nearly a decade helping business compete globally using open source technologies, Altamente announces its new series of solutions designed for government agencies at the Federal Office Systems Expo (FOSE), the nation's largest government technology event to be held March 10-12 in Washington D.C. The change comes on the heels of President Barack Obama's request for a guideline for strategic use of Open Source technologies in government.

While many sources have pointed to the cost savings of using Open Source in government, MITRE's 2004 report and other more recent reports point out that enhanced security was cited as the most common reason for choosing open source deployments in government. "These security concerns are front and center as budgets tighten, in business and in government. Flexible hours, remote offices, and virtual offices surface as cost saving measures," explains James O'Malley, Chief Technology Officer at Altamente. 

With the government agencies in mind, Altamente is now offering their Celador and Altabox office network appliances running CentOS, a government approved linux based operating system. Starting at $2,450, the Celador appliance is focused on network security.  Altamente's appliances vary in the IT services they provide. These include: virtual private networks, remote laptop conections, web content filtering, Internet use reports, web and email server, spam and virus filtering among others.

"Our mission has always been to provide cost effective and secure technology solutions,"the change comes in how we define our market," explains Laura Gorbea, Altamente's President. "We have thrived in an environment where we know we are making teams more competitive, integrating the benefits of the Internet with the appropriate controls. The objectives remain the same the only difference now is that we will be helping the Government do more with a smaller budgets.

Altamente is a Puerto Rico based technology company specializing in open source technologies. Altamente is proud to serve many of the leading Puerto Rico companies among them the Island's largest baker, the pre-eminent Food and Alcohol distributor, the largest Supermarket chain and one of the main construction companies.  Altamente is in the process of getting 8a certified as a small business that is also a woman owned, minority business that employs veterans.