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This intranet solution (shown in Figure 22.1) does, of course, have a
number of drawbacks. First, there is the cost involved of hosting the
software, testing the software and managing updates, as well as providing
training to the IT helpdesk, and the users. These costs are not insignifi cant,
and in many cases make open source software as expensive to run and
support as commercial alternatives, especially when training material of
a high standard is not already available. This cost is then duplicated
many times at other corporations that are doing similar research. On top
of that, as many companies begin to work in more collaborative ways,
they open B2B (business to business) connections through their fi rewalls.
This has led to more concern about the security vulnerabilities of the
software hosted internally.
The vision of the Sequence Services Project is to try to reduce the total
costs of running and maintaining such a system, while ensuring that
Deploying open source software and data inside the
data centres of corporations
Figure 22.1
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