Astun Technology was founded in 2005 to provide enterprise web-based mapping to (mainly) local authorities, based on an open source software stack
Who?
I've been working for Astun as a consultant for 3 years, but have been working with open source GIS since 2004, and this is me, according to "Find Your Kitten"
What is "Enterprise"?
Sorry, couldn't resist...
Security
Auditing
Scalability
Sharing
Keep Going...
Business value
Centralised data store
Controlled editing
Auditing and compliance
Why Open Source Enterprise?
Security
Auditing
Scalability
Sharing
QGIS
Control exactly what gets loaded at install or startup
Fine-grained customisation of appearance
Plus...
Auto-configure database connections per user
Control installation of plugins
New layer definition files include references to datasource as well as styling
Prepare and deploy print templates over a network
Change splashscreens/icons...
PostgreSQL 9.2(+) is optimised for virtual environments and multi-processor scalability