All software is written with source code. With open source software, the code is protected by a special license that ensures everyone has access to that code. That means no one company can fully own it. Freedom means choice. Choice means power.

That's why we believe open source is inevitable. It returns control to the customer. You can see the code, change it, learn from it. Bugs are more quickly found and fixed. And when customers don't like how one vendor is serving them, they can choose another without overhauling their infrastructure. No more technology lock-in. No more monopolies.

Information Technology Publishing, the largest business and consumer magazine publisher in the Middle East, with more than 50 market-leading titles covering almost all major areas of interest, has implemented a Linux based caching proxy and Internet gateway solution from Network Gulf at their Dubai head office.

The company with more tha 400 users - majority of them very active Internet users- had been expanding rapidly in the recent past. Meeting the connectivity requirements has been a major headache for the system admins who had to juggle around with many separate Internet connections including leased line and ADSL businessone connections.