A range of value added services, including research, solutions development, implementation, and continuing maintenance. The intent is to assist end-users in the utilization of the Open Source resource. Open Source software is available under special licensing structures that allow greater freedom in distribution and use, delivering the power of major applications developed in the open source incubator at great savings. The cost of the Open Source software, itself, is usually small and many times free. Definitely not as costly as development from scratch, allowing the delivery of solutions to be much more affordable, even for small enterprises and individuals.