The use of Open Source technologies presents strong benefits for the SMEs field, as the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of solutions based on these technologies often result in 30% less than their private counterparts [1].

By providing technological solutions similar to those that require the payment of costly licenses and their annual renewals, but without incurring in those costs, the Open Source solutions are ideal for the SMEs field, which does not have very high budgets for the implementation of its IT strategic plan.

In addition, Open Source solutions give SMEs flexibility not to rely solely on one supplier, since any company dedicated to Open Source products support can give that support to the applications installed, if necessary.