Open Computing is about Open Systems -- where interfaces to systems are well defined. Examples of Open Systems which are proprietary include software systems from companies such as Oracle, Microsoft, etc. Open Source is a category of Open Systems in which the software is not proprietary and is contributed by volunteers and corporations to the public domain for free use with certain restrictions. Examples of Open Source Systems include Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP.

Open systems provide interoperability, portability, and open software standards. Open Systems generally have well defined APIs such as those of Facebook, Open Social, Salesforce.com, Oracle, Microsoft.

OCI enables organizations or individuals to rapidly develop cost effective solutions by empowering you with training to exploit Open Systems. Our current focus is on Open Source systems for web development. It is not enough to just build a web presence -- what is the point of building it if no one will come? today it is imperative to market your web presence. This is where Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing come into play. OCI offers you, dear student, everything you need to start building and marketing state of the art web sites and web-based systems.