|
|
|
|
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
Why use open source?
Open source software usage is growing day by day as it offers major benefits to businesses of every size. Here are some of the reasons why open source is so attractive:
- Improved reliability and stability
- Better security
- Superior performance
- Reduced dependence on software vendors
- No licensing issues
- Faster to install
- No up-front capital expenditure (CAPEX)
- it's free
- Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Easier to customise
- Better interoperability through open standards
- Scalability at no cost
- Incremental updates are made available rather than waiting for massive upgrades
- Often designed and developed by users
of the system
In 2008, the leading IT analyst Gartner* predicted "By 2012, more than 90 percent of enterprises will use open source in
direct or embedded forms".
*Gartner, The State of Open Source 2008
Could you make use of open source?
Ylem has been using open source software since 1982 and has gained extensive experience with the Linux operating system. If you would like to make open source part of your IT infrastructure and
start to realise benefits for your business, please contact us to
see how we can help.
Who is using open source?
Ninety percent of the 500 most powerful computers in use today run open source operating systems because of their reliability. The following chart summarising the operating systems used by these computers is taken from the most recent statistics available.
Source: www.top500.org
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
