Gone are those days when proprietary hardware boxes ruled the roost within data centers. We are propelling towards a very differently-architectured data center where software plays the key role. The era of 'Software-Defined-Everything' is upon us! It thus comes as no surprise that enterprises are opting for Open Standards and technologies as their preferred choice for software platforms and operating systems. A recent research paper from IDC states that 85 percent of the surveyed enterprises globally consider Open Source to be the realistic or preferred solution for migrating to Software-Defined-Infrastructure. IDC also recommends to avoid vendor lock-in by deploying Open Source solutions. Interestingly, this shift isn't a recent trend. Data centers have long been leaning towards Open Source technologies. Industry reports suggest that the Unix party is coming to an end in the data center space, with the adoption of Linux growing at a healthy 15 to 20 percent year-over-year. We have witnessed that the Unix adoption is sliding considerably among Indian enterprises as well. The increased use of Virtualization technologies and Cloud has only accelerated this shift. A significant number of large enterprises and SMBs in India already have Open Source technologies embedded in their mission critical platforms.
http://businessworld.in/article/Why-Open-Source-Is-The-Future-of-Software-Defined-Infrastructure/07-11-2016-107860/
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