Stan Beer
Tuesday, 17 March 2009 06:33
Opinion and Analysis
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There has
been a surge in Linux acquisition as a result of the global recession,
according to a new market survey. According to a new whitepaper, more
than half of IT executives are planning to fast track Linux adoption in
2009.
The study, conducted by IDC in February 2009 and
sponsored by Novell (let's not leave that bit out), surveyed more than
300 senior IT executives spanning
manufacturing, financial services, and retail industries across the
globe, as well as government agencies.
The survey reveals that more than half of the IT executives surveyed plan to accelerate Linux adoption in 2009.
In addition, more than 72% of respondents say they are either actively
evaluating or have already decided to increase their adoption of Linux
on the server in 2009.
Perhaps even more is that more than 68% of IT executives are also making the same claim for the desktop.
The number one motivation executives gave for migrating to Linux was economic and related to lowering ongoing support costs.
As a consequence, more than 40% of survey participants said they plan
to deploy additional workloads on Linux over the next 12-24 months and
49% indicated Linux will be their primary server platform within five
years.
Notably, however, those who are hesitant to adopt Linux cited lack of
application support and poor interoperability with Windows and other
environments as their primary concerns.
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