OSS in 2012: A Long-Term Sustainable Alternative for Corporate IT

Submitted by msquire on Thu, 2012-09-13 15:12
TitleOSS in 2012: A Long-Term Sustainable Alternative for Corporate IT
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsDurand, D, Vuattoux, J-L, Ditscheid, P-J
Refereed DesignationRefereed
Secondary TitleIFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology 378 (OSS 2012)
Volume378
Pagination371-376
Date Published09/2012
PublisherIFIP AICT, Springer
Place PublishedEighth International Conference on Open Source Systems
Abstract

The current internet leaders (Google, Facebook, etc.) all have OSS in their DNA. Traditional corporations still rely mostly on proprietary software for their mission-critical IT systems. But, situation is changing: as tip of the iceberg, major stock exchanges of the world have announced successful migrations to OSS. Many traditional corporations can now follow the OSS path because this market has clearly matured in many relevant aspects for them. In addition, solutions are here to achieve quick, efficient and secure mutations to OSS which must be undoubtedly considered by CIOs as the technological state of the art for 2012.
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