15 September 2005 Business Case for Open Source Ernest Low General Manager Asean South Novell.

15 September 2005

Business Case for Open Source

Ernest LowGeneral ManagerAsean SouthNovell

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Agenda

• Momentum of OSS• Deployment scenarios• Benefits of using OSS• Summary


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...because of cost savings associated with O/S and hardware

Source: Server Group IT Trends

Source: IDC, August 2005

Linux Momentum

Netware

5%

6%

11%

11%

12%

13%

14%

22%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

Access to new apps

Access to softwaretools and middleware

Better softwarecompatibility

New softwarerequirements

Losing app/softwaresupport

Performance onalternative platform

Platform reliability /resilience

Cost reduction

CIO Cited Reason for Migrating to LinuxLinux servers posted 12th consecutive quarter of double-digit growth

Linux servers are expanding into an ever increasing array of workloads in both the commercial and technical segments of the market.


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Deployment Trends

Majority of companies that use Linux and open source are using or planning to use Apache or PHP/Perl/Python, and more than half are using MySQL.

Survey indicates that more than half of open source software users are developing on the LAMP platform.

LA

PM


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Growing Hardware/Software Eco-system

Software Partners Hardware Partners


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Conformance to Standards

Free Standards Group - Linux Standards Base (LSB) 2.0

Increases conformity among Linux distributions

NIST / NSA Common Criteria (CC) / EAL4+ Security

Certifications

Meets highest security requrements

Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) - Carrier

Grade Linux (CGL)

Reliabilty and stability; 99.999% uptime

Deployment Scenarios


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Edge Server

File

Print

DNS

Proxy

Web

Light Apps Server

Computation Cluster

Workgroup DBs

From Desktops to Data Centers

Technical Workstations

Engineering

Development

System Administration

SAPPeoplesoft

Data Center

MP/NUMA Oracle

Business Appliances

Pointof Sale

CRM

Inventory Management

ShopFloor

Server

Desktop

General Knowledge Workers


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Server Software

Open source alternatives for much of the software stack below the application layer exist

• Some alternatives may not always be comparable• Is good enough good enough?

Stack Component Proprietary Stack

OS Windows Linux

Web Server Websphere J Boss, Tomcat

Database SQL Server, Oracle, DB2 mySQL

App Server Websphere Apache

Authentication Active Directory eDirectory

Email Notes, Exchange Groupwise, Evolution

Mixed Open Source, Proprietary Stack


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Desktop Software

Open source alternatives for the most common desktop software are available, most bundled with NLD

Stack Component Proprietary Stack

OS Windows NLD

MS Office OpenOffice.org

Browser IE Firefox, Ephiphany

eMail Outlook Groupwise, Evolution

Streaming Media Realplayer

IM AOL, Yahoo, MSN GAIM, Groupwise

Mixed Open Source, Proprietary Stack

Office Productivity Suite

Realplayer, Windows Media


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“Chart of Accounts”

One Time

Hardware

Software

Migration• Training• Application Migration• Software Install• Document Conversion• Help Desk• Program Management

Annually Recurring

Hardware Support

Software Support

Administration• Maintenance• Service• Capacity Mgmt• Virus Protection• Help Desk• Deskside Support

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Linux Status: Critical Building Blocks of IT Infrastructure Proven

InternetAccess

EnterpriseData

Line ofBusiness

Business Application

Server

Data/Content Server/

Warehouse

Proxy Caching VPN Firewall WAP VoIP

gateway

Desktops

Client Devices

ERP SCM CRM HR

Network Edge Servers

Infrastructure Server/Blade

Financial, R&D, biotech, geophysical, energy, visualize

Databases Consolidation

on zSeries

Compute Clusters

Directory Security Load balance File/print Web E-mail NAS


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Who's using Linux Today?Linux Adoption

City Of Munich Moving 14,000 desktops from Windows to Linux

Brazil Significant rollout in community computing

resource centers

Spain 400,000 Linux desktops in Extramadura,

Andalucia

Thailand Government subsidized initiative to deploy 1

million Linux desktops in SMBs

China Up to 1 million seats per year

Novell Migrating entire company, underway now

Benefits of using OSS


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OSS Beneficial Differences

Source : A Guide to Open Source Software forAustralian Government Agencies.

Summary


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•Run on Variety of hardware supported by all IHV’s

•Support more users with less hardware

•Grid and Cluster computing

•Increased uptime, Easier Scaling

•Uptime measured in years rather than days

•Linux doesn’t suffer from “patch of the day” syndrome like windows

•Same OS image can run on a variety of hardware

•Fewer distinct OS to support

•Substantial cost savings

•Low cost Software solutions

•Leading ISV’s developing software on the Linux OS.

•IBM PeopleSoft Novell SAP Oracle Sybase

Flexibility SecurityReliability Control and Agility

Cost Reduction

& Productivit

y

The Foundation – Open Source and Linux

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