Hype Cycle for Open-Source Technologies, 2004

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16 June 2004

Nikos Drakos David Mitchell Smith Mark Driver Yefim V. Natis Ray Valdes John Pescatore George J. Weiss Michael A. Silver Maurene Caplan Grey John Enck Milind Govekar Carl Claunch

The past year has seen more activity in open source, and many practical technologies have progressed toward maturity. But the most mature ones still tend to be concentrated in the areas of infrastructure and networking.

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Table of Contents

Analysis

1.0

Hype Cycle for Open-Source Technologies, 2004

2.0

On the Rise

2.1		Infrastructure Suites
2.2		Public-Sector Vertical Applications
2.3		Business Applications
2.4		Linux Complex Mission-Critical Workloads
2.5		Calendaring and Scheduling
2.6		Horizontal Portals
2.7		Software Foundations
2.8		Team Collaboration Applications

3.0

At the Peak

3.1		Search Engines
3.2		Linux on Desktop for Mainstream Business Users
3.3		Open-Source J2EE
3.4		Web Content Management

4.0

Sliding Into the Trough

4.1		Extranet and Portal Directory Servers
4.2		Relational Database Management Systems
4.3		Grid Engines
4.4		Peer-to-Peer Technologies
4.5		Linux Midtier Applications
4.6		Server-Based File and Print
4.7		Application Development Tools

5.0

Climbing the Slope

5.1		Linux on Desktop for Data Entry Workers
5.2		Messaging Servers
5.3		Web Infrastructure Servers
5.4		Systems Administration Utilities
5.5		Appliance, Blade and Edge Applications

6.0

Entering the Plateau

6.1		Linux Infrastructure (File, Print, Cache and Firewall)
6.2		Programming Languages
6.3		Security Tools: Nessus Vulnerability Assessment
6.4		Security Tools: OpenSSL
6.5		Security Tools: Snort IDS

7.0

Conclusions

Appendix A.

Hype Cycle for Open-Source Technologies, 2003

Appendix B.

Hype Cycle Phase Definitions

Appendix C.

Benefit Rating and Maturity Level Definitions

Appendix D.

Acronym Key

List of Figures

	Figure 1.	Hype Cycle for Open-Source Technologies, 2004

	Figure 2.	Hype Cycle for Open-Source Technologies, 2003

	Figure 3.	Benefit Ratings

	Figure 4.	Maturity Levels

Open-Source Applications

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