Key Findings and Recommendations Introduction and Survey Objective Survey Methodology Overview Survey Demographics: Vertical Markets and Geographic Location OSS Deployment Becomes Mainstream? While OSS Deployment in Application Markets Continues to Grow … OSS Deployment Continues to Be Higher in Infrastructure Markets OSS Enables Quality Products That Reduce TCO, While Allowing Vendor Independence and Flexibility Sixty-Nine Percent of Companies Surveyed Still Have No Corporate Policy in Place for Using OSS CIOs, IT Managers and CTOs Wield the Most Influence Over OSS Use OSS Tools Close in on Internally Developed and Commercially Available Software Tools OSS Percentage of Deployed Software Grows, While Proprietary Software Declines On-Premises Software Is the Mode Most Often Used for Software Deployment Percentage of OSS Deployed Across Non-Mission-Critical and Mission-Critical Gain on In-House and Proprietary Splits OSS Licensing Continues to Prove Challenging OSS Solutions Support Business Processes OSS Market: Key Business Factors |
