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Survey Analysis: Overview of Preferences and Practices in the Adoption and Usage of Open-Source Software
24 January 2011
 
Laurie F. Wurster   Bob Igou   Zeynep Babat  

According to a recent worldwide Gartner survey, a strategy of cost cutting continues to be the fundamental reason for adopting OSS. The most influential business processes for OSS adoption include customer service/analytics, business analytics, enterprise integration and finance/administration.





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Table of Contents

Contents
  • Survey Objective
  • Data Insights
    • OSS Adoption Scenario
      • Companies' Preference in Adopting OSS
      • Policy and Licensing
    • Current and Future State of OSS Usage
      • Contribution of OSS in Deployed Software Portfolio
      • Mode of Software Deployment
      • OSS Usage in Software Development Projects
  • Methodology
  • Recommended Reading
Tables
Table 1.
OSS Adoption Strategy Definitions
Table 2.
OSS Utilization Definitions
Figures
Figure 1.
OSS Adoption Level for Conducting Projects
Figure 2.
Primary Reasons for Using OSS
Figure 3.
Major Reason Driving External OSS Project Contributions
Figure 4.
Do Organizations Contribute to OSS Projects to Avoid Vendor Lock-In?
Figure 5.
Key Initiatives Supported by OSS
Figure 6.
Integrating OSS Within the IT Organization's Enterprise Architecture
Figure 7.
OSS Influential Capabilities on Business Processes
Figure 8.
Categories of OSS Use
Figure 9.
Policy for Adopting OSS
Figure 10.
Purpose of OSS License
Figure 11.
Challenges Encountered in Tracking OSS Licenses
Figure 12.
Structure of Deployed Software
Figure 13.
Software Deployment Condition
Figure 14.
Adoption of OSS Projects by Software Type (Application and Infrastructure)
Figure 15.
Respondents by Region
Figure 16.
Respondents by Industry
Figure 17.
Respondents by Number of Employees in Organization
Figure 18.
Respondents by Job Role




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