Two thirds of senior IT staff expect an Open Source strategy says ...

Posted by tadelste on Aug 15, 2005 7:42 AM EDT
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New research suggests that more than two thirds of the senior IT professionals questioned expect their companies to develop an Open Source strategy in the next five years, despite ongoing caution about the adoption of Open Source in the UK. The survey, conducted for Atos Origin by the National Computer Centre, identified the key benefits of Open Source being reduced licensing costs, followed by flexibility and total cost of ownership. “In a climate where business value from IT investment is the driver, OS has already proved its viability with more IT professionals building Open Source into their IT strategies,” said Michael Dean, Director for Membership at NCC. “Further competition in the marketplace will benefit everybody and continued encouraging actions from the Government will accelerate its adoption.”

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