[VFOSSA] As Data Grows, So Grows Linux

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As Data Grows, So Grows Linux

Thursday, 15 March 2012 10:41	 Jim Zemlin	

IDC recently announced its numbers for 2011 Q4 servers sales: overall 
server revenues are up for the year 5.8 percent, and shipments are up 
4.2 percent. As The Reg reports, these shipment numbers are back to 
pre-recession levels.

What’s more interesting, though, is the trends that emerge from the very 
latest reporting quarter, Q4. Linux was the only operating system that 
saw a revenue increase in servers Q4, with a 2.2 percent rise. Windows 
lost 1.5 percent and Unix 10.7 percent.

IDC attributes some of that Linux success to its role in what the 
analyst firm calls “density-optimized” machines, which are really just 
white box servers, and are responsible for a lot of the growth in the 
server market. These machines have gained popularity in a space still 
squeezed on budget and that continues to be commoditized. But there are 
other factors at play for Linux’s success over its rivals.

Coming out of the recession, Linux is in a very different position than 
it was 10 years ago when we emerged from the last bubble. Today it's 
mature, tried, tested and supported by a global community that makes up 
the largest collaborative development project in the history of computing.

Our latest survey of the world’s largest enterprise Linux users found 
that Total Cost of Ownership, technical superiority and security were 
the top three drivers for Linux adoption. These points support Linux’s 
maturity and recent success. Everyone is running their data centers with 
Linux. Stock exchanges, supercomputers, transportation systems and much 
more are using Linux for mission-critical workloads.

Also helping Linux’s success here is the accelerated pace by which 
companies are migrating to the cloud. Long a buzzword, the cloud is 
getting real, right now. While there is still work to do for Linux and 
the cloud, there is no denying its dominant role in today’s biggest 
cloud companies: Amazon and Google to name just two.

The mass migration to cloud computing has been quickened due, in part, 
to the rising level of data: both the amount of data enterprises are 
dealing with but the also how fast that data is growing. IDC this week 
predicted that the “Big Data” business will be worth $16.9B in three 
years. There is a huge opportunity here for Linux vendors. Our Linux 
Adoption Trends report, shows that 72 percent of the world’s largest 
Linux users are planning to add more Linux servers in the next 12 months 
to support the rising level of data in the enterprise. Only 36 percent 
said they would be adding more Windows servers to support this trend.

The enterprise server market is a strong area for Linux, but it’s an 
incredibly competitive market. Together we’ll continue to advance Linux 
to win here. In fact, we’ll be meeting at the NYSE offices in April at 
our Annual Linux Foundation Enterprise End User Summit where some of the 
world’s largest companies will talk in depth about exactly the things 
I’ve touched on here.

Yet again we are seeing market winners are born from collaboration. And 
we have the numbers to back it up.