Open Source Implementation Today and Beyond Sam Higgins Research Director 8 March 2007

Agenda The Open Source journey Open Source today Changing face of the Open Source market Australian trends in Open Source adoption Considerations and implications for implementation

The Open Source journey

Open Source today

Changing face of the Open Source market

Australian trends in Open Source adoption

Considerations and implications for implementation

Open Source has a long history

Open Source as we know it today The term Open Source… “… is applied to the source code for a given software product that is made available to the general public with relaxed (or non-existent) intellectual property restrictions. This allows members of the community to create user-generated software content through either incremental individual effort, or co-ordinated open collaboration” But where are Open Source approaches being applied?

The term Open Source…

“… is applied to the source code for a given software product that is made available to the general public with relaxed (or non-existent) intellectual property restrictions. This allows members of the community to create user-generated software content through either incremental individual effort, or co-ordinated open collaboration”

But where are Open Source approaches being applied?

Open Source is everywhere Applications Information Business Infrastructure Connectivity Business Process Management - jBPM and Intalio BPMS, Project Agila Document / Records Management - xinco DMS Content Management - Joomla, Word Press Mambo, MySource Matrix, Plone Search - Lucerne, UIMA, Beagle Browsers - Firefox, Opera, Mozilla Desktop - OpenOffice, Open Workbench, GIMP Email and messaging - Jabber, Ekiga, Evolution, Thunderbird Business - SugarCRM, TinyERP, Compiere, OsCommerce Development Platforms - Java, PHP, Eclipse, Perl Web and application servers - Apache, JBoss, Tomcat, Zope Databases - MySQL, PostgreSQL, Ingres Operating Systems – Linux, TinyOS, OpenSolaris Voice - Asterisk Network Management - OpenNMS, Nagios Directories - OpenLDAP, OpenDS

Business Process Management - jBPM and Intalio BPMS, Project Agila

Document / Records Management - xinco DMS

Content Management - Joomla, Word Press Mambo, MySource Matrix, Plone

Search - Lucerne, UIMA, Beagle

Browsers - Firefox, Opera, Mozilla

Desktop - OpenOffice, Open Workbench, GIMP

Email and messaging - Jabber, Ekiga, Evolution, Thunderbird

Business - SugarCRM, TinyERP, Compiere, OsCommerce

Development Platforms - Java, PHP, Eclipse, Perl

Web and application servers - Apache, JBoss, Tomcat, Zope

Databases - MySQL, PostgreSQL, Ingres

Operating Systems – Linux, TinyOS, OpenSolaris

Voice - Asterisk

Network Management - OpenNMS, Nagios

Directories - OpenLDAP, OpenDS

Changing face of the Open Source market Divesting as a means to invest IBM leading the “donation” race Sun frees (most of) Java itself CA spin off of Ingres Corporation Consolidation as a mechanism to compete RedHat and JBoss Linux Foundation from Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group Novell and Microsoft Agreement Oracle offering support for Red Hat Imitation drives more innovation Open Office Tiny ERP SugarCRM Harvard estimates $2.6 Billion invested by Vendors and VCs in OSS since ‘ 95 Source: Harvard Business School (http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-028.pdf)

Divesting as a means to invest

IBM leading the “donation” race

Sun frees (most of) Java itself

CA spin off of Ingres Corporation

Consolidation as a mechanism to compete

RedHat and JBoss

Linux Foundation from Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group

Novell and Microsoft Agreement

Oracle offering support for Red Hat

Imitation drives more innovation

Open Office

Tiny ERP

SugarCRM

What are organisations using today? Economic motivations are common SMB it is reduced cost Public sector it is good fiscal outcomes for tax payers Usage remains predominantly technical Data centre focus Individual development projects

Economic motivations are common

SMB it is reduced cost

Public sector it is good fiscal outcomes for tax payers

Usage remains predominantly technical

Data centre focus

Individual development projects

What are organisations using today?

Where do they turn for support?

Considerations for implementation Open Source often lacks the “vendor” role to create a solution Organisations download buy Open Source in parts 60% of firms make no active contributions Many have not specialist skills in integration Yet 70% of CIO buyers want “solutions” So, look for solution stacks Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP/Perl (LAMP) Spring Framework, Axis, Struts and Hibernate (SASH) Unisys OASIS OpenGear But keep in mind… Integration can reduce flexibility Local support remains the overall challenge

Open Source often lacks the “vendor” role to create a solution

Organisations download buy Open Source in parts

60% of firms make no active contributions

Many have not specialist skills in integration

Yet 70% of CIO buyers want “solutions”

So, look for solution stacks

Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP/Perl (LAMP)

Spring Framework, Axis, Struts and Hibernate (SASH)

Unisys OASIS

OpenGear

But keep in mind…

Integration can reduce flexibility

Local support remains the overall challenge

Summing Up Open source is not new and will not go away It is now a serious commercial proposition Australia has and is a key player in Open Source MySQL was based on the local mSQL effort Active open source usage More business level applications are emerging Awareness is lacking in regards to these solutions Divesting, Consolidation and Commoditisation Choice remains a key motivator for many open source efforts Focus your implementation on known solutions Looks for “stacks” offered with local support Don’t forget to give back to the community!

Open source is not new and will not go away

It is now a serious commercial proposition

Australia has and is a key player in Open Source

MySQL was based on the local mSQL effort

Active open source usage

More business level applications are emerging

Awareness is lacking in regards to these solutions

Divesting, Consolidation and Commoditisation

Choice remains a key motivator for many open source efforts

Focus your implementation on known solutions

Looks for “stacks” offered with local support

Don’t forget to give back to the community!

Thank you Head Office Level 30, AMP Place 10 Eagle Street Brisbane QLD 4000 Research Centre 7/269 Abbotsford Road Bowen Hills QLD 4006 p: +61 7 3868 4796 f: +61 7 3303 8445 [email_address] Peter Carr Managing Director [email_address] +61 408 344 405 Kristine Carr Communications Director [email_address] +61 405 515 469 Sam Higgins Research Director [email_address] +61 412 621 014

Head Office

Level 30, AMP Place

10 Eagle Street

Brisbane QLD 4000

Research Centre

7/269 Abbotsford Road

Bowen Hills QLD 4006

p: +61 7 3868 4796

f: +61 7 3303 8445

[email_address]

Peter Carr

Managing Director

[email_address]

+61 408 344 405

Kristine Carr

Communications Director

[email_address]

+61 405 515 469

Sam Higgins

Research Director

[email_address]

+61 412 621 014