The document discusses the challenges businesses face in 2009, particularly with budget cuts and declining server sales, while highlighting the growing interest in open source software as a cost-effective alternative. It presents data showing that a significant percentage of enterprises plan to use open source products, driven by benefits such as lower costs, better quality, and increased innovation. The open-source model is portrayed as a strategic response to economic pressures, with companies seeking to mitigate risks associated with IT project failures.

1. Bailing Out Your Business with Open Source Open Source Forum 2009 Matt Asay VP, Business Development Alfresco www.alfresco.com

2. First, the Bad News

3. Times are tough Moats to clean...

4. Duck houses to be maintained...

5. Horse manure to buy...

6. Helipad hedges to cut...

7. Dogs to feed...

8. Christmas trees to trim...

9. Second home payments to make...

10. And more....

11. 2008 was bad; 2009 may be worse Getting worse (Gartner 2009) 46% of CIOs chopped their Q1 budgets 90% of these cut by at least 7%

12. Mostly head-count reductions and vendor renegotiations to achieve cost targets Server sales dropped 25% in Q1 2009

13. But all is not as it seems...

14. The economy’s silver lining

15. Open source interest is growing 69% maintaining or increasing open source investments.

16. Less money (means more open source) Source: Gartner Number of respondents = 274; Mean summary: Three responses allowed. Survey Question: Select your organization’s top three most important reasons for using open-source software.

17. Why? Because open source works as advertised 87% 92% 86% 82% 84% 82% 91%

18. But Isn’t Open Source a Fad?

19. Open source is now a question of how , not whether The question is: What will you do with it? Whether measured in terms of lines of code added or new projects, open-source growth is phenomenal Source: Dirk Riehle, SAP

20. Open source is mainstream Source: Gartner 2008 Number of respondents = 274; Multiple responses allowed. Survey Question: Do you use, or plan to use in the next budget year, an open-source project or product as an alternative to commercial software? Across product segments, 100% of enterprises will use open source by 2010.

21. Better quality, more innovative software at a much lower price “ Open source software solutions will directly compete with closed-source products in all …markets.” 85% of enterprises currently use OSS (The rest are lying)

22. 45% use OSS for mission-critical applications (Continues to grow) Why? 65% say open source has sparked innovation inside their companies