Presented by: Chris Ferris & Deb Bryant Presented at the All Things Open 2021 Raleigh, NC, USA Raleigh Convention Center Abstract: The latest research on open source shows the growing need and value of the skills as well as the advancement of open source in the enterprise stack. Join Deb Bryant, Senior Director, Open Source Project Office at Red Hat and Chris Ferris, CTO, Open Technologies at IBM to cover the latest global research on Open Source. Red Hat and IBM embarked on research in 2020 that have insights on the state of open source, its practitioners and its future. 65% of developers consider skills and knowledge related to underlying Open Source cloud technologies to be more beneficial to their careers, than skills related to any specific cloud. Join us to cover some of the critical questions and discoveries which showed strong support for your skills in key open source technologies. While the widespread use of free and open source software and migration to the cloud are the two most significant shifts characterizing computing in the last two decades, open source technology is still the root of that innovation. In the era of hybrid cloud, open source is maintaining and increasing its influence. Our research suggests that over the long term, recruiting skills in the most fundamental open source tools and libraries will likely provide major benefits to both professionals and their organizations.

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The Growing Research that
Open Source Owns the Future
in Cloud
October 2021
Deborah Bryant Sr Director OSPO - Office of the CTO Red Hat
Christopher Ferris, IBM Fellow, CTO Open Technology

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Are we there, yet?
“Perhaps in the end the open-source culture will triumph … simply
because the closed-source world cannot win an evolutionary arms race
with open-source communities that can put orders of magnitude more
skilled time into a problem.”
– Eric Raymond – The Cathedral and the Bazaar - 1997
© 2020 IBM Corporation

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What are the benefits to enterprise software developers?
Accelerant to Innovation
• Open access to the implementation of key
technologies accelerates the speed at which
developers can do their jobs and learn from others
Access to Experienced Technologists
• The open source community helps developers grow
their knowledge through an ecosystem of support
Eminence Building
• Open source communities are the premier interactive
hubs for developers where they can “demonstrate”
their subject matter knowledge and skills
Open Source = Improved Skills, Support, and Stature

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• Helps developers maintain relevant, in-demand skills, as well as stay in-
tune with the latest technologies which they use to benefit our offerings and
please our customers.
• Delivering innovative, highly scalable and performant technologies nearly all
of IBM Cloud is built upon. From technologies such as CNCF’s Kubernetes for
Containers, Apache Hadoop for Analytics and to the Center for Open Source Data
& AI Technologies (CODAIT), open source is foundational in all we do.
• Delivering trusted, scalable and secure services with the latest features due
to its top-down belief in the open source process. This continues our long
tradition of embracing open standards and open source in almost all of our
products and services.
Why does open source matter to IBM?
Open Source = Improved Products, Performance, and People
IBM’s provides its employees with a unique open source environment providing our developers with Code,
Content, & Community which encourages their growth and knowledge sharing.

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• The primary objective of this research was to understand the value of Open Source among developers,
how it can potentially impact their careers, and what benefits they associate with it in the context of
Cloud.
• IBM Market Development & Insights (MD&I) developed the survey, and it was deployed by O’Reilly
Media. A total of 3,441 respondents participated.
• Almost 50% identified as software developers/engineers or software architects, while the remaining
spanned across other development/engineering job categories (e.g. DevOps Engineers, SREs, Cloud
Engineers, etc.) .
• Responses were consistent across industries and across company sizes, so we can trust that they
represent common attitudes.
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Company Size
Large Enterprise
41%
Mid Market
25%
Small Companies
34%

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OSS skills more beneficial to their careers
Skills related to the
underlying Open Source
technologies behind
commercial cloud
platforms (i.e. Linux,
Kubernetes, Istio)
65%
Skills related to specific
cloud platforms (i.e. AWS,
Azure, Google, IBM)
35%
Most Beneficial Skills for Developers’ Careers
Source: MD&I/O’Reilly Open-Source Research, January 2020

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~2/3 would prefer to work with an open source-based cloud platform
Agreement with Statements
33%
41%
48%
46%
44%
46%
39%
40%
37%
29%
36%
25%
21%
21%
20%
19%
15%
15%
14%
12%
Agree Agree completely
Source: MD&I/O’Reilly Open-Source Research, January 2020
If it were up to me, I’d prefer to work with an open source-based cloud platform rather
than a proprietary one
Having experience with open source provides greater long-term value for my career
than does experience with the technologies of specific vendors
Involvement and contributions to open source projects often result in better
professional opportunities
Contributions to open source projects provide more visibility and speaking
opportunities in my area of expertise
Using open source models help attract talent
Contributions to open source projects impress potential employers and often result in
better job opportunities
Learning cloud computing skills specific to a single cloud provider limits my
professional growth
Using open source increases respect and credibility with my peers
Open source experience and skills are usually an important factor in determining who
to hire
Application development based on open source is a more time-tested model than
closed source/proprietary development
70%
67%
69%
67%
64%
65%
54%
55%
51%
41%
Completely
Agree + Agree

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Linux
Open databases (MySQL, MongoDB,
etc.)
Containers
Kubernetes
AI technologies (e.g., TensorFlow,
PyTorch, ONNX, Spark)
Istio
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Developers see OSS skills as more important for their careers
Extremely/Very
Important for Career
3%
10%
15%
31%
49%
68%
22%
49%
43%
47%
49%
57%
SME or Proficiency
Knowledge
Has Helped Me Obtain
Higher Pay
Source: MD&I/O’Reilly Open-Source Research, January 2020
13%
32%
52%
68%
70%
80%

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Minimizes vendor lock-in
It’s lower cost
Makes me think I’m part of a community
Provides an incentive to innovate
Makes my job more meaningful
Prevents silos
Promotes cooperation among team members and across teams
More support available
More reliable or error-proof
Easier to use
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Providing significantly higher benefits than proprietary software
Association with Each Type of Software
21%
28%
21%
31%
33%
32%
33%
34%
34%
30%
13%
14%
15%
28%
28%
34%
38%
42%
50%
55%
19%
13%
25%
4%
3%
10%
Source: MD&I/O’Reilly Open-Source Research, January 2020
Strongly associated w/Open Source
Somewhat associated w/Open
Source
Somewhat associated w/Closed Source
Strongly associated w/Closed Source
85%
84%
76%
71%
66%
61%
59%
36%
42%
34%
4%
4%
3%
5%
4%
4%
5%
35%
16%
23%

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87% Hiring managers consider the applicant’s knowledge of OSS
Yes
87%
No
13%
If Open Source Knowledge is a Factor for Hiring Decisions
Source: MD&I/O’Reilly Open-Source Research, January 2020
A 2020 Open Source Jobs Report from the Linux Foundation
reinforces these results. It found that:
• 93% of hiring managers report difficulty finding sufficient
talent with open source skills, up from 87% in 2018.
• Hiring managers report knowledge of open source cloud
technologies has the most significant impact, with 70%
being more likely to hire a pro with these skills, up from
66% in 2018.

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Hiring managers consider OSS an important factor in hiring decisions
Source: MD&I/O’Reilly Open-Source Research, January 2020
In both cases, hiring managers
were even more likely to agree!

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Whathavewelearned?
 A majority think that knowledge of and/or contributions to open source provide them with greater
long-term value for their careers, better professional opportunities, as well as more visibility and
speaking opportunities.
 The most important benefits that developers see in open source software include the guarantees it
offers against vendor lock-in, lower costs, as well as the opportunity to leverage ideas and innovation
from a large community.
 Approximately two-thirds of developers consider that skills related to the underlying open source
technologies behind commercial Cloud platforms (e.g. Linux, Kubernetes) are more beneficial to their
careers than skills related to specific Cloud providers.
 Linux, containers, and open databases are perceived to be the most important technologies to know,
rated significantly higher than knowledge of proprietary cloud offerings.
 Approx. 50% of developers consider that their knowledge of these technologies has resulted in
higher pay for them.

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Download the full report: ibm.biz/oreilly-open-report

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Use and contribute to a new Open Source Cloud Guide
Purpose of the guide:
• The guide highlights various use cases that are
important in hybrid cloud environments, features the
important open source projects in those areas, and
discusses how various clouds are using open source
in their offerings.
Help your team focus their open-source
development efforts:
• Our goal is to give the global developer ecosystem
one place to go to see where to focus their open-
source development efforts when developing for
specific use cases related to multicloud developmen
Contribute to the guide:
• By open sourcing the guide, developers are able to
both use and contribute to the learnings and use
cases.
https://open-cloud-guide.dev/
New!

15. A Red Hat Report - 2021
Presented to All Things Open October 18, 2021
Deborah Bryant Sr Director OSPO - Office of the CTO
@debbryant @redhatopen
The State of Enterprise
Open Source
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16. About this report
● Survey of 1,250 IT leaders from around the world, a mix of customers and
non-customers
● Countries: U.S., UK, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Australia, New
Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and
Mexico
● To take part in the survey, respondents had to:
○ Influence purchase decisions: application development, cloud, storage,
server OS, etc.
○ Work for enterprise companies
○ Run Linux on at least 1% of their systems
○ Have some familiarity with open source
● Respondents did not know the survey was sponsored by Red Hat
● This is the third edition of an annual report.
Full report: red.ht/enterprise
Source: The State of Enterprise Open Source: A Red Hat Report, Conducted by Red Hat via Illuminas, 2021
Read the full report:
red.ht/enterprise
(available in nine languages)

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Source: The State of Enterprise Open Source: A Red Hat Report, Conducted by Red Hat via Illuminas, 2021
90% of IT leaders use enterprise open
source

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Full report: red.ht/enterprise
Source: The State of Enterprise Open Source: A Red Hat Report, Conducted by Red Hat via Illuminas, 2021
Top benefits of using enterprise open source
Higher quality software 35%
Access to the latest innovations 33%
Better security 30%
Ability to safely leverage open source tech 30%
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85% of IT leaders say Kubernetes is important to their cloud-
native application strategy
85%

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Full report: red.ht/enterprise
Source: The State of Enterprise Open Source: A Red Hat Report, Conducted by Red Hat via Illuminas, 2021
72% of IT leaders expect to increase their use of containers
over the next 12 months

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Full report: red.ht/enterprise
Source: The State of Enterprise Open Source: A Red Hat Report, Conducted by Red Hat via Illuminas, 2021
Container adoption

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Full report: red.ht/enterprise
Source: The State of Enterprise Open Source: A Red Hat Report, Conducted by Red Hat via Illuminas, 2021
79% expect their organization’s use of enterprise
open source software for emerging technologies to
increase in the next 2 years

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Source: The State of Enterprise Open Source: A Red Hat Report, Conducted by Red Hat via Illuminas, 2021
Emerging technologies run on enterprise open source

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Full report: red.ht/enterprise
Source: The State of Enterprise Open Source: A Red Hat Report, Conducted by Red Hat via Illuminas, 2021
Top ways enterprise open source is being used
IT infrastructure modernization 64%
Application development 54%
Digital transformation 53%
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87% see enterprise open source as more secure
or as secure as proprietary software

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Source: The State of Enterprise Open Source: A Red Hat Report, Conducted by Red Hat via Illuminas, 2021
69% prefer to use multiple vendors
for their cloud infrastructure needs

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Full report: red.ht/enterprise
Source: The State of Enterprise Open Source: A Red Hat Report, Conducted by Red Hat via Illuminas, 2021
83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community

28. Key findings by industry

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Infographic: http://www.redhat.com/en/resources/state-of-enterprise-open-source-telco-infographic
Full report: red.ht/enterprise
Source: The State of Enterprise Open Source: A Red Hat Report, Conducted by Red Hat via Illuminas, 2021

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Infographic: www.redhat.com/en/resources/state-of-enterprise-open-source-retail-infographic
Full report: red.ht/enterprise
Source: The State of Enterprise Open Source: A Red Hat Report, Conducted by Red Hat via Illuminas, 2021

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Infographic: www.redhat.com/en/resources/state-of-enterprise-open-source-financial-services-infographic
Full report: red.ht/enterprise
Source: The State of Enterprise Open Source: A Red Hat Report, Conducted by Red Hat via Illuminas, 2021

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Infographic: www.redhat.com/en/resources/state-of-enterprise-open-source-healthcare-infographic
Full report: red.ht/enterprise
Source: The State of Enterprise Open Source: A Red Hat Report, Conducted by Red Hat via Illuminas, 2021

33. Pause for reflection
Why is it companies prefer vendors who
contribute to the open source community?
We ask.
83% are more likely to select a vendor who
contributes to the open source community

34. Vendors derive value from open source
Community growth
Strong communities keep product lines stable
Community participation
They help make it, so they can support it
Diverse innovation
Broad set of global talent sparks immense creativity
Rapid development cycles
Communities can support faster cadences
Economic Benefit
Amortizes the investment across many stakeholders

35. Value to customers working upstream - Red Hat example
Direct conversations with developers
Open access to engineers working on a core
projects through mailing lists and user groups
enlightens and informs.
Participation in requirements gathering for bleeding
edge projects) - (NFV, Edge, and IoT are a few
examples)
Early access to road map
Richer planning insights with early views into where
Red Hat is investing its resources in upstream
projects.
Proofs-of-concept based on early versions provide
an opportunity to test new software in their own
environment before Red Hat-supported distributions
land.
Co-development of infrastructure
Early testing and prototypes

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support, training, and consulting services make
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