Linux基金会合作峰会：IDC看好Linux企业前景
时间：2008-04-09 来源：linux论坛
日前，Linux基金会合作峰会在美国德克萨斯州首府奥斯汀举行，地点是德州大学奥斯汀分校的超级计算机中心。
与会的IDC分析师Al Gillen发表了开幕致辞，题目是：“商业工作流中Linux服务器所扮演的角色”，其中大量引用了来自IDC的调查数据，其中心意思是：Linux在企业级应用中做的不错，并且有望在2011年前都将保持这一良好态势。
白皮书中提到，Linux在企业中的应用主要是一些企业基础服务的提供，比如web、打印、DNS服务和安全服务等等。2007年整个Linux软硬件业务的生态系统价值约为210亿美金，IDC估计整个数字到2011年的时候将翻一倍。
随着这些方面的增长，IDC认为，在企业中Linux的一些新的用途也正在不断地被开发出来，比如数据库业务、ERP系统、决策支持和通用商务流程处理等等。所以这些方面业务的增长正在帮助Linux占领越来越多的企业级市场。
IDC预测，在将来的四年中，企业市场有关Linux的软硬件以及服务的年复合增长率将在25.2%左右，而单独花在Linux软件方面的投入年复合增长率将达到惊人的35.7%。
IDC认为，目前的Linux市场的增长主要还是来源于用户对专有Unix服务器的抛弃，而不是来自对Windows产品的抛弃。而且白皮书还披露，来自OpenSolaris等新型的Unix操作系统同样对Linux产生威胁。
IDC analyst Al Gillen, who is giving the opening keynote at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit kicking off today in Austin, Texas, is expected to cite figures from an IDC white paper entitled "The Role of Linux Servers in Commercial Workloads" that show that Linux has done well and proved itself in the enterprise, and is expected to continue that trend through 2011.
The white paper notes that Linux is growing beyond its initial usage roots in the enterprise, where it provided basic infrastructure components such as Web, print, and DNS servers, networking, and security services. The paper also states that while overall spending in the Linux ecosystem amounted to $21 billion in 2007, IDC expects that figure to more than double over the next four years.
Fueling that growth, IDC says, are the new uses being found for Linux in the enterprise. Quoting the study, "Additional workloads, including database, enterprise resource planning, decision support, and general business processing, are steadily advancing their share of total workload deployments."
IDC forecasts the overall spending on hardware, software, and services for Linux to increase 25.2% annually through 2011. The company projects spending on just the Linux software operating environment to grow at a 35.7% clip over the same period.
IDC attributes most Linux growth to date to migrations away from proprietary Unix machines rather than Microsoft platforms. The study says possible challenges to Linux may come from OpenSolaris on the Unix side as well as from Microsoft.
Per the study, IDC's expected migration paths in various sectors shows Linux beating Windows by substantial margins as the destination platform of choice in the government/education, financial services, and general services market segments. Windows and Linux are expected to grow equally -- with both trailing Unix -- in the media/publishing market, while Microsoft is expected to continue its dominance in the retail/wholesale, manufacturing, and health care segments.
与会的IDC分析师Al Gillen发表了开幕致辞，题目是：“商业工作流中Linux服务器所扮演的角色”，其中大量引用了来自IDC的调查数据，其中心意思是：Linux在企业级应用中做的不错，并且有望在2011年前都将保持这一良好态势。
白皮书中提到，Linux在企业中的应用主要是一些企业基础服务的提供，比如web、打印、DNS服务和安全服务等等。2007年整个Linux软硬件业务的生态系统价值约为210亿美金，IDC估计整个数字到2011年的时候将翻一倍。
随着这些方面的增长，IDC认为，在企业中Linux的一些新的用途也正在不断地被开发出来，比如数据库业务、ERP系统、决策支持和通用商务流程处理等等。所以这些方面业务的增长正在帮助Linux占领越来越多的企业级市场。
IDC预测，在将来的四年中，企业市场有关Linux的软硬件以及服务的年复合增长率将在25.2%左右，而单独花在Linux软件方面的投入年复合增长率将达到惊人的35.7%。
IDC认为，目前的Linux市场的增长主要还是来源于用户对专有Unix服务器的抛弃，而不是来自对Windows产品的抛弃。而且白皮书还披露，来自OpenSolaris等新型的Unix操作系统同样对Linux产生威胁。
IDC analyst Al Gillen, who is giving the opening keynote at the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit kicking off today in Austin, Texas, is expected to cite figures from an IDC white paper entitled "The Role of Linux Servers in Commercial Workloads" that show that Linux has done well and proved itself in the enterprise, and is expected to continue that trend through 2011.
The white paper notes that Linux is growing beyond its initial usage roots in the enterprise, where it provided basic infrastructure components such as Web, print, and DNS servers, networking, and security services. The paper also states that while overall spending in the Linux ecosystem amounted to $21 billion in 2007, IDC expects that figure to more than double over the next four years.
Fueling that growth, IDC says, are the new uses being found for Linux in the enterprise. Quoting the study, "Additional workloads, including database, enterprise resource planning, decision support, and general business processing, are steadily advancing their share of total workload deployments."
IDC forecasts the overall spending on hardware, software, and services for Linux to increase 25.2% annually through 2011. The company projects spending on just the Linux software operating environment to grow at a 35.7% clip over the same period.
IDC attributes most Linux growth to date to migrations away from proprietary Unix machines rather than Microsoft platforms. The study says possible challenges to Linux may come from OpenSolaris on the Unix side as well as from Microsoft.
Per the study, IDC's expected migration paths in various sectors shows Linux beating Windows by substantial margins as the destination platform of choice in the government/education, financial services, and general services market segments. Windows and Linux are expected to grow equally -- with both trailing Unix -- in the media/publishing market, while Microsoft is expected to continue its dominance in the retail/wholesale, manufacturing, and health care segments.
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