Sep 2018 - IDC TechScape - Doc # US42656618
IDC TechScape: Worldwide Open Source Software Technologies, 2018
By:
Al Gillen
Group Vice President, Software Development and Open Source, Larry Carvalho
Research Director, Platform as a Service
Abstract
This IDC TechScape considers the evolution of modern products built using open source software in contrast to closed source software.
"Open source software continues to make inroads in virtually every level of the software stack," said Al Gillen, group VP, Software Development and Open Source at IDC. "This study shows that most of the important emerging technologies are partially or fully made up of open source components, which makes a bold statement about where the industry goes in the future."
Coverage
Subscriptions Covered
Asia/Pacific Cloud Services: Cloud Platforms , CIO and Technology Professionals Agenda , Open Source Ecosystem
Companies Covered
KVM Technologies Inc, VMware, Inc., The Linux Foundation, Amazon Web Services, Inc., Red Hat, Inc., MongoDB Inc., Docker, Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corporation
Regions Covered
Topics Covered
Blockchain, Cognitive/artificial intelligence, Enterprise social software, Operating system virtualization, Relational database management systems, Server virtualization, Technology buyer