The Open Source Barometer, Edition III

Dr. Ian HowellsCMO, Alfresco Software

November, 2008

Agenda

● What is the Open Source Barometer?

● What is new in the Open Source Barometer III?

● Analysis by Question Category● Impact of SharePoint – Microsoft Stack Adoption● Impact of Enterprise 2.0● Open Source Infrastructure

● Key Findings

Open Source is More thana Linux and Eclipse Barbell

Siebel Plumtree

Documentum FileNet SharePoint Interwoven

BEAWebLogic

IBMWebSphere

Oracle DB2 SQLServer

Windows Unix Mac Linux

Portal/End User

Application

ContentManagement

AppServer

RDBMS

OperatingSystem

MS-Office IE

Vignette

Open Source is an Enterprise Stack

SharePointPlumtree

Documentum FileNet SharePoint Interwoven

BEAWebLogic

IBMWebSphere

Oracle DB2 SQLServer

Windows Unix Mac Linux

Portal/End User

Application

ContentManagement

AppServer

RDBMS

OperatingSystem

MS-Office IE

Vignette

Silverlight

What is the Open Source Barometer?

● Largest Open Source Enterprise Stack survey

● 25,163 respondents from the 74,000 Alfresco Content Community members

● Information gathered from April to September 2008 for the Open Source Barometer, Edition III

● www.alfresco.com

What topics does the Open Source Barometer address?

● How and where is Open Source used in the Global 5000 Enterprise Stack?

● Is it a Pure or Hybrid Stack?

● Is there on Leading Player in each part of the Stack?

● Does Usage differ from Evaluation to Deployment?

● Does Usage differ by Geography?

● What are the Trends over Time?

● What are the impacts of Enterprise 2.0 technologies and SharePoint? – new to OSB III

What questions are new in the OSB III?

● Portal

● Collaboration – Blog

● Collaboration – Wiki

● Business Process Management (BPM)

● Business Intelligence (BI)

● Architecture

● Rich Internet Application (RIA)

● Operating System and Application Server (as in previous surveys)

Largest Open Source Enterprise Stack Survey

Opt-In Survey Total 74,000Supplementary Drilldown Surveys

OSB III Survey April to September 2008 – 25,163

Operating System

For Open Source Evaluation Windows is Used Most Often

Operating SystemWindows

XP and 2003 still dominant Slow adoption of Vista

Open Source community not moving to Vista

Architecture

Open Source developers use a Java ArchitectureN.B. Other and Blank not used in this graph

Rich Internet Application (RIA)

Open Source Community prefer AJAX, FlexN.B. Other and Blank not used in this graph

Windows Segment AnalysisArchitecture

86% of Open Source Windows respondents do not use .NET/Web Parts

Open Source Windows Community want JavaN.B. Other and Blank not used in this graph

Windows Segment AnalysisRIA

92% of Open Source Windows respondents do NOT use Silverlight

Open Source Windows Community want AJAXN.B. Blank and Other not used in this graph

Portal

Open Source enterprise users want Browser experience to access content

Reflects Web 2.0 experience which is Browser-drivenN.B. Other and Blank not used in this graph

Blog

Open Source ECM users have no dominant choice for Blog softwareECM stack users use ECM suite Blog for integrated ECM

If Open Source users that have a preference, WordPress is the ChoiceN.B. Blank not used in this graph

Wiki

Open Source ECM users have no dominant choice of Wiki softwareECM stack users use ECM suite Wiki for Integrated ECM

If Open Source users that have a preference, Mediawiki is the choiceN.B. Blank not used in this graph

Business Process Management

Open Source ECM users have no dominant choice of BPM softwareECM stack users use ECM suite BPM/Workflow for Integrated

Lifecycle ManagementIf Open Source users that have a preference, JBoss is the choice

N.B. Blank not used in this graph

Business Intelligence

Open Source ECM users have no dominant choice of BI softwareECM stack users use ECM reporting or Excel for analysis

If Open Source users that have a preference, BO is the choiceN.B. Blank not used in this graph

Operating SystemEvaluation and Deployment

Users evaluate on Windows and deploy on LinuxOpen Source infrastructure for Open Source community

N.B. Follow-up Survey to Community Members via website

Operating SystemChoice of Linux

Ubuntu and Red Hat clear Linux leaders

Application Server

Tomcat is used most oftenIf preference is for an Application Server then choice is JBoss

Open Source infrastructure for Open Source communityN.B. Other, none and blank not used in this graph

Geographic AnalysisOpen Source has a “Long Tail”

US Largest Individual CountryLong Tail – over 180 Countries

Europe 2.5 x the volume of respondents of US

Key Findings: Microsoft Stack Adoption

Open Source Windows users:

● 92% have not selected Silverlight

● 86% have not selected .NET/Web Parts

● 53% use or intend to use a Java Architecture

● 52% use or intend to use AJAX

Key Findings: Impact Enterprise 2.0

● Open Source users want a Browser experience to access content

● Reflects Web 2.0 – Browser Experience Driven

● Open Source ECM drives decision for Blog, Wiki and BPM in ECM environment

● If there is a preference – WordPress, MediaWiki or JBoss

Key Findings: Open Source Infrastructure

More of the same:

● Red Hat and Ubuntu continue to Lead on Linux

● Windows Users Continue to choose XP and Windows Server 2003

● Low Vista Adoption

● Tomcat continues to dominate with JBoss as Application Server Leader

Key Findings: Summary

● Open Source users want a Open Stack

● Java is still the dominant infrastructure choice

● Open Source has a "Long Tail"● USA is the leading country● Europe France, Germany, Spain, Italy, UK● India

● In an Open Source ECM Environment Integration Influences Blog, Wiki, BPM and BI

How do I get more Information?

www.opensourcebarometer.org

The Open Source Barometer, Edition IIIBackup Slides

Dr. Ian HowellsCMO, Alfresco Software

November, 2008

Summary of Second Open Source Barometer

● Operating Systems● Evaluate on Laptop● Evaluate on Windows and deploy on Linux● Red Hat and Ubuntu Gainers

● Application Servers● Strong preference for Tomcat or JBoss

● Databases● Test and deploy on MySQL● Oracle and SQL

● Browsers and Portals● Firefox most popular● Portal Liferay or JBoss

● Office● MS-Office

● VM● VMware

● Mixed stack

● Clear Open Source leader at each level in stack

● Open Source has a "Long Tail"

● USA is the leading country

● Leading European countries● France, Germany, Spain, Italy, UK

● Microsoft partnership can have impact on Open Source community momentum