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WHY OPEN SOURCE
IS BENEFICIAL FOR
YOUR BUSINESS
Open source platforms and principles are driving
Digital Transformation initiatives in global enterprise
organisations. Intelligent CIO Europe speaks to Werner
Knoblich, SVP and GM, EMEA, Red Hat, about open source
and the benefits it can bring to businesses of today.
W
erner Knoblich is responsible for
developing and executing Red
Hat’s strategy across EMEA and
says he has seen open source mature rapidly
from its humble beginnings in the 1990s.
With the rapid pace of innovation and
change within enterprise IT, most businesses
today are directly benefiting from open
source software.
Open source is a community coding model
in which the fundamental source code is
‘open’ and editable by everyone. The open
collaboration approach means the entire
community benefits from contributions, as
members identify and elevate the best ideas,
quickening the pace of innovation. Knoblich
www.intelligentcio.com
is keen to highlight: “Red Hat supports these
communities by contributing to the code
and helping drive development in directions
that support real-world business needs
and by creating enterprise-ready, secure,
stable, reliable products from open source
community projects.”
CIOs need to consider the value of using
enterprise-grade open source software to
ensure maximum efficiency in their business
operations. “No one uses open source
technology just because it’s hip and exciting.
It’s because it provides the best solutions
to their problems.” Making the switch is
ultimately the most cost-effective thing to
do, allowing access to a speed of innovation
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CIOS NEED TO
CONSIDER THE
VALUE OF USING
ENTERPRISE-
GRADE OPEN
SOURCE
SOFTWARE
TO ENSURE
MAXIMUM
EFFICIENCY IN
THEIR BUSINESS
OPERATIONS.
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