Tue, 2015-08-18 15:06dion_cornett_gThe Convergence of
Enterprise-Class and Choice – an Open Source Ecosystem Running on
a True Enterprise-Class Platform: MariaDB Enterprise on IBM z
Systems
While selling free software sounds like a hard job, the growing
mainstream adoption of open source makes it one of the most
exciting segments in IT. In my daily meetings with customers,
there is no ambiguity that open source is the foundation for the
hottest trends in technology, including Cloud, Analytics, Mobile
and Social. Gartner reports that 70% of all new applications are
built using an open source database. (1)
Yet until now, many customers had to make compromises related to
leveraging the innovation, high-quality code, lower costs, and
choice inherent in open source, versus leveraging highly secure,
scalable and power efficient enterprise-class z Systems offered
by IBM.
Today at LinuxCon North America that changes. We at …
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