Data centres increasing reliability on Linux

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"More data centres are moving to using open source software as the prevalence of cloud computing grows, according to Dell China's president, Amit Midha.

"Addresssing a number of CEOs at the Forbes global CEO conference in Sydney this week, Midha said open source adoption in the data centre was on the rise.

""The penetration of Linux has been going up even in the data centre, and this has been to Dell's advantage and benefit," he said. "Linux is replacing Unix based systems with more growth coming from open source." "

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