Data centres increasing reliability on Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 30, 2010

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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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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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