“Your organization is part of HP’s enterprise storage
and servers division, yet it works in all areas of the company
where there is open-source or Linux activity. How do you measure
the contributions you make to HP’s bottom line? That’s not
an easy thing to calculate. We look at a number of different
factors–our Linux server sales, for instance. We also measure how
much [business] in Linux and open-source services we help drive.
There are some softer measures, [such as] how many deals have we
helped [win] because we have open-source knowledge…”
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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