Trends Report

Brief: The World's Largest Market Needs Open Source Technology

Organizations Must Strategically Adopt Open Source Software To Thrive In China

March 7th, 2016
Charlie Dai, VP, Principal Analyst
Charlie Dai VP, Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Alex Cullen , Michael Barnes , Jeffrey Hammond , Travis Wu , Alice Ma , Bill Nagel

Summary

To fully reap the benefits of open source software (OSS), organizations must do more than adopt software components on a per-project basis. OSS has become critical to cost-effectively increasing operational agility and accelerating digital initiatives in highly competitive markets like China. This report analyzes OSS adoption trends and drivers in China; enterprise architecture (EA) pros at organizations operating in China can use these insights to optimize their open source initiatives and better understand the open source strategies of Chinese vendors.

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