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Infocomm and Open Source “Open Doors to your Future” James Tan Software Engineer Novell SUSE Labs Nuremberg, Germany

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 2 Overview • Insight to Infocomm Industry • Why is Open Source? • Why learn Open Source? • Why use Linux? • Questions & Answers

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 3 Travel Perks

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What is Open Source?

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 5 What is Open Source • Software that has source code that is freely available • Allows people to mix, innovate software, and keep them constantly up to date • Don't be religious about it

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 6 Show me the money • #3: Bill Gates, 52 (Microsoft) – US$58B (Harvard drop out) – Richest man for last 13 years • #14: Lawrence Ellison, 63 (Oracle) – US$25B (Illinois drop out) • #32: Sergey Brin, 34 (Google) – US$18.7B (Stanford PhD drop out) • #33: Larry Page, 35 (Google) – US$18.6B (Stanford PhD drop out) • #40: Micheal Dell, 43 (Dell) – US$16.4B (Austin drop out) • #41: Paul Allen, 55 (Microsoft) – US$16B (Washington State drop out) • #43: Steven Ballmer, 52 (Microsoft) – US$15B (Stanford MBA drop out) • Mark Zuckerberg, 24 (Facebook) – US$1.5B (Harvard drop out) • Steve Chen, 30 (Youtube) – US$350M • Chad Hurley (Youtube) - US$350M

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Why learn Open Source?

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 13 Gartner on Open Source Software By 2012, 80 percent of all commercial software will include elements of open-source technology. Many open-source technologies are mature, stable and well supported. They provide significant opportunities for vendors and users to lower their total cost of ownership and increase returns on investment. Ignoring this will put companies at a serious competitive disadvantage.

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 14 Enterprises are Shifting to Open Proprietary Systems •Spiralling costs •Interoperability challenges •Growing security threats •Lack of vendor choice Today's Enterprise: Multiple platforms, proprietary technologies, management and security challenges Tomorrow’s Open Enterprise: Performance, reliability, and world-class support on standards-based, open platforms Open Systems • Increased leverage of IT skills and assets • Improved security and manageability • Dramatic reductions in operating costs • Vendor flexibility Proprietary Systems Open Systems

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 15 Advantages of Open Source Software • Flexible and freedom of choice • Secure • Stable • Reliable • Auditable • Support and Accountability • Low total cost of ownership (TCO) • Drives better coding and documentation • Promotes collaboration and innovation

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 16 Commercial Open Source Expansion • Oracle (Unbreakable Linux) • JBoss (Middleware, Red Hat) • MySQL (Database, Sun) • SourceFire (Intrusion Detection) • SpikeSource (Support) • SourceLabs (Consulting services) • SugarCRM (CRM) • Zend (PHP progamming language) • XenSource (Virtualization s/w, Citrix) • Novell® /Ximian® /SUSE® (Linux desktop, & mgt s/w) • Simula Lab (Incubator) • Trolltech (Linux for cell phones, Nokia) • EnterpriseDB (Postgres database) • Groundwork (Management tools) • Alfresco (Document Management) • JasperSoft (Reporting) • Gluecode (Application Server) • Ping Identity (Federated identity) • BladeLogic • Red Hat • Optaros (Consulting services) • Univa (Grid Management) • Pentaho (Business Intelligence) Source: Matrix Partners, 2005

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Why use Linux?

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 21 The Business Case for Linux • Reduced hardware and software costs • Business agility • Vendor independence • Quality of service • Better utilization of resources • Enhanced application security

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 22 Linux Market Growth Projections Source: Worldwide Operating Systems and Subsystems 2006-2010 Forecast, IDC #201059 Source: Worldwide and U.S. Server 2006-2010 Forecast, IDC #201177 Source: Worldwide Linux Forecast: Moving from Niche to Mainstream, IDC #32424 Linux operating systems software ($Million) Linux operating system server hardware revenue ($Billion) Linux operating system hardware revenue ($Billion) 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 CAGR 2005 0 400 5.5 15 7.5 $6 $7 $8.5 $10.4 $12.5 $14.9 $6.1 $6.7 $7.6 $8.6 $9.7 $10.9 $267 $340 $425 $517 $626 $756 19.9% 12.3% 23.1% 800 11 0 0

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 23 69% of All Data Centers Run Linux Source: Gartner 25th Annual Data Center Conference Interactive Polling Results, November-December, 2006. 3% 8% 5% 25% 5% 13% 39% M a in fra m e , UNIX, L i n u x , a n d W in d o ws UNIX, L in u x , a n d W i n d o ws W i n d o ws a n d L in u x M a i n fra m e , UNIX, a n d W in d o ws M a in fra m e a n d W i n d o ws UNIX a n d W in d o ws W in d o ws Se rv e rs On l y -5 5 15 25 35 45 Q: What is the makeup of major enterprise data centers?

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 24 SuperComputing run Linux http://www.top500.org/stats/list/30/os

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Why choose Novell?

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 26 Novell® , Inc. • This is Your Open Enterprise. • Do you need a secure, productive, cost- effective IT environment? • Novell can get you there by helping you manage, simplify, secure, and integrate heterogeneous IT environments at low cost.

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 27 Novell® , Inc. Fast Facts • $1.2 billion in sales and 52,000 customers • More than 100 offices around the globe • More than 5,000 employees • More than 800 Linux support engineers • 421 patents worldwide • 3,200 solution provider partners • 800 technology partners • 900 training partners • First to develop networking software • First in open source community leadership projects • A key contributor to the Linux kernel • A leader in open standards adoption

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 28 Leading Open Source Development Apache AppArmor Bandit BetterDesktop Eclipse Evolution™ GCC GNOME iFolder KDE Linux Kernel Mono® Mozilla MySQL Open Invention Network OpenLDAP OpenOffice.org OpenSSL openSUSE™ Openswan Open WBEM PHP Perl PostgreSQL Reiser rsync Samba Tomcat X.org XGL YaST **Novell is a leading contributor Novell® is a key contributor to these and other open source projects:

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© Novell Inc. All rights reserved 31 Questions?

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