The Linux Foundation, the
nonprofit organization dedicated
to accelerating the growth of
Linux, today announced the
findings of its 2013 Enterprise
End User Report, “Linux Adoption:
Third Annual Survey of World’s
Largest Enterprise Linux Users.”
The study conducted in
partnership with Yeoman
Technology Group tracks the
growth of Linux use in large
enterprises and identifies key
trends that inform Linux operating
system priorities.
Key findings from this year’s
report show the world’s largest
enterprises are increasing their
investments in Linux for the third
consecutive year.
Industry reports for the most
recent quarter (4Q12) show that
while overall server revenue is
only growing at 3.1 percent year-
over-year; Linux experienced 12.7
percent year-over-year growth for
the quarter while Windows only
increased 3.2 percent and UNIX
was down 24.1 percent. The
Enterprise End User Report helps
to inform the industry about what
is driving this adoption and how
market growth is shaping up for
the future.
Enterprise organizations identify
Linux as the dominant platform
for cloud computing
technology with nearly 76 percent
using Linux servers for cloud and
74 percent planning to maintain
or increase Linux use for future
cloud initiatives. In the area of
new applications, services and
greenfield deployments, more than
75 percent of organizations report
deploying Linux in the last two
years.
A dramatic increase in the use of
Linux for mission critical
workloads has grown consistently
year-over-year to reach 73
percent in 2013. Reliance on
Linux for cloud and big data is a
strong contributing factor. And,
the future looks bright for the
operating system with 80 percent
of the world’s largest enterprises
planning to increase their use of
Linux servers over the next five
years, while the number who plan
to purchase Windows servers is at
an all-time low of 20 percent.
To download the full report,
please visit The Linux
Foundation’s Publications.
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