Enterprise Open Source Session
Open Source Middleware: Not Middle of the Road
Open Source Middleware: Not Middle of the Road
Feb. 21, 2006 11:00 AM
Open Source continues to capture market share in the enterprise. But can it last? If recent published articles are to be believed, the answer is no. According to a June 2005 Forbes article, only one company has the riddle solved and companies like IBM and Microsoft, with much to lose if the world goes "open," can reverse any advances on the turn of a dime. Is this view correct and, if so, what needs to be done to ensure it doesn't become a reality?
The answer lies with two crucial pieces the so called "middle of the stack solutions" and applications. Advances in clustering solutions, databases and other "plumbing" are being made that will offset the fear, uncertainty and despair campaigns of proprietary loyalists and fuel the potential of an open source expansion that will reinvent the entire enterprise. By adding highly reliable applications that live up to expectations and deliver availability, scalability and business value that is taken for granted in the proprietary world, the rush of customers to open source will continue.
Among the questions this session will ask and answer: 1) Can the applications deliver? 2) Is the infrastructure there to support it? 3) Will players like IBM and Microsoft swoop in to derail upstart players? and 4) Will this equation solve the financial questions or is it just a Band-Aid?
About Eero TeerikorpiEero Teerikorpi is CEO of Continuent. A serial entrepreneur who started his career at Apple Computer, he has more than 20 years of high tech management and enterprise software experience and is also a founding partner at Blue White Venture. Prior to co-founding Blue White Venture, he held top management positions at various cross-Atlantic entities, including President at Capslock, Executive Board Member at Esker S.A. and CEO at Alcom Corporation.
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