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Learn more about open source software with Ron Bongo and how open source is finding its way into the realm of large corporations and used in critical business processes.

Five or six years ago, larger organizations would not even consider using open source applications to replace critical business processes such as HR, finance, CRM and other systems that are critical to the operations of a business. But as open source applications mature and quality development runs high, thanks to the community of developers and users who support open source, large corporations are now looking towards open source as viable and cost-effective alternatives to their existing systems.

In the Accenture survey, one third of respondents are planning to migrate critical business operation systems to open source. Leading the way are financial services and high-tech companies, two industries that have invested and relied heavily on proprietary IT, but now would be the early adopter among large corporations migrating towards open source. Gone is the previous stigma of open source applications as immature and uncontrollable – systems that are not fit for corporate use.

While some companies are still wary of migrating mission-critical system to open source, they are still considering the move although at a slower approach than the early adopters. Risk management, outages and uncertainties still hold back such companies who are still more comfortable in getting commercial support from commercial software providers. 65% of users who have migrated already have documented plans on how they can strategically use open source in key business processes while the remaining percentages are still developing plans. Such governance is important for large corporation so they can have a firm management of open source use and can realistically quantify ROI and TCO.  

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