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Worldwide Linux Client and Server Operating Environments 2012–2016 Forecast and 2011 Vendor Shares: Digging in for the Long Term
Jul 2012		Doc # 236064		Market Analysis

Printed Page Length: 53 pages
Number of Tables: 15
Number of Figures: 4

By: Al Gillen, Iris Feng

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Abstract

This IDC study reviews the growth of the Linux client operating environment and Linux server operating environment market during 2011 and provides a shipment and installed base forecast through 2016.

"Linux has clearly established itself as a competitive player in the enterprise datacenter market and as a foundation for shared public cloud infrastructure. Bridging from the datacenters to the cloud world is where the Linux vendors are investing today, and rightfully so," said Al Gillen, program VP, System Software at IDC. "Moving forward, we can expect to see investment taking place surrounding the Linux operating system as cloud system software — the software that allows customers to build a true private cloud using Linux — comes of age."

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Operating Environments

Companies Covered:

Canonical Group Limited, Red Hat, Inc., Oracle Corporation, Attachmate Corp

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Topics Covered:

Linux, Operating system virtualization, Operating systems and subsystems, Virtual machine software, Virtualized client computing

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