The Emerging IT Platform
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Technology Underpinnings of the flattening world (Friedman) The Emerging IT Platform 1.Berlin Wall & Windows 6.Off-shoring –Desktop (low cost, millions of –Lean manufacturing, ERP, MRP people), personal empowerment 7.Supply Chaining 2.Connectivity –RFID, GPS Dr. Jeff Jaffe –WWW, HTTP, Browsers, HTML, Executive Vice President Fiber Optics, Internet 8.In-sourcing and Chief Technology 3.Workflow Software Officer –Distributed computing, wireless –Email, XML, PayPal, AJAX, Web 2.0, Optimization algorithms April 16, 2007 Business Web 9.In-forming 4.Open Sourcing –Search, TiVo –Web App Servers, Wikipedia, Firefox, Linux, Blogging 10.The Steroids 5.Outsourcing –Digital, Mobile, Personal, Virtual –Telecommunications, Fiberoptics, Y2K 2 © Novell Inc. All rights reserved Grouping of Underpinnings Linux as the new I/T Platform Pure Mixed Proprietary Data Center Open Source Rapid Growth of Sharing Governance Technology Sugar CRM SAP SAP Mobility Business Web Compliance WWW Application Virtualization GroupWise switch Change & Control storage system Digital Ajax Alfresco Exchange Exchange Fiber Optics Accounting (Storage, Processing ) XML Email Notes Performance Network Conversions Personal Asset JBoss Websphere IE Wireless to Digital Empowerment Blogging File and Print Search Pay Pal Browsers Lockdown TiVo Eclipse Rationale MS firewall router switch control optical switch Wikipedia Patch GPS Resource Security My SQL DB2/Oracle DB2/Oracle Linux Identity RFID Windows Desktop Storage Server Linux Linux Windows/Sun desktop laptop blackberry palm cell ipod Desktop phone Point Innovations 3 © Novell Inc. All rights reserved 4 © Novell Inc. All rights reserved 1 Open Source – The Progression of Ideas The Innovation Community Open Source Established Innovators Start-ups Academics Infrastructure Companies Innovation: University Corporate Lab Start Up Open Source Proprietary Standards Community Acceptance: 5 © Novell Inc. All rights reserved 6 © Novell Inc. All rights reserved How SUSE® Linux Enterprise is Built Leading Open Source Development Open Source Package AutoBuild Quality Enterprise- Novell® is a key contributor to these and other Projects Selection and Testing Class Software Integration open source projects: Apache Linux Kernel Open WBEM x86 Feature Test AppArmor Mono® PHP AMD64/EM64T Manual Bandit Mozilla Perl Regression SUSE® Linux Enterprise Itanium Automated BetterDesktop MySQL PostgreSQL Regression POWER Eclipse Open Invention Reiser Novell® System Test Evolution™ Network rsync zSeries GCC OpenLDAP SAMBA GNOME OpenOffice.org Tomcat OpenSSL HULA® X.org • Reduces production problems ™ iFolder® openSUSE Xen • Consolidates IT skills across disparate systems KDE Openswan XGL • Delivers critical updates in hours – not days or weeks YaST **Novell is a leading contributor 7 © Novell Inc. All rights reserved 8 © Novell Inc. All rights reserved 2 Telecommunications: Education: Carrier Grade Linux Open Access to Learning Call (Packet) Service SIP SS7 Applications Processing Control Software Development Tools Development Software HA Application Middleware Components Interfaces HA Platform Interfaces High Availability Components Linux OS with Carrier Grade Enhancements High Availability Hardware Platforms Scope of the Carrier Grade Linux Working Group 9 © Novell Inc. All rights reserved 10 © Novell Inc. All rights reserved Government: A Call to Action Breaking Down Barriers •Research community needs to recognize power of Open •Deployment of open source enables Source –130,000+ projects –Standardization –Global bottoms-up phenomenom –Compliance •Required focus from the research community –Transparency to validation –The emerging I/T platform –Cost Savings –Economic models 11 © Novell Inc. All rights reserved 12 © Novell Inc. All rights reserved 3 4.