{"id":3694,"date":"2013-04-18T07:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2013-04-18T07:00:36","modified_gmt":"2013-04-18T15:00:36","slug":"linux-enterprises-shift-servers-from-unix-and-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/linux-enterprises-shift-servers-from-unix-and-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux: Enterprises Shift Servers from UNIX and Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spending by enterprises on servers is growing at an annual rate of just 3.1 percent. \u00a0The three dominant enterprise server Operating Systems being used are Linux, Windows and UNIX. \u00a0Not too surprisingly, enterprises are dropping older Unix servers in favor of Linux — Unix spending was down 24.1 percent in 2012, while Linux spending picked up some of the slack by growing 12.7 percent over that period. \u00a0Windows server revenues grew at just 3.2 percent last year.<\/p>\n

Over the next five years the shift towards Linux seems to be particularly clear, with 80 percent of large IT organizations planning to increase their purchases of Linux servers and only 20 percent planning to make additional Windows-server purchases.<\/p>\n

These are the results of a global survey conducted by the The Linux Foundation<\/a> of companies and organizations with sales of more than $500 million or with more than 500 employees.<\/p>\n

Other findings from the Linux Foundation report include:<\/p>\n