May 23, 2006

Open Source and the Public Sector

Brian FisherLinux SpecialistPublic Sectorbfisher@novell.com

Past. Present. Future

What is Open?

SUSE LinuxEnterprise 10

Open Source is a working business model, it is no longer a technology.

What is Open Source

Open Source in the Past

•Open Source at the advent

•Open Source as a technology model

•Open Source as the bleeding edge

Open Source in the Present.

•Working Business Model

•Community Involvementand Collaboration on Development

•Corporate Support

Working Business Model

• Community Support for development.

– Organizations have similar problems– Great power in the public sector

• Corporate Support for Implementation, QA, Distribution and Management

• ISV/IHV Support

– If you build it, they won't come– Demand drives development

Tremendous Enterprise Linux Success

• Top enterprise Linux on zSeries

• 2 of the “Big 3” automotive companies

• 4 of the top 5 US retail banks

• 4 of the top high-tech chip manufacturers

• 8 of the top 10 US retailers

• 95% of all Linux point-of-sale

• 47 of 50 states use Suse Linux

“Looking back, 2005 will likely be viewed as a turning point. It was a year when CIOs signed off on open source projects, a big change from previous years… It was a year when open source was the word on the lips of not just early adopters but of an early majority.”

—“A Watershed for Open Source,” BusinessWeek, Dec. 2005

We Are At a Turning Point

Open Source in the Future.

•Open Source will be the majority model for applicationsand development in the future.

•Desktop, E-mail, Virtualization, the Enterprise is ready

•Technology Use Leaders, IT Companies,Finance, Healthcare, are already leading the way

Past. Present. Future

Open and Government

Why are Governments Switching to Linux?

•Budget Efficiency• Standardization of hardware platforms

• Jefferson County Colorado: 50% Hardware Savings

• Los Angeles City Departments: 90% Hardware support savings

• Significant savings on software and operation costs

• 18.69% savings v. Windows with new hardware*

• 26.75% savings v. Windows with existing hardware*

• 24.02% per CPU Administrator savings v. Windows*

*Cybersource TCO Study 2004

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Why are Governments Switching to Linux?•Performance and Reliability

• Uptime increases over more frequently patched systems

• Large International Bank: Outside of hardware failure: 100% uptime for two years*

• Large host Company: 100% uptime since October 2001*

• Efficient Support

• Thousands of support experts worldwide

• Open source community allows governments to share projects and development

*Enterprise Management Associates, February 2006

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Thin Client and Desktop Applications

• Kiosks for constituent service delivery (DMV)

• Kiosks are less expensive than people

• Central management allows for one administrator to manage many boxes

• Secure Thin Client Desktops (Corrections)

• Diskless boxes controlled by central management

• Secure as the applications and access are controlled

• Linux Desktops (Schools)

• Structured task workers

• Single Image creation and push

*Enterprise Management Associates, February 2006

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Why will Governments be switching to Linux?

•The Power of Collaboration• Oregon HHS: 30mm on Child Welfare System, more on MMIS, Welfare, etc.

• Federally funded development application, Public Domain Software, not GPL, but available

• The problems are similar throughout the states.

• Managed Open Source technologies will allow 50 states to use, customize and implement their systems at a much lower cost without recreating the wheel.

Past. Present. Future

Novell and Open

The Novell Linux Story

• 2001 Delivered eDirectory on Linux

• 2003 Acquired Ximian

• 2003 DirXML (now Identity Manager) on Linux

• 2004 Acquired SUSE LINUX

• 2004 GroupWise on Linux

• Aug 2004 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

• Nov 2004 Novell Linux Desktop

• Feb 2005 Acquired Immunix

• May 2005 SUSE Linux Professional 9.3

• Jan 2006 AppArmor Delivered to the Open Source Community

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Linux and open source leadership:Novell, SUSE, Ximian, and Immunix

• Greatest number of dedicated engineers working on Linux-related and open source projects

• #1 Contributor to GNOME

• #1 Contributor and maintainer of KDE

• #1 Contributor and maintainer of Mono

• #1 Contributor and maintainer of Ximian Evolution

• #2 Contributor to Mozilla and OpenOffice

• Key contributors to Linux kernel

• Leaders in the Linux Security Modules Project

• OSDL Board; GNOME board representation

• Apache Foundation committee member

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Virtualization on Linux

•2005•Suitable only for test &

development

•Linux means one application per server

•Production virtualization requires UNIX

•2006•Xen 3.0 shipping with

enterprise Linux

•Multiple management tools now exist

•Intel & AMD introduce x86 chip virtualization

The Linux Desktop

•2005•Suitable only for fixed function workstations

•Limited integration with active directory

•User experience in not intuitive

•2006•Ready for basic office

worker and casual user

•Full integrations with existing AD, eDir, LDAP

•Improved usability through

BetterDesktop.org

Security: Still the Market Leader

•2005•As secure as UNIX

•Security exists at the operating system level

•Tools are powerful, but difficult to use

•2006•Still the leader

•Application-level security adds another layer

•Graphic interfaces and easier configuration

Deployment Types

High Performance

Computing

- Finance

- Science

- Design

- Engineer

- Entertain

Application

Servers

- CRM

- ERP

- SCM

- Database

- J2EE

- .NET

WebServers- Apache

- Tomcat

- Perl

- PHP

- Python

- AJAX

- MySQL

NetworkSecurity- Firewall

- VPN

- Anti-Virus

- SPAM

- Detection

Network

Infrastructure

- DNS/DHCP

- Proxy

- File

- Print

- Directory

Extending Linux in the Data Center

New Features

Dem

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Common Migration Patterns

• Edge Servers and Web Infrastructure• DNS, proxy servers• Web servers (Apache)• Application servers (WebSphere, WebLogic)

• Databases• Oracle, DB2, Sybase

• Messaging • MQ Series

• Collaboration• e-Mail, Lotus Notes

• Unix-based Applications• Posix compliant applications generally migrate easily

• ERP• SAP, Oracle, Siebel