Why Linux Is Good for ISVs

Sponsored by: Red Hat and Intel

IDC OPI NION

In IDC’s opinion, Red Hat and Intel perform well across the three major factors that can influence an independent software vendor’s (ISV) decision to partner with a software vendor:

• The degree of customer demand pull
• The resources and benefits provided to partners
• The ease of doing business with the vendor

IN THIS WHITE PAPER

This IDC White Paper examines the market opportunity for enterprise Linux products and services and the position of Red Hat and Intel’s collaborative solution set in that market. It discusses the key resources Red Hat provides to ISVs to help them port and build applications to run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and presents IDC’s opinion on Red Hat and Intel’s value proposition for ISV partners.

THE LINUX OPPORTUNITY

The growth of Linux operating environments and products is continuing along the path from upstart invention to enterprise competitor. IDC forecasts the market for application and infrastructure software on Linux to grow to $14.2 billion by 2008, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 44.3% from 2003 (see Table 1). Factors that make enterprise-oriented Linux products attractive to customers consist of longer and more predictable support life cycles, including security patch life cycles, combined with extensive certifications on industry-standard hardware platforms, such as Intel® EM64T, Intel® Xeon., and Intel® Itanium® 2 processor.based servers.

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