Reduce IT costs and improve efficiency with an enterprise Linux subscription

There is a common misconception that open source software is a lower cost, competitive solution for running highly available, reliable, and critical workloads in datacenters and cloud deployments. In addition, people assume that an enterprise subscription is only for support. However, enterprise products like Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® build on community technology to bring innovation, usability, and stability that can be critical for IT teams to maintain systems efficiently and pivot to new projects when necessary. IDC interviewed Red Hat customers to understand the effect on their IT departments when they migrated workloads from community software. On average, organizations saved US$43,600 per 100 users. This research highlights several key effects of switching from community projects to paid enterprise open source projects: - Certain activities are required for stable software and must be done by a vendor or an IT team, resulting in lower productivity -Using enterprise versions of open source software can increase IT efficiency, reduce hardware costs, and improve infrastructure resiliency -There are clearer, more mature avenues for critical maintenance activities, like identifying vulnerabilities, applying patches, and upgrading systems when compared to community projects -Benefits cover a variety of different areas, from direct financial savings and improved productivity to reduced cost and lost time