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What are the key challenges – do big cloud companies have an unfair advantage to influence?
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Garima Bajpai
license , Support,Cost , resources
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Garima Bajpai
funding?
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Garima Bajpai
investment
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William Szepesi
In a data-centric world, opensource can still be linked with a trailblazing mentality.
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Garima Bajpai
regulATORY
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William Szepesi
IT is a key component in any business strategy so IT has to ask themselves if the opensource path will better serve the business requirements or will it add more risk, will it move the focus of IT away from business or add flexibility to better support the business?
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Mark Peters
Big companies also have opportunity to influence, and they tend to buy start-ups who challenge - Innovators dilemma
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Mark Peters
I think limiting to IT may be an anti-pattern. Technology is a component in business strategy. Understanding technology patterns is the value delivery. Understanding open source is important but requires business delivery in training, standardization, management
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Mark Peters
Of course, Open source always offers innovation
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Mark Peters
Why would open source decrease business value? Acquiring the right tools is part of the value stream for any solution