The Trend Towards Linux Certification
Although most Linux Plus Certification Practice Tests are to the small to midsize (SMB) business market, there are signs that corporate America is receptive, too. Thirty percent of IT managers at major corporations say they use Linux or plan to use it within the next 12 months, according to exclusive research conducted last month by our sister publication Information Week. Of those using Linux, 24 percent say they use it on servers, and another 48 percent say they plan to install it on servers in the next year. It's a different story on the desktop, however, where there's a shortage of Linux Plus Certification Practice Tests applications.
Just 10 percent now use it on PCs, with another 20 percent planning to install it on desktops in the next 12 months, Information Week reports. Another study concludes that Linux is just a heartbeat away from NT in the booming Web server space. Researcher Netcraft Ltd., Bath, England, audited 3.6 million Web servers last December and found that 20 percent ran on Linux, just six points below NT, the No. 1 Web server. Perhaps more stunning, it beat out the "dot com" company: Sun's Solaris came in third at 16 percent.
A number of VARs have persuaded large corporations and public entities to trust the OS. SW Technology, Richardson, Texas, closed its biggest Linux Plus Certification Practice Tests sale ever in January, a whopping half-million dollar networking deal for Advanced Data Solutions (ADS), Houston, which analyzes seismic data for oil giants such as Texaco Inc. and Chevron Corp. ADS snapped up 40 Red Hat-Linux PCs, each running dual Pentium III processors. The company must meet a June deadline for a large project, so it needs fast systems that won't fail, says Marvin Wu, president of $10 million SW Technology.
How do Linux Plus Certification Practice Tests VARs make money from an OS that users can download free from the Internet? Two ways: They provide consulting and integration services, and they write and sell applications. Seattle VAR Agelena Networking LLC wrote a Linux firewall software package when it saw a gap in the market two years ago. Now Agelena is shifting its focus from networking services to selling its $39 software direct and through the channel this summer. Few years ago, customers were asking what Linux was. "Now people are asking for it. Before VARs jump headfirst into the market, they need to know the Linux landscape. There are four principal vendors: Caldera Systems Inc., Pacific Hi-Tech Inc., Red Hat Software Inc. and SuSE AG. Although the kernel of Linux is the same in each of the vendor's products--s part of creator Torvalds' rules to keep the OS open-each one has its own technical strengths or is stronger in certain markets. VARs can download a plethora of free versions of Linux Plus Certification Practice Tests, but they should resell a version from a major vendor to ensure they're getting a brand name, stable version and support.
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