Financial benefits of Linux servers
There are many long term benefits of using a Linux server, which results in a positive return on investment (ROI) within one year of it being implemented. There is very short time-to-time return on project investments, as there is general growth in the utility of the Linux servers.
Listed below are the kinds of return on investment firms are getting from Linux servers:
- Facilities - Contribution to ROI is made on the savings and not the revenue side of the equation. Linux servers make no direct contribution to the populations bottom-line in some cases.
- Operating system licensing and support - Linux server manageability, flexibility and efficiency contribute substantially to the new opportunity enablement and cost savings.
- Hardware, Layered and application software - Organisations report hardware purchase savings of 50-90 percent when they use a Linux server.
- Incremental revenues - The ROI is likely to be very high if Linux investments are part of new business initiatives to help drive new businesses or increase revenues. The threshold and risks associated with Linux implementation are lowered due to the economics of large scale Linux deployments.
- Personnel/human resources (HR) - Through the personnel elements of their Linux servers, organisations are finding substantial ROI contributions. Linux systems produce increased server manageability over Windows. Training costs which are associated with deploying Linux servers are negligible.
By the use of a Linux server, further adoption of a variety of open source software packages is encouraged. This lowers costs and encourages new projects that combine these tools and platforms into application systems.
Firms will lower costs and improve time-to-market by leveraging Linux server expertise, with developer and common skill sets across Linux platforms.
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