HP exec cites open source, commercial mix

I think that for the first time in a long time, HP might be onto something with the idea mixing both Open Source apps and those that are for sale.

Rather than IT shops settling on one paradigm, mixed environments of commercial and open source software will prevail, Hewlett-Packard CTO and Chief Strategy Officer Shane Robison said Wednesday during a keynote presentation at the Software 2005 conference here.

With 60 percent of companies having a mix of open source and commercial technologies, HP anticipates the persistence of this hybrid model, according to Robison.

“HP believes that open source software will continue to penetrate deeper into the enterprise. We do not believe that customers will deploy all open source or all commercial software,” Robison said at the conference, which is geared in part toward investors.

Also during his speech, Robison emphasized HP’s intentions to leverage its HP OpenView system management platform, partnerships, and acquired technologies for use in managing customers’ SOAs. Enablement of grid architectures and utility computing also factor into HP’s agenda.

Management of systems has moved beyond basic monitoring and reporting, Robison said. [Read the rest]