These days, if Linux is to be introduced into the mix, chances are it will be up the CIO to make this happen. What, did you think it might be the CTO instead?

Today, CIOs are more comfortable with creating heterogeneous environments that include open source and
Linux, according to several high-level speakers at a recent conference.

At a panel discussion held at the Open Source Business Conference, CIOs talked about their use of Linux and discussed areas that could be improved in the future.

Executives from companies like Priceline.com, CitiStreet, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. spoke about how they had brought Linux deeper into their enterprises, but did not use open source for mission-critical applications yet. [Read the rest]

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