About 99% of companies in the world are small and medium businesses (SMBs). They generate more than half of the global GPD. SMBs constantly look for ways to reduce costs and increase productivity, especially in times of crisis like the one we are currently facing. However, they often operate under very limited budgets and limited work forces. These circumstances make it extremely challenging to offer suitable solutions that bring important benefits, at the same time keeping investments and operational costs within budget.
Technology vendors have traditionally shown little interest in developing solutions that adapt to the needs of SMBs. In general, enterprise solutions available on the market have been developed for large corporations and therefore their implementation requires considerable investments of time and resources, as well as a high level of expertise.
In the server market, this has meant that until now SMBs have had few solutions to choose from and in addition, the available solutions have usually been over-sized. Considering the real needs of SMBs - too complex to manage and with high licensing costs.
In this context it seems reasonable to consider Linux as a more attractive SMB server alternative, since technically it has shown very high quality and functionality, and the acquisition price is unbeatable. However, the presence of Linux in SMB environments is symbolic and the growth is relatively small. How is this possible?
oneICT believes that the reason why this happens is simple: to adapt an enterprise level server to an SMB environment, the components must be well integrated and easy to administer. Similarly, the ICT service providers that work for SMBs also need server solutions, that require low deployment and maintenance time to stay competitive. Traditional Linux server distributions don’t offer these characteristics.
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