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Contributed by Walker White, President of BDNA
BDNA Predicts Top Enterprise IT Trends for 2016
Asset Management is Finding its Level On-Premise and in the Cloud
Whether it’s files shared through Dropbox, a company’s internal files or your personal music collection, the sky is the limit for uses for cloud computing. But enterprises cannot do everything in the cloud, and must maintain their on premise practices even while migrating more and more processes to the cloud. In 2016, IT asset management will marry the two worlds to give enterprises better ways to manage their hybrid systems.
Need for More Insight into Open-Source Asset Terms
Open-source software is a playground for developers and their organizations, able to be modified to best fit their business needs. However, growing concerns about security vulnerability and compliance issues – especially in the government sector – have put a bit of a damper on the trend. Many also fail to realize that open-source software has licensing restrictions just like traditional software assets. Moving into 2016, open-source users must become fully educated about the license requirements associated with their assets, and software developers need to provide transparency around what can and can’t be done with their code.
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About the Author
Walker White, President of BDNA.
As President of BDNA, Walker White creates a better way for enterprises to extract value from their existing IT data.
