What is it about open source that makes it such an efficient enterprise workhorse? What’s making it rise and shine above other solutions and platforms? According to Forrester, the open source opportunity has been seized by more than 50% of Fortune 500 companies and they’re using it for their critical workloads and to push innovation and business success. This open source trend is reflected in research undertaken by Gartner, which found more than 95% of IT companies use it for their mission-critical workloads, with another 70% of companies expected to increase their open source spend through to 2025.

But what is it about open source that adds so much flavour to the enterprise? That makes it an invaluable asset for IT workloads and business architecture? A report by McKinsey in 2020 found that it was open source adoption that differentiated high-growth, successful companies, and that open source investment had almost three times more impact on innovation. It reinforced this view in 2021, unpacking how open source has become an essential and vital resource for companies looking to leverage tech to achieve more at cost. Combined with Software-as-a-Service and serverless architecture, open source has the potential to create a ‘trifecta of technology approaches’ that provide the enterprise with a ‘formidable arsenal’.