CSC 325 Case - Open Source Operating Systems: Linux

CSC 325 Case - Open Source Operating Systems: Linux

Introduction

The information technology is growing at a rapid pace in this era. The computer technologies are increasing day by day. Many companies are contributing their efforts and services for the development of information technologies. The Amazon. com company is one of those leading companies. Amazon.com is an American based multinational organization that deals with the information technology commerce. The headquarters of Amazon.com is in Washington in United States. The company is known and recognized as the world's biggest online retailer. The company is not only engaged in providing the digital services, however, it is also the manufacturer of consumer electronics. The most well known production of it involves Amazon Kindle e-book reader and the Kindle Fire tablet computer. Mostly the products offered by the company are offered to the companies that require cloud computing services.

As Amazon.com is the growing company and it is offering its distinctive services to the market, the challenges to the companies are also increasing. The company is continuously striving to bring more effective changes and modifications in order to offer better services with the effective budget control and financial resources. Recently the company has brought changes in its services provision and has migrated migration from Unix to red hat Linux. The following section aims at discussing the changes occurred to the company's services through the use of new technology as well as effects of the migration from Unix to red hat Linux upon the business processes and the impact of this change upon the future.

Discussion on case study

According to Amazon. com, the shift in the usage of technology services has given very costs benefits to the company. The company is now having cots benefits as the use of Linux has saved the companies costs of operating. The Linux based telecommunications and information based services have decreased the company's cost of operating. Amazon.com has found to be the best company that has achieved the costs competitive advantage in the market and the one who is providing the best services with minimal costs. The Linux systems have being used by the company as substitute software that serves as the way to lower the costs associated with hardware.

Answer to questions

Question 1: Why would a major company?

The major company with entrenched technology would make the switch to Linux because it is found be ...