Open Source
The 451 Commercial Adoption of Open Source (CAOS) Research Service helps enterprise end users, software vendors and investors track and understand the opportunities and threats presented by open source.

The growth of open source software in the enterprise IT arena is changing the way that vendors, end users and investors do business, bringing both opportunities and challenges along with it. Analysts at The 451 Group like to call it 'CAOS.' And the company has built this analytical service to help enterprise end users, software vendors and investors navigate through the uncertainty related to commercial open source software.