# Why Open Source is key to Software-Defined-Infrastructure

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Why Open Source is key to Software-Defined-Infrastructure

IDC defines Software-Defined-Infrastructure as the concept to build and run an open and agile IT infrastructure environment in an automated manner. It is key to this concept that virtualized workloads can be automated, configured, consumed, migrated, scaled, and replicated independent of the underlying infrastructure (server, storage, and network). Very important is that the transformation to …  
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