How Open Source Tools Power Modern IT Operations
Open Source For You, Monday, March 16th, 2026
Open source tools have not replaced enterprise IT platforms; they have become the connective layer that makes modern operations possible.
Historically, enterprise IT infrastructure operations were characterised by predictability. Servers were provisioned, applications were deployed, and most monitoring consisted of ensuring that systems were 'up'. The tools used to perform these activities tended to be proprietary, tightly coupled with specific platform environments and engineered for static environments that rarely changed.
Now, this model has changed dramatically.