The Meta Group predicts that 45% of servers will be running Linux by 2007 at the latest.

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"It's a little of each, " says Maria Schafer of Meta Group , an IT research and consultant firm.

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"The growth rate is declining, and that means fewer opportunities for Andersen and others, " says Dean Davison of the Meta Group research firm.

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My earlier work experience has included corporate strategy at Remedy Corporation, where I worked closely with companies such as Gartner Group, IDC, and Meta Group.

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Then there is a meta-level to help your talent development group analyze and understand how these events create value by asking: What factors led to the business value created?

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