A recent poll of US and UK CIOs finds that a majority of firms are using free software applications across their networks, and plan to increase their usage of free software. According to marketing-research firm Vanson Bourne, about 76 percent of CIOs surveyed claimed they use free software applications at the organizational level, while 88 percent said they have deployed free software applications at departmental levels.

The research poll commissioned by the UK-based software company Global Graphics revealed that more than half of the organizations are considering increasing the use of free applications across their enterprise networks.

Of the 400 CIOs across the UK and the US surveyed, as many as 78 percent reported using Adobe Reader at organizational and departmental levels, while software applications like Adobe Flash Player and Java Runtime Environment were among the most commonly deployed ones.

Gary Fry, CEO of Global Graphics, said in a statement: "Large organizations are perfectly prepared to use free software where possible, and upgrade to a full paid-for version of the product where it makes sense for them."

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