Virtualization Resources
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While Unix is widely embedded at many organizations, alternatives like Linux can get the job done less expensively—thanks to an open-systems approach that gets rid of proprietary software and proprietary hardware. The keys to ensuring migration success are having the right partners - and a plan. Intel and Novell®, offering the combination of Intel server technology and SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server, are able partners, ready to help you designing a post-Unix solution for your organization. The benefits of Linux—enabled by Intel and Novell—are here and available now. Migrating means you can avoid significant and growing future costs—and you´ll have the freedom of choice. more>
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COCC, a US service bureau providing information technology services to community banks and credit unions, moved to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Intel-based systems, which significantly reduces its hardware costs. The company uses the combination of SUSE Linux Enterprise and Intel Xeon processor-based machines to run e-mail, Oracle* databases, various bank teller applications, back office processing software, reporting tools and financial applications. Moving to less expensive hardware didn´t require ITV to sacrifice performance or reliability, and allows the company to provide more cost-effective solutions for their customers. more>
GLOBUS is a leading retailer in Germany with more than 20,000 employees and nearly 90 locations. Moving to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on Intel-processor based hardware has given GLOBUS improved performance, while significantly reducing hardware costs. Each store now runs two Intel-based servers, instead of one proprietary server. Each store is decentralized, and data is replicated each night to a central location. Now that each store can generate faster data to the home office, the stores are not only able to close more quickly each night, but also the employees have faster access to daily information. more>
The large UK broadcast company ITV migrated a variety of platforms, including 50 different UNIX data center systems, to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, replacing expensive servers with low-cost, Intel-based hardware, to consolidate and simplify its infrastructure for 6,000 users across 90 locations in the UK, U.S., Germany and Australia. Due to the combined solution of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server running on Intel-based systems, the company now not only sees significantly better uptime for its mission-critical applications, but is also realizing substantial cost savings. more>
Deutsche Bahn, Germany´s national railway company and the largest logistic company in Europe, has selected Linux* as its strategic server platform. Currently DB Systems, the IT service provider of Deutsche Bahn, is running more than 300 Intel-based servers with critical business applications on SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server from Novell. By selecting SUSE Linux Enterprise Server running on Intel-based hardware, DB Systems anticipates significant long-term benefits. The company has already seen an estimated 50 percent reduction in software licensing costs and in hardware costs as it is no longer tied to expensive proprietary hardware. more>
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 is an open, flexible and secure platform that is ready to host the applications and databases critical to your business—from the desktop to the data center, across a wide variety of workloads. The SUSE Linux Enterprise platform is tightly integrated with Novell solutions for systems management, identity management and workgroup services, and it also utilizes open standards, which simplifies integration with your existing IT environment. more>
Virtualization: The New Data Center Paradigm, Again. Virtualization is almost as old as enterprise computing itself. First introduced in the 1960s to allow partitioning of mainframe hardware, it has been a mainstay of high-end proprietary server environments ever since. more>
Inside Xen 3.0: A XenSource White Paper
Virtualization has become a key requirement for the enterprise. This results from an urgent need to focus on reduced total cost of
ownership (TCO) for enterprise computing infrastructure. more>
