ISP Supports Linux: Deutsche Bahn, Germany's national railway company, 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 Novell's SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server. Applications like Lotus Notes* have now been migrated to the IBM mainframe platform also using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. DB Systems expects significant cost savings, more vendor independence and integration advantages throughout the roll-out period and beyond.

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WALTHAM, Mass. - March 30, 2005 - Deutsche Bahn, Germany's national railway company, 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 Novell's SUSE® LINUX Enterprise Server. Applications like Lotus Notes* have now been migrated to the IBM* mainframe platform also using SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. DB Systems expects significant cost savings, more vendor independence and integration advantages throughout the roll-out period and beyond.

"We had to choose a system that would offer us the flexibility, security and reliability required to maintain a high level of services to our customers. We are confident that a Linux based system can offer us this more cost effectively than any proprietary solutions," said Detlef Exner, director of IT Production for DB Systems.

Following that strategy, DB Systems evaluated several options and selected SUSE Linux Enterprise Server due to its scalable, high-performance foundation for secure enterprise computing. Exner adds, "Novell's ability to offer extensive support for SUSE Linux and its co-operation with many hardware and software vendors has given us additional confidence to use this also for our mission-critical tasks."