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Unix-to-Linux Migration Has Come of Age

Date : 8/30/2011
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Faced with shrinking IT budgets, an increasing number of enterprises seeking information on Linux migrations and investigating the cost advantages that Linux-Intel platforms provide. This article introduces best practices, helps you understand what to migrate and when to migrate, and provides criteria for evaluating potential vendors.

 Key considerations for migration include:

  • Legacy system coming to end of life
  • Legacy system too expensive to maintain
  • Need for greater performance and scale
  • Need to reduce operating costs
  • Inflexible IT
  • Higher time to market
  • Complex operational process

 Companies who migrate to Linux discover these benefits:

  • Greater performances for comparable cost, up to 2X
  • Lower TACO, up to 75 percent
  • Choice and control over the IT environment
  • Open, flexible, scalable
  • Cloud-ready
  • IT as a strategic asset