unix in case studies
Lloyd's Register chooses Microsoft over Linux
Case Study When risk management organisation Lloyd's Register started on an exercise to choose a single operating platform from Windows, Linux and Unix, it didn't expect to end up plumping for the Microsoft option. [04 Jul 2005]
Council switches off mainframe in efficiency drive
Case Study Helens Council has saved £300,000 in hardware and software costs by switching its key applications from a mainframe to Windows and Unix servers. St. The council's ICT business manager Ste Sharples explained that the council had been an IBM OS390... [07 Sep 2005]
Health trusts cut operating system and storage complexity
Case Study The trusts and GPs were running a mix of operating systems - Novell, flavours of Unix, Microsoft Windows NT4.0 and Windows 2000. When Gareth Bridges joined Wakefield Health Informatics Services (HIS) three years ago the situation he faced was... [06 Sep 2005]
Linux move reaps dividends for stockbroker
Case Study A major part of the business are the financial transactions carried out on bespoke software which previously sat on the old, Unix-based system. There was an initial testing period of 25 days when the Unix and Linux platforms were run in parallel... [18 May 2007]
Remote access gains for Bedford NHS Trust
Case Study Previously, an eight-year-old, Ascii-based remote access solution was used to maintain Unix applications. Bedford Hospital NHS Trust has revamped its approach to remote access, cutting the cost of IT support staff dialling in to systems as well as... [08 Aug 2006]
How Norwich Union computes pay-as-you-drive
Case Study The Teradata box worked at a fraction of the cost of in-house servers running IBM's AIX flavour of Unix. Early suppliers emerged including IBM and Orange, for the telematics software and network coverage respectively, and Intec - a company better... [27 Nov 2007]
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