Well, in all fairness, they moved 60 web sites to zLinux, but also consolidated 500 applications from 560 x86 servers to a rack of 70 x86 servers running VMware. That entire migration is what is expected to save $10 million, not just the move to zLinux.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neale Ferguson Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 9:42 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Business Week Article BusinessWeek article tells the story of First National Bank of Nebraska consolidating 30 (Sun) Unix servers onto one mainframe. "The shift boosted hardware-utilization rates to about 70% - and Kucera expects to save $10 million over five years. 'It's revolutionary,' he says. 'It's really good stuff. It paid for itself in a year.'" http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_25/b3938622.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
