Siemens' IT services arm will useSUSE Linuxover Unix as the de
facto operating system for running 350 business-critical SAP
systems and 120,000 user accounts - along with numerous web
applications, web servers and Oracle database servers.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server previously ran alongside its
existing Unix platform. According to Siemens, the full migration to
Linux will cut operating costs by 25 per cent compared to an
equivalent Unix infrastructure.
Werner Stechhammer, senior system engineer at Siemens IT
Solutions and Services, said the move to an all Linux environment
would offer cheaper utility computing to Siemens' customers who
outsource parts of their IT infrastructure to Siemens.
Siemens is currently
testing
virtualisation with Xen, which is built into SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server, to better utilise existing server hardware,
lower maintenance costs through consolidation and reduce energy
consumption
throughout its IT centres.