Here are five of the best Linux business applications of
2009, asvoted by Red Hat:
Management excellence
Whole Foods
Market, a US organic grocer, has used Red Hat Satellite to
manage its Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems. According to Red Hat,
the implementation allowed the company to reduce costs, reallocate
resources and enable the IT department to focus on strategic
business initiatives.
Optimised systems
Telco Verizon
Communications was selected for its consolidation and
standardisation on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which was used on its
SAP and PeopleSoft enterprise resource planning applications to
reduce costs, increase performance, and support growth. Red Hat
said Enterprise Linux, allowed Verizon to run its servers more
efficiently, with minimal need for additional equipment.
Superior alternatives
Union Bank, the 16th
largest bank in the US, migrated its operating platform from
AIX/Websphere to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and JBoss. Red Hat said
the migration supported mission-critical applications at an
improved price, greater performance and with less up-keep. Union
Bank used open source to increase time to market, reliability and
return on investment.
Extensive ccosystem
Hilti, a technology
provider to the global construction industry, has standardised on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux to handle its SAP applications, including
SAP ERP and SAP Customer Relationship Management, with more than
5Tbytes of data. Hilti migrated its critical systems from a Tru64
Unix-based system to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Cluster
Suite and Red Hat Global File System (GFS). The migration to Red
Hat delivered increased application performance, reduced
electricity costs and provided the company with a long-term
platform strategy, Red Hat said.
Outstanding open source architecture
Ecommerce, a global web
hosting and e-commerce services provider has worked with Red Hat
specialist Vizuri to develop
an Intelligent Data Centre web services hosting platform that aims
to improve customer service, reduce customer turnover and cut
operational costs.