Red Hat Customer Stories

Our customers utilize Red Hat products and solutions to address the business critical demands facing IT organizations today and they count on our support and expertise at every step, from deployment to development, to implementation and management.

Red Hat solutions provide unbeatable value, performance, security and reliability to medium and large enterprise businesses across a variety of industries and sectors.

Read our customer success stories to learn more about the business benefits of Red Hat solutions.

To tell your own success story join the Red Hat Customer Reference Program.


Search

Qatar Exchange Turns to Red Hat for a Reliable, Scalable and High-Performance Trading Platform

Leading stock exchange in the Gulf Cooperation Council region migrates from AIX and Windows to Red Hat Enterprise Linux to transform its world-class securities exchange

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that the Qatar Exchange, the principal stock market of Qatar and one of the leading stock markets in the Gulf Cooperation Council region (GCC region), has migrated from IBM AIX and Microsoft Windows to Red Hat Enterprise Linux to provide a high-performance trading platform for investors in the Qatari market.

Qatar Exchange was established through a strategic partnership between Qatar Holding and NYSE Euronext on June 2009. Qatar Exchange offers investors the benefits of a world-class securities market and exchange operating sophisticated and state-of-the-art technology systems where speed and accuracy of transactions are key. To deliver this level of service to local and international investors in Qatar, companies and markets demanded a stable, scalable and high-performance, yet cost-effective, IT infrastructure to underpin mission-critical back-office applications and the core trading platform.

With reliable performance and security criteria in mind, Qatar Exchange’s team selected Red Hat as its trusted technology partner, building its mission-critical trading platform and back-office systems on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network Satellite and Red Hat clustering technologies.

The migration of Qatar Exchange's mission-critical trading applications and databases from IBM AIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux has since offered improved levels of operational flexibility. Red Hat's open source strategy has also offered Qatar Exchange a long-term infrastructure roadmap based on open source technologies, which offer robust security and ease of management. Red Hat Enterprise Linux was a logical fit as it not only met these criteria but is also the technology platform at NYSE Euronext, which helped to ease integration and enabled homogeneity across the exchanges' IT architectures.

“Qatar Exchange currently executes around 4,000 exchange transactions per day and 12,000 orders per day, making the trading platform a truly mission-critical application that needs to perform reliably under pressure,” said Jassim Bukashisha, IT director at Qatar Exchange. “Unplanned downtime is not an option, so we need to be confident that we have the right technology partner behind us. Red Hat provided us with an enterprise-class solution that is high in performance, incredibly robust and proven to be secure, all at an affordable price without any compromise on performance.”

Qatar Exchange selected Red Hat Enterprise Linux to run its trading applications, while utilizing Red Hat Network Satellite for system updates and Red Hat clustering for maximizing uptime for this vital transaction platform. In addition to Red Hat, the trading platform ecosystem integrates Oracle to run the trading databases and Tomcat for web user interfaces. The system runs on HP - DL 380 rack-mounted servers running Intel x86 CPUs, while providing storage by HP - EVA 4400 and SAN switches by Brocade. In addition, trading applications were provided by NYSE Euronext technologies and the system is equipped to run in-house developed applications.

For more information about Red Hat, visit www.redhat.com. For more news, more often, visit www.press.redhat.com.

: AIX to RHEL , EMEA , Financial Services , Geography , Industry , Microsoft to RHEL , Press Release , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Systems Management , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL

NH Hotels Standardizes and Automates IT Systems with Red Hat



FAST FACTS

Customer: NH Hotels

Industry: Travel and tourism

Geography: Spain/International

Business Challenge: To reduce operational and maintenance costs by standardizing and automating the server ecosystem to manage hotel operations across all sites

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network Satellite, Red Hat Consulting

Hardware: Heterogeneous hardware by different manufacturers

Benefits: Standardization and homogenization of IT infrastructure for greater control over an entire server estate; Efficient management with greater flexibility and scalability; Reduction in support and maintenance costs; Simplification

“ We are more than satisfied with the quality of solutions and services provided by Red Hat. The complex nature of this project suggested that the implementation would be complicated. However, thanks to the help and support of Red Hat, we were able to complete the project quickly and effectively.”
-- Julio Matarranz, Head of Corporate IT, NH Hotels


Download case study PDF
Download Spanish version of the case study PDF

»

: Consumer , EMEA , Geography , Industry , International , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Consulting Customers , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Systems Management

Telecinco Migrates UNIX Systems and Java Platform to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and JBoss Enterprise Middleware



FAST FACTS

Customer: Telecinco

Industry: Broadcast Media

Geography: Spain

Business Challenge: To update and consolidate the entire corporate IT infrastructure, including business-critical applications and management tools

Solution: Telecinco refreshed its hardware and software infrastructure based on a combination of solutions from Red Hat, HP, and NetApp, as well as other IT solutions certified by Red Hat and integrated by Telefónica

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Network Satellite, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss Operations Network, Oracle 10g, Oracle 11g, Informix Dynamic Server 11, and NetApp Snapmanager

Hardware: HP Poliant DL580 G5 servers and Blade servers

Migration path: Sun Solaris to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Sun One Application Server to JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

Benefits: Telecinco benefits from a high-performance, highly reliable, flexible platform based on industry standards and has reduced its operating costs by 33 percent
“Our decision to migrate to Red Hat solutions has been one of the best technology decisions in recent years. The project is aligned with a wider company strategy and has put us ahead of development in the market.”
-- María Caldés, Director of Engineering and Systems, Telecinco

Download case study PDF
Download Spanish version of the case study PDF

»

: EMEA , Geography , Industry , JBoss Enterprise Application Platform , JBoss Enterprise Middleware , JBoss Enterprise Platforms , JBoss on RHEL , Media + Technology , Migration Path to JBoss , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Consulting Customers , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Systems Management , RHEL Migration Path , Solaris to RHEL , UNIX to RHEL

Red Hat Solutions Provide Lower Saxony Police with High Availability Web Applications for Law Enforcement



FAST FACTS

Customer: Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen (LSKN)

Industry: Public Sector

Geography: Germany

Business Challenge: Needed a high-availability platform for the Lower Saxony Police to use as the infrastructure for its web-based case and operations processing application, Nivadis, while keeping operational and maintenance costs at a minimum

Solution: LSKN implemented Red Hat solutions to serve as the infrastructure for its mission-critical, web-based case and operations processing application, Nivadis

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Directory Server, Red Hat Network Satellite, Red Hat Consulting, BEA WebLogic

Hardware: HP ProLiant DL360 servers with standard x86 processors

Migration Path: Siemens-Fujitsu BS2000/OSD to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Benefits: Eliminated vendor lock-in; Increased scalability, availability, and performance; Achieved cost savings in operations, support, and licensing fees; Gained the ability to meet and exceed national regulations and requirements; Increased system security; Simplified management of systems
“Our main concerns are absolute reliability and cost effectiveness throughout the entire lifecycle of our server-based applications. Our decision to deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux has proven to be one of the best we have made in recent years.”
-- Dieter Meyer, Head of UNIX-Service-Center, LSKN


Download case study PDF

»

: EMEA , Geography , Government , Industry , International , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Consulting Customers , Red Hat Directory Server , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Systems Management

Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4 Offers Support for Managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

New version of systems management solution enables organizations to more easily manage the new Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 operating platform; Offers improvements in subscription management, compliance and content management

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the availability of Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4, the latest version of Red Hat's on-premises systems management solution that provides software updates, configuration management, provisioning and monitoring across both physical and virtual Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers. Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4 delivers compliance improvements, greater flexibility in content management and improved subscription management. It also provides support for managing the newly released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 operating platform.

Red Hat Network Satellite is a systems management platform that enables IT organizations to efficiently manage the lifecycle of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It is an industry-leading solution that optimizes Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems so that they are properly secured, operating efficiently and compliant with various standards. Compared to other commercial solutions, it is less complex and costly to implement, and compared to home-grown solutions, it more closely follows best practices and scales to manage Red Hat Enterprise Linux more efficiently.

"We've been using Red Hat Network Satellite for several years now as a key component in the efficient management of our IT Operations,” said Kevin Masaryk, senior Linux/UNIX administrator at Salt River Project. “We continue to be impressed with the power and versatility of the product and are excited to see the release of version 5.4.”

Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4 adds support for managing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, enabling organizations to take advantage of the improved reliability, performance, scalability and infrastructure flexibility delivered in the latest release of the leading operating platform. The release also delivers improvements spanning subscription management, compliance and content management. New improvements in Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4 include:

* The addition of SELinux support to RHN Satellite configuration management, easing deployment of RHN Satellite-managed configuration files on an SELinux-deployed client system.
* New reporting capabilities to assist with audits and compliance-related activities.
* Staged deployment scheduling, allowing for thousands of systems to be updated even during short maintenance windows.
* Support for adding and managing third-party content repositories, enabling a more automated environment with less manual interaction and chance for error.
* New FlexGuest entitlement support for virtual systems.

Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4 is available to subscribing customers worldwide today.

For more information about Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4, visit www.redhat.com/red_hat_network.

For more information about Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, visit www.redhat.com/rhel.

: Geography , Government , Industry , North America , Press Release , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions

Jeppesen Migrates Business-Critical Logistics Systems to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization expected to deliver significant cost savings

RALEIGH, NC - October 12, 2025 - Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Jeppesen, a Boeing Company and a leading provider of products, services and software for the aviation industry, has chosen to standardize its business-critical software build systems for its crew and fleet optimization software on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.

Jeppesen, already a long-time user of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network Satellite, has migrated business-critical systems to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. Jeppesen achieved close to bare metal performance during its testing of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, demonstrating that the Red Hat platform can help the company to achieve its goal of reducing both hardware costs and time to market. By standardizing on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, Jeppesen expects to achieve significant total cost savings over the first three years of deployment.

"Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization proved itself to be the clear leader during our testing, as it clearly demonstrated that it has the necessary performance levels to enable us to achieve our cost-saving targets," said Annika Hansson, IT manager at Jeppesen. "Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization provides us with an ideal platform to get the most out of our current hardware at a very attractive price point."

Jeppesen develops crew and fleet optimization systems for the transportation industry. It uses a method of "continuous integration" in its software engineering process whereby any new developments to the software undergo continuous and thorough automated testing.

"We cannot afford any downtime of our build systems as this would mean that we cannot provide critical updates and fixes for our customers whose businesses depend on our optimization software," said Kalle Kiviaho, systems administrator at Jeppesen. "Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization provides the reliability and scalability that we demand and has given us confidence to trust our business to run on it."

For more information about Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, visit www.redhat.com/rhev.

For more information about Red Hat, visit www.redhat.com. For more news, more often, visit www.press.redhat.com.

: EMEA , Geography , Industry , International , Media + Technology , Press Release , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , Virtualization

INFOnline Relies on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat's Partner Ecosystem for Scalable and Secure Storage and Backup Architecture Solutions



FAST FACTS

Customer: INFOnline

Industry: Internet audience measurement

Geography: Bonn, Germany

Business Challenge: Build a new, enterprise-grade, multi-tier storage and backup architecture to ensure high availability and data security for continuous Internet Audience Measurement of more than 1,300 leading German news and entertainment websites


Migration Path: INFOnline moved from a simple legacy hard-disk backup solution to a multi-tier storage infrastructure with clustered fail-over capacities based on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® and SEP sesam on IBM System x and System p servers, as well as various IBM storage hardware


Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Cluster Suite, Red Hat Network Satellite, SEP sesam, Nagios Software Groundwork (for monitoring), Red Hat Consulting, Red Hat Global File System


Hardware: IBM System x servers, IBM System p servers, 2 IBM DS 3400 and 1 IBM DS 8000 hard-disk storage, Hardware TS3100 tape library


Benefits: Achieved a scalable and highly reliable storage and backup system capable of handling an increasing amount of usage data of currently more than 30 GB daily from a growing number of websites monitored by INFOnline

Download Case Study PDF

»

: EMEA , Geography , IBM , Industry , International , Media + Technology , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Consulting Customers , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Global File System , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Ready ISVs , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Systems Management

Ganart Technologies Builds Financial Transaction Cloud on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization




Download this video: [Ogg Theora]






FAST FACTS

Customer: Ganart Technologies

Industry: Financial services

Geography: North America

Challenge: To cost-effectively drive datacenter growth to scale with business needs

Solution: A financial transaction cloud built on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Dell hardware

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, Red Hat Network Satellite, Red Hat Training

Hardware: Dell R7 10s with 64gigs of RAM, 2-3 processors

Benefits: Achieved scalability and flexibility for its datacenter; built a successful cloud to enable customers and partners to pay only for consumed services; expanded performance capabilities of its datacenter; enabled PCI compliance for its systems; experienced up to 60 percent cost savings
“Since our servers were already running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, using Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization was a natural addition. To have both our operating system and virtualization technology from Red Hat, the synergies made a lot of sense.”
-- Kris Glover, vice president of Software Development at Ganart Technologies

Download case study PDF

»

: Financial Services , Geography , North America , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop , Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization , Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Training , Red Hat Training + Certification , Virtualization

Basefarm to Standardize Internet Platform Infrastructure on Red Hat Solutions

Norwegian Hosting Company Migrates From CentOS to Red Hat Enterprise Linux For Red Hat Subscription Value

Raleigh, NC - June 1, 2025 - Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Basefarm, one of Northern Europe's leading suppliers of Internet-based operations and services, is migrating its CentOS-based systems to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. With its migration, Basefarm gains the value of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription, including reliable support, a robust certified ecosystem and access to the latest tested and quality-controlled Red Hat Enterprise Linux technology.

Basefarm delivers operational services to businesses and organizations that use the Internet as a primary sales channel. With Red Hat Enterprise Linux, as well as the Red Hat Network Satellite systems management solution, Basefarm is now enabled to better support its growing infrastructure and offer its customers, who rely on Basefarm for their critical e-commerce businesses, high reliability and better performance.

"We are standardizing the Linux part of our platform on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and are migrating all installations based on other Linux distributions, including CentOS, to the reliable Red Hat platform," said Bjart Kvarme, CTO at Basefarm. "Red Hat's subscription model provides us with both a strong technology base and the reliable support and certifications that we need in order to keep our critical business operations running smoothly. Our customers will also benefit from our migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux with our ability to leverage the robust Red Hat partner ecosystem and its thriving community."

In addition to its migration to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network Satellite, Basefarm also recently became certified as a Red Hat Managed Services Partner.

For more information about Red Hat, visit www.redhat.com. For more news, more often, visit www.press.redhat.com.
About Basefarm

Basefarm is one of Northern Europe's leading actors in operational and IT-related services on the net. Basefarm delivers operational services to business and organizations that use the Internet as an important customer channel. We direct our services towards customers who have high quality demands, anticipate growth, and aim for a steady rate of development. We specialize in effective operation of services with high traffic and complexity, such as portals, online publications, streaming services, search engines, and e-commerce solutions. The more than 130 clients deliver services in 15 European countries. Basefarm has about 200 employees divided into offices in Oslo, Stockholm and Amsterdam.

: EMEA , Geography , Industry , Media + Technology , Press Release , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Systems Management , RHEL Migration Path

Union Pacific: Red Hat and JBoss Innovation Award Winner


2010 Red Hat and JBoss Innovation Award Winner: Outstanding Open Source Architecture

FAST FACTS

Customer: Union Pacific Corporation

Headquarters: Omaha, Nebraska

Industry: Freight Transportation Services

Business Challenge: With rising costs, and an aging mainframe IT infrastructure, Union Pacific’s ability to scale for growth was limited. Union Pacific needed a stable and capable platform to migrate its mainframe environment.

Solution: To develop a more flexible operating platform to build its distributed IT environment, Union Pacific is migrating to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux-based virtualized infrastructure to replace the mainframe. Union Pacific also needed to develop a thinner web application tier, and the company turned to Red Hat's JBoss Enterprise Middleware to develop a highly customized, web application platform to run in the virtualized Java Hosting environment.

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network Satellite, JBoss Enterprise Web Platform, JBoss Enterprise Web Server, JBoss Operations Network, SAP Enterprise Resource Planning, Oracle RAC, PeopleSoft Financials

Benefits: Union Pacific has increased its ability to scale for business growth with more capable system management and development tools for its virtualized environment, and has increased its system performance at a significantly lower cost structure

Download case study PDF

»

: Geography , Industry , JBoss Enterprise Middleware , JBoss Enterprise Platforms , JBoss Innovation Awards , JBoss Operations Network , North America , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat + JBoss: The Innovation Awards , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Innovation Awards , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Systems Management , Transportation , Virtualization

LIFESPRING HOSPITALS POWERS ITS ENTIRE IT INFRASTRUCTURE ON RED HAT AND OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS

2010 Red Hat Innovation Award Winner: Optimized Systems

FAST FACTS

Customer: Lifespring Hospitals Private Limited

Industry: Healthcare Services

Geography: Pan India

Business Challenge: To design a reliable, scalable, high-performance, flexible, and cost-effective IT infrastructure to handle the rapid growth of the organization and to provide quality and affordable healthcare to its customer

Solution: LifeSpring chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux, JBoss Enterprise Middleware, and a
number of Red Hat certified, enterprise-class, open source software solutions to
build its entire IT infrastructure

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Standard and Advanced Platform, included integrated virtualization,
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Red Hat Network Satellite, Red Hat Directory Server, Zimbra Collaboration Suite, Open Source Trouble Ticketing System OTRS, Elastix 2.0, Alfresco Community Edition, Moodle 1.8.12, and Zabbix version 1.8

Hardware: Sun X4140 with dual 64-bit Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors and Hitachi AMS2100 iSCSI storage

Benefits: Increased flexibility and choice by freeing the organization from vendor lock-in, decreased IT costs,
simplified management, reduced systems maintenance, increased scalability and performance,
gained higher customer satisfaction


“Red Hat, along with enterprise-class open source solutions from its certified ISV partners, helped us leverage our IT resources to strategically build the right platform for tomorrow.”
–Sujeet Kumar, manager, IT, LifeSpring


Download the PDF

»

: APAC , Geography , Healthcare , Industry , JBoss Enterprise Application Platform , JBoss Enterprise Platforms , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform , Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization , Red Hat Global File System , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Systems Management , Virtualization

Swedish Internet Leader, Voddler, to Standardize on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization



The company selects Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network Satellite for its business-critical systems

RALEIGH, NC – March 10, 2025 – Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Swedish Internet company Voddler has standardized its movie service on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. Voddler has also selected Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network Satellite as the basis for its new infrastructure, providing the company with a centralized and scalable server platform.

Voddler offers its customers a wide variety of movies on-demand, and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization will enable the company to virtualize its web servers responsible for the movie service and the database servers containing all of its film titles.

»

: EMEA , For Servers , Geography , Industry , Media + Technology , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Ready ISVs , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Systems Management , Virtualization

GE Money Bank Scales IT Infrastructure for Business Growth with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Virtualization



FAST FACTS

Customer: GE Money Bank

Industry: Financial Services

Geography: Czech Republic

Red Hat Premier Partner: Enlogit

Business Challenge: Needed to consolidate its technology infrastructure in order to scale with business growth and reduce dependency on high-end hardware and space resources for mission-critical operations

Migration Path: Sun Solaris on SPARC servers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux with integrated virtualization on AMD Opteron-based servers

Solution: GE Money deployed Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform on commodity hardware to consolidate its applications, the company utilized Red Hat virtualization and clustering technology for further system consolidation with the help of Red Hat Consulting

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform including integrated virtualization, clustering and file system technologies, Red Hat Network Satellite, Red Hat Consulting, Oracle DB, IBM WebSphere, and Apache webservers

Hardware: AMD Opteron-based servers: x4100, x4200, x4600, x4440, x4140, v20z and v40z

Benefits: Increased operational flexibility, security, and reliability for its mission-critical infrastructure; reduced space required for servers by approximately 60 percent; scaled IT infrastructure for continued business growth.

Download the case study here

»

: EMEA , Financial Services , Geography , Industry , Partner , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Consulting Customers , Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , RHEL Migration Path , Solaris to RHEL , UNIX to RHEL

Security Depository Center of Jordan Places Red Hat Enterprise Linux at Center of its Open Source Strategy

Flexibility, cost savings and compatibility drive selection of Red Hat as its enabler for customer-focused technology development

Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Jordan's Security Depositary Center (SDC), a non-profit public utility institution that oversees the registration and deposit of securities, has implemented Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the foundation to its open source strategy.

SDC is currently implementing a number of e-services applications within an open source environment, including an e-payment system and the SDC Portal, which offers a wide range of electronic services. These services include enhanced account viewing, public data, statistical data, electronic initial public offering (e-IPO) and mailbox services.

In addition to the traditional benefits of working with open source, such as access to code, cost reduction and flexibility, SDC recognised the value of Red Hat Enterprise Linux interoperability as it deployed and developed with a range of hardware, including IBM and Dell. SDC has 20 x86 servers running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux that drive a range of applications, including mail systems, its web portal and intranet.

Key to SDC's technology agility and management is the ability to manage its entire Linux environment from one console. Red Hat Network Satellite allows SDC to investigate and fix technical issues in a timely manner and with internal resources - assuring consistent run rates and performance.

“The main advantage to using open source and working with Red Hat is the flexibility to develop and maintain our technology assets internally,” said Samir Jaradat, CEO of SDC. “Red Hat not only saves us money, but it also provides us with a level of technology sophistication and interoperability that gives us the tools to develop solutions that directly meet the needs of our business.”

: Dell , EMEA , Financial Services , Geography , Government , IBM , Industry , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Systems Management

Red Hat Network Satellite Delivers Compelling Benefits to Customers

Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite is Red Hat’s on-premises systems management solution that provides software updates, configuration management, provisioning and monitoring across both physical and virtual Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers. It offers customers opportunities to gain enhanced performance, centralized control and higher scalability for their systems, while deployed on a management server located inside the customer’s datacenter and firewall.

In September 2009, Red Hat released RHN Satellite 5.3, the first fully open source version of the product. This latest version offers opportunities for increased flexibility and faster provisioning setups for customers with the incorporation of open source Cobbler technology in its provisioning architecture. The 5.3 release is also designed to allow customers to better scale with server growth, offering the ability to manage large numbers of systems with comparable ease to managing one.

Recently, IDC also published a Red Hat-sponsored paper featuring the systems management benefits that customers have experienced with RHN Satellite. After interviewing 10 RHN Satellite customers in depth – crossing geographies and industry verticals — IDC reported significant return on investment (ROI) and productivity results for customers. Here are some of the highlights from the customer testimonials:

    Average of 338% ROI

    Average payback period of 4.8 months

    A doubled increase in the number of Linux servers managed per system administrator

    Average annual benefit of $82,521 per 100 Linux servers

    Average of $23,207 in annual user productivity increase


In their own words, customers quoted in the paper showed that RHN Satellite helped them achieve:
    Enhanced productivity: “If RHN Satellite Server didn’t exist, I would need another person or more.”

    Scalability: “…with Satellite Server, once things are set up and it is in place, managing 200 servers is as easy as managing one.”

    Reduced costs: “For an OS install, we used to hire someone outside to do the work. We would buy the hardware, then we pay them to come on site, answer questions. So now, we are completely avoiding that cost.”

    Faster server setup and management: “As far as time saving goes, I would say we are easily saving 20 hours per month because we aren’t doing things manually.”

    Business growth: “In terms of the impact, I always count what we can sell in an hour. If the system is down, we can’t sell and that’s a revenue impact. In just one hour, we might lose millions of euros, so the impact is huge.”


To read the full IDC paper on RHN Satellite, visit here.

To learn more about RHN Satellite, visit here.

Or, to read more about what customers have to say about RHN Satellite, visit here.

: Geography , International , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Systems Management

Brazilian Paint Manufacturer, Tintas Iquine, Migrates from UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Increase Performance and Improve Security



Brazilian Paint Manufacturer, Tintas Iquine, Migrates from UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Increase Performance and Improve Security

FAST FACTS

Customer: Tintas Iquine

Industry: Manufacturing: Paint and Tints

Geography: Brazil

Business Challenge: Increase the stability and performance of business critical ERP applications

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Datasul, Progress Database, Trend Micro Security Solution

Hardware: Intel Xeon processor based Dell PowerEdge 2950 servers

Migration Path: UNIX/RISC based servers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Intel Xeon processor based Dell PowerEdge servers

Benefits: Red Hat virtualization enabled increased stability, performances, and increased security on redundancy and backup, and Red Hat Satellite simplified systems management

Download the case study [PDF]

»

: Consumer , Dell , Geography , HPUX to RHEL , Industry , Intel , International , Latin America , Manufacturing , North America , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL , Virtualization

Whole Foods Market: 2009 Red Hat Innovator of the Year



2009 RED HAT INNOVATION AWARD WINNER: MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

COMPANY: Whole Foods Market

CATEGORY: Management Excellence

INDUSTRY: Consumer

GEOGRAPHY: North America

BUSINESS CHALLENGE: Needed a cost-effective operating platform and complementary management solution that would scale with the company's growth while increasing the security, manageability, and availability of business-critical applications

SOFTWARE: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Cluster Suite, Red Hat Global File System (GFS), Red Hat Network Satellite, Red Hat Consulting

HARDWARE: 75 HP x86 servers, 16 virtual servers

BENEFITS: Obtained an easy-to-use and reliable systems management solution that enabled increased productivity and reduced costs by increasing system administrator efficiency; Experienced increased performance and internal-user satisfaction of homegrown applications, including order processing applications.

Download the case study [PDF]

»

: Consumer , EMEA , Geography , HP , Industry , North America , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat + JBoss: The Innovation Awards , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Innovation Awards , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Systems Management , Red Hat Training , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL

Banco Pastor Reduces Costs and Improves Scalability with Red Hat, SAP, and IBM Solutions



FAST FACTS

Company: Banco Pastor

Industry: Financial Services Banking

Geography:Spain

Business Challenge: Improve payroll and human resource systems management and achieve cost savings performance improvements with an upgrade of the email infrastructure

Migration Path: From distributed platform to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM System z10 Business Class mainframes

Solution: The implementation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on IBM System z10 Business Class mainframes to run SAP NetWeaver, SAP ERP, and IBM Lotus Notes software

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server v5.3, SAP NetWeaver 7.0, SR3, SAP ERP 6.0 SR3, and IBM Lotus Notes for Collaboration 7.0.2

Hardware: Two IBM System z10 Business Class mainframes, three and four IFLs

Benefits: The new email platform reduced recurrent costs by 30 percent, improved performance for IBM Lotus Notes for Collaboration software and SAP applications, and guaranteed an exhaustive and scalable control of resources

“We have chosen Red Hat for the quality of its solutions and its outstanding technical support. Both Red Hat and IBM have clearly understood our project objectives, and together with Banco Pastor have been thoroughly committed to the proposal. We have built a very strong platform. We are delighted with what we have achieved.”
Montserrat Torres, computer systems manager of Banco Pastor


“Through the server consolidation benefits of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM System z10 Business Class, customers like Banco Pastor can invest in innovative solutions that deliver important cost reductions and improve their services and security. The proven performance of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM System z allows Banco Pastor to increase their response capability and the availability of their business applications.”
Carlos Roldan, IBM System z Manager in Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Israel


Download the case study[PDF] This story is available in the following languages: SPANISH

»

: Consumer , EMEA , Financial Services , Geography , IBM , Industry , International , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path , SAP , UNIX to RHEL

Tallahassee Community College dramatically cuts IT costs while revamping its IT environment with IBM and Red Hat solutions

IBM CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY



Customer: Tallahassee Community College

Industry: Education

Geography: United States

IBM Business Partner: Mainline Information Systems, Red Hat

Business Challenge:
Needing to grow its organization to keep pace with its student body, TCC sought to update its aging IT infrastructure. Its existing environment included an IBM zSeries® 890 mainframe, a storage area network (SAN) with 1TB of capacity and a Novell net­work. The college wanted to boost its technology with reliable, flexible and scalable hardware that featured additional storage capacity to support new initiatives.

Solution: With help from IBM and IBM Business Partner Mainline Information Systems, TCC migrated its applications from its mainframe to an IBM System x™ platform featuring one IBM System x3950 server that hosts the production environment and runs the Red Hat Enterprise Linux® operating system and one System x3950 server that hosts a test environment.

Benefits: Achieves roughly US$250,000 per year in savings by growing its SAN, enabling the college to reallocate the funds to its operating budget. Enables the client to tackle new initiatives with greater flexibility and storage capacity. Supports all of the college’s different enterprise applications and enables it to provide students and faculty with larger storage accounts for e-mail and personalized Web portals

Download the PDF case study

»

: Education , Geography , Government , IBM , Industry , North America , Novell Suse to RHEL , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Advanced Business Partner , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network , RHEL Migration Path

Peruvian Government Agency Improves Employee Collaboration with Open Source Solutions from Red Hat, Alfresco and Zimbra



The Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation of Peru Implemented Zimbra Collaboration Suite on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Achieve Greater Scalability, Security and Productivity

FAST FACTS

Company: Ministerio de Vivienda: Peru's Ministry of Housing, Construction, and Sanitation

Industry: Government

Partner: Software Libre Andino

Geography: Peru

Business Challenge: Needed to replace the existing client/server e-mail and collaboration platform to achieve improved scalability, security, productivity, and to reduce costs

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Zimbra Collaboration Suite, Alfresco Zimlet, Red Hat Consulting

Hardware: Dell Quad Core Server, 3.0 Ghz, 8GB ram, 1.5 Tb. Fully redundant

Migration Path: From a client/server system running on Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise to Zimbra Collaboration Suite, a Web-based email technology, running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and utilizing Alfresco Zimlet

Benefits: Improved communication and collaboration among users and provided a single integrated calendar and email solution; increased access to e-mail, agendas, and documents independently from physical equipment; reduced IT administration and support costs by standardizing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

"The high level of know-how and expertise of Red Hat’s consultants, coupled with Red Hat’s local presence, were decisive in making the decision to secure consulting rather than performing these tasks internally."
-- Jaime Honores Coronado, managing director of the General Department of Statistics and Information Systems, Ministerio de Vivienda.


Download the case study PDF

»

: Dell , Geography , Government , Industry , Latin America , Novell Suse to RHEL , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network , RHEL Migration Path

Union Bank Migrates from Unix and WebSphere to Red Hat and JBoss Solutions



COMPANY: Union Bank, N.A.

CATEGORY: Superior Alternatives

INDUSTRY: Financial Services

GEOGRAPHY: Headquarters: San Francisco, CA

BUSINESS CHALLENGE: An aging and costly IT infrastructure was impeding the ability of Union Bank to scale to growth and respond agilely to changing market dynamics

MIGRATION PATH: UNIX™ on high-end RISC machines to Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on Intel Xeon based HP servers; Websphere to JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.

SOFTWARE: Red Hat Enterprise Linux™, Red Hat Network Satellite, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform™, JBoss Seam, JBoss Hibernate, Red Hat Consulting

HARDWARE: More than 150 Intel™ Xeon™ processor-based HP ProLiant servers

BENEFITS: Improved reliability and scalability, cut costs, and delivered new financial services and products to market faster

Download the PDF case study

»

: AIX to RHEL , Consumer , Financial Services , Geography , HP , IBM WebSphere to JBoss , Industry , JBoss Enterprise Application Platform , JBoss Enterprise Frameworks , JBoss Enterprise Middleware , JBoss Enterprise Platforms , JBoss Hibernate , JBoss Innovation Awards , JBoss on RHEL , JBoss Operating System , JBoss Seam , JBoss Training , Migration Path to JBoss , North America , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat + JBoss: The Innovation Awards , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Innovation Awards , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Systems Management , Red Hat Training , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS: RED HAT INNOVATION AWARD WINNER



COMPANY: Verizon Communications Inc.

INNOVATION AWARD CATEGORY: Optimized Systems

INDUSTRY: Telecom; Broadband, Wireless, Wireline

GEOGRAPHY: North America

BUSINESS CHALLENGE: Needed a reliable and cost effective solution for its SAP and PeopleSoft Enterprise Resource Planning applications that would scale with its growing computing infrastructure

MIGRATION PATH: UNIX-based SMP platform to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

SOFTWARE: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, Red Hat Network Satellite, SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle RAC

HARDWARE: 300 Dell and HP servers

BENEFITS: Reduced costs, improved performance, increased ability to scale and prepared for future growth, increased energy conservation efforts

Download the PDF

»

: Consumer , Dell , Geography , HP , Industry , Intel , International , Media + Technology , Oracle , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Innovation Awards , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path , SAP , Telco , UNIX to RHEL

Allianz Australia Limited Standardizes On Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM's System z Platform and JBoss Enterprise Middleware

Australian Insurance Company Saves $500,000 by Migrating from Windows and WebSphere to Red Hat Platform and JBoss Middleware Solutions, Gains Increased Flexibility, Scalability and Freedom



COMPANY:Allianz Australia Insurance Limited (Allianz)

CATEGORY: Carved Out Costs

INDUSTRY: Insurance

GEOGRAPHY: Australia

BUSINESS CHALLENGE: Rebuild Allianz's IT infrastructure based on a flexible and scalable platform that could leverage new virtualisation technology to generate hardware and support savings, and reduce its underlying software and operations costs for several strategic business application projects

MIGRATION PATH: Windows and Intel-based infrastructure to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM System z10 mainframe and from Websphere to JBoss Enterprise Middleware on Intel processor based HP ProLiant servers.

SOFTWARE: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network Satellite, JBoss Enterprise Middleware, JBoss Operations Network, Red Hat Consulting

HARDWARE: IBM System z10 mainframe, HP ProLiant servers

BENEFITS: Significant reduction in middleware software and support costs, reallocation of IT budget from software licensing to staff and resources, resolution of data centre power limitations with new capacity for growth, superior workload management and operational efficiency, reduced carbon footprint, increased flexibility, scalability, and freedom from vendor lock-in

Download the PDF case study

»

: APAC , Consumer , Financial Services , Geography , HP , IBM , IBM WebSphere to JBoss , Industry , JBoss Enterprise Application Platform , JBoss Enterprise Middleware , JBoss Enterprise Platforms , JBoss Innovation Awards , JBoss on RHEL , JBoss Operating System , Microsoft to RHEL , Migration Path to JBoss , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Innovation Awards , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path , Virtualization

National City Standardized on Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Scale in Support of Rapid Business Growth



FAST FACTS

Company: National City Corporation

Industry: Financial services

Geography: North America

Business Challenge: Reengineering the datacenter infrastructure with a cost-effective and scalable platform that provided mission-critical reliability and superior performance to accommodate fast-paced business expansion

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Oracle DB

Hardware: 600 Intel Xeon Processor-based x86-based physical and virtual HP ProLiant DL580 servers

Migration Path: From UNIX systems, including Sun Solaris, running on proprietary RISC machines to Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on Intel Xeon Processor-based HP ProLiant servers

Benefits: Reduced IT operating costs down to two cents per transaction which has the potential to save millions over the life of the systems, provided the ability to scale for business growth, and reegineered datacenter without unscheduled business interruptions

Download the PDF case study
“In addition to its ability to scale, Red Hat Enterprise Linux has rock-solid reliability and has been extremely stable. Our decision to standardize on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux infrastructure was key to enabling rapid business growth while maintaining customer service levels.” – Thomas McGinnis, platform engineer, PNC (formerly National City Corporation)

»

: AIX to RHEL , Financial Services , Geography , HP , Industry , JBoss Enterprise Frameworks , JBoss Enterprise Middleware , JBoss Enterprise Platforms , JBoss on RHEL , JBoss Operating System , North America , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network , RHEL Migration Path , Solaris to RHEL , UNIX to RHEL

ANSYS Japan K.K: Fast, efficient, and cost-conscious product development



FAST FACTS:

Company: ANSYS Japn K.K.

Industry: Software: CAE

Business Challenge:Provide support for complex analytical simulations: address customer requirements for more advanced CAE technologies, investigate emerging processor technologies, increase productivity

Solution: Deployed the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux and selected AMD Opteron™ processors, which are scalable up to 8-processors/32-cores and widely employed in the CAE

Hardware: HP ProLiant DL785 G5, 8-processor, 32-core, Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processors, 256GB DRR2 memory

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, ANSYS, Fluent and other CAE software solutions from ANSYS, Inc.

Benefits: The server runs continuously and stably under high loads. Found a highly manageable way of leveraging the power of the new server, like a cluster in a single box. Achieved a significant reduction in power consumption, making it possible to add additional servers. Provides customers with simulation results more rapidly, addresses customer challenges more flexibly, contributes to higher IT ROI

Overview: US-based ANSYS Inc. has taken a global leadership role in the field of CAE software, an integral and indispensable part of many manufacturing processes. ANSYS Japan K.K., the Japanese arm of ANSYS Inc., has deployed the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux to keep pace with customer demand for complex engineering simulations. The company appreciates the benefits of the HP ProLiant DL785 G5 server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including its stability under high loads and significantly reduced power consumption.

Download the Full Case Study at HP.com

: APAC , Geography , HP , Industry , International , Manufacturing , Media + Technology , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network

Hilti Standardizes Global Mission-Critical Systems on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, ATIX Open-Sharedroot and SAP® Solutions



FAST FACTS

Industry: Construction & Engineering

Geography: Headquarters and global operations is based in the Principality of Liechtenstein

Business Challenge: To migrate all SAP® business-critical applications from a
discontinued legacy UNIX environment to a scalable and reliable platform and to eliminate vendor
lock-in

Migration Path: HP Tru64 UNIX on Alpha Servers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 on x86_64
commodity based hardware

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Red Hat Cluster Suite, Red Hat Global File System
(GFS), ATIX Open-Sharedroot Extension, SAP applications including SAP Business Suite, SAP ERP and SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM), and the SAP NetWeaver® technology platform

Hardware: 185 HP ProLiant servers, the largest machines have 32 CPUs with 128GB RAM

Benefits: Eliminated vendor lock-in; achieved an estimated 50 percent overall cost reduction; increased performance by more than 100 percent; provided ease of management and reliable uptime; reduced electricity costs and carbon footprint; and provided the company with a long-term platform strategy that will help retain expert knowledge and enable the team to be highly responsive to the increasing requirements of a global manufacturing, sales and service organization

Download the PDF case study This case study is also available in: German.


"We migrated to SAP applications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux on HP ProLiant servers after evaluation and testing. Since migrating, we have have experienced increased performance of more than 100 percent. We also reduced IT costs with a commoditized architecture. Having a tight level of integration between Red Hat and SAP support organizations gives us the confidence to continue along this path and further reduce our costs by migrating all of our SAP environment to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.”
-- Martin Petry, CIO at Hilti


»

: Consumer , EMEA , Geography , HP , Industry , International , Manufacturing , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat + JBoss: The Innovation Awards , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Global File System , Red Hat Innovation Awards , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Support Services , RHEL Migration Path , SAP , Technical Account Manager , Tru64 to RHEL , UNIX to RHEL

Odyssey Logistics & Technology Migrates from UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux On Intel® Xeon®Pro processor-based IBM servers to Run Mission-Critical Supply Chain Operations





FAST FACTS

Company: Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation (OL&T)

Industry: Transportation: Managed logistics services for the chemicals and process industries

Geography: Headquartered in Danbury, Connecticut with international offices in North America and Europe

Business Challenge: Needed to cost-effectively scale its infrastructure to meet exponential growth in the business

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network Satellite, Oracle Database, Oracle ProC

Hardware: 33 multi-core Intel® Xeon® based IBM xSeries servers

Migration Path: HP-UX and Microsoft Windows to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and multicore Intel Xeon processor based servers

Benefits: Ability to add transaction processing and storage capacity quickly and cost-effectively as business continues to expand. Ensures uptime and reliability to customers relying on Odyssey Logistics & Technology to run mission-critical supply chain operations

“Migrating to Linux was synonymous with migrating to Red Hat. Because of its rigorous quality control, Red Hat Enterprise Linux running on Intel Xeon based servers is truly a rock-solid platform. Its reliability continues to impress us daily,” said Massey. “And we increasingly think of Red Hat as a partner, not a vendor. We absolutely trust Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Intel with our most mission-critical systems.”
-- Brad Massey, director, IT Support Services, Odyssey Logistics & Technology


Download the case study [PDF]

»

: Geography , HPUX to RHEL , IBM , Industry , Intel , International , Microsoft to RHEL , North America , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path , Transportation , UNIX to RHEL

Streamlining Systems Management

Red Hat provides the University of Southern Mississippi with time-saving solution



FAST FACTS

Customer: University of Southern Mississippi

Industry: Education

Geography: North America

Business Challenge: Reconfiguring servers that were not based on the same hardware platform lead to an increase in errors and demanded much of the IT team's time and financial resources

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Satellite

Benefits: Streamlined the university's IT environment and standardized the systems management process, reduced overhead, minimized errors, and saved time and financial resources


“We transitioned to Red Hat solutions very easily. It was just flipping a switch. It was easy."
-- James Daniel, system administrator at the University of Southern Mississippi


Download the case study [PDF]

»

: Education , Geography , Industry , North America , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network Satellite

Healthplan Services Migrates from Solaris to Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Increase Performance and Decrease Cost



FAST FACTS

Customer: Healthplan Services (HPS)

Geography: North America

Industry: Healthcare

Migration Path: Sun Solaris 9 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform; Sun SPARC servers to virtualized Linux instances on HP ProLiant DL380 servers

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform with built-in Red Hat Cluster Suite and Red Hat Global File System (GFS), Red Hat Network, Apache webserver, MySQL databases, IBM DB2

Hardware: HP ProLiant DL380 servers

Benefits: Increased performance, usability and convenience; enhanced support, and reduced cost with a Solaris to Red Hat Enterprise Linux migration on HP ProLiant servers

“The speed is going to increase: we'll see people working faster, and we'll be able to process more claims, all by switching an operating system. I can't believe it was that cut and dry.”
-- Adam Atkinson, UNIX administrator at Healthplan Services


Download the case study [PDF]

»

: Geography , Healthcare , HP , IBM , Industry , International , North America , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Global File System , Red Hat Network , RHEL Migration Path , Solaris to RHEL , UNIX to RHEL

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with Virtualization Delivers Increased Performance to Dutch City Council

Rotterdam Logo

FAST FACTS

Industry: Local Government

Geography: The Netherlands

Opportunity: Renew part of the city’s IT infrastructure and create a future-proof platform for its heterogeneous environment

Migration Path: Windows and Unix with small amounts of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, including virtualization and clustering

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with virtualization, Red Hat Global File System, Red Hat Satellite Server, Red Hat Consulting, Basis Registratie Systeem (BRS)

Hardware: 6 Dell 1750, 1850, 1950, and 2950 servers

Benefits: Run more applications with less hardware, enable cost- and space-savings, provide scalability, offer capacity to support future growth and deliver disaster-recovery capabilities

“One of the key benefits of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with virtualization is that we can install and roll out a new application in 60 minutes to all of our systems, compared to four hours per system previously.”
-- Hennie Stam, Senior System Administrator, DS+V Division at City of Rotterdam.


Download the case study [ PDF ]

»

: Dell , EMEA , Geography , Government , Industry , Microsoft to RHEL , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Global File System , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL , Virtualization

YPF MIGRATES SAP APPLICATIONS TO RED HAT ON INTEL

YPF Logo


Oil and Gas Leader Reduced Costs and Increased Performance with Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Integrated Virtualization on Intel® Xeon® processor-based Servers

FAST FACTS

Company: YPF SA

Industry: Oil and Gas

Geography: Argentina

Business Challenge: Renovate proprietary infrastructure with the goal of reducing costs and boosting performance with open source solutions

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with integrated virtualization, Red Hat Network, SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), 10g DB, Red Hat Consulting

Hardware: Intel Xeon Processor-based IBM System x 346, 366, 3650, 3850 servers

Migration Path: From SUN Solaris, HP-UX, and IBM AIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with virtualization on Intel Xeon Processor-based IBM System x servers

Benefits: Reduced capital and operational costs, boosted performance and efficiency of administrators, increased internal customer satisfaction by reducing implementation time, increased scalability and agility, and expanded flexibility

“Now, more than 80 percent of our Oracle databases and 90 percent of our SAP applications run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with integrated virtualization on Intel Xeon Processor-based servers and is the choice for our SAP and Oracle implementations."
--Adriana Marisa Vázquez, responsible for the UNIX administration group at YPF.


Download the case study [PDF]

»

: AIX to RHEL , Consumer , Geography , HPUX to RHEL , IBM , Industry , Intel , Latin America , North America , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Ready ISVs , Red Hat Support Services , RHEL Migration Path , SAP , Solaris to RHEL , UNIX to RHEL , Utilities: Oil, Gas, Electric , Virtualization

Discount Tire Accelerates Its E-Commerce Business With Red Hat Satellite


FAST FACTS

Company: Discount Tire Company

Industry: Consumer - Automotive Retail

Geography: Scottsdale, Arizona

Business Challenge: Support the rapidly growing e-commerce side of the business while keeping costs contained and complying with strict PCI security standards

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Satellite, Apache, WebLogic, IBM Lotus Domino Server, Red Hat Consulting

Hardware: 50 Dell x86 servers

Migration Path: Microsoft Windows to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Benefits: Provided an easily managed, secure, and utterly reliable platform for Discount Tire’s e-commerce business. Enabled compliance with PCI security standards. Increased IT staff productivity and contained costs due to the ability to easily provision, maintain, and manage servers.


“I’ve been in the IT industry for about 20 years now, and Red Hat is far and above any other company I’ve ever worked with. Not only are its products of the highest caliber, but it is incredibly responsive to all our needs. Red Hat support is top-of-the-line, and the Red Hat phone number is on my phone’s speed dial, and it is going to stay there.”
-- Will Darton, senior server support administrator, Discount Tire.


Download the case study [PDF]

Read More about Discount Tire in the press:
INO.com
LinuxBIZZ.com
Manufacturing Central
SYS-CON Media
Xtreme Open Source

»

: Consumer , Geography , IBM , Industry , Microsoft to RHEL , North America , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Innovation Awards , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path

Educational Testing Services Achieves Highest Marks with Red Hat



FAST FACTS

Company: Educational Testing Service (ETS)

Industry: Education

Geography: International

Business Challenge: Roll out new, competitively priced educational products and services more swiftly while cutting costs. Build applications upon a base of infrastructure software technology that will position ETS for evolution into cloud models.

Migration Path: Vertically scalable platform to commodity software and hardware platform and proprietary application server technology to Open source technology

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss Enterprise Web Platform, JBoss Developer Studio, Red Hat Consulting

Hardware: Intel x86 systems

Benefits: Reduce costs and boost competitiveness by moving to a stable, secure x86-based platform for developing and delivering new assessment products to market more quickly.

With Red Hat products, ETS achieves the following benefits (metrics are based on the current server-hardware and OS support service cost at ETS:

  • Cost savings (approximately 40 percent)

  • Improved efficiency (approximately 30 percent)

  • Improved technology management and standardization

  • Improved leverage of development resources

  • Better positioned for adoption of cloud computing and virtualization technologies


“We performed extensive in-house performance testing, talked to industry analysts and considered all other aspects of the operating system and application server, including the quality of support, market share and the software and hardware ecosystem. Once we took all these things into consideration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and JBoss from Red Hat with support subscription were the obvious choice at that time.”
– Harikumar Rajappan, enterprise IT architect for applications at ETS


Download the case study [PDF]

»

: Consumer , Education , Geography , HPUX to RHEL , IBM WebSphere to JBoss , Industry , Intel , International , JBoss Consulting Customers , JBoss Enterprise Application Platform , JBoss Enterprise Frameworks , JBoss Enterprise Middleware , JBoss Enterprise Platforms , JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform , JBoss on RHEL , JBoss Operating System , JBoss Operations Network , JBoss.org to JBoss , Media + Technology , Migration Path to JBoss , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network , RHEL Migration Path , Solaris to RHEL , UNIX to RHEL

SPH Search Selects Red Hat Solutions For Reliability and Security to Scale Search Engine’s Business Growth

spot

spot

spot


Fast Facts:

Company: SPH Search

Industry: Information technology

Geography: Singapore

Business Challenge: SPH Search needed a reliable and secure solution to drive its new search engine services, Rednano,sg

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Cluster Suite, Red Hat Global File System (GFS), Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite

Hardware: HP Intel Xeon-based servers

Benefits: Established a robust, reliable, and secure search engine with the confidence of enterprise-level support

Download the case study [PDF]

»

: APAC , Consumer , Geography , HP , Industry , Intel , International , Media + Technology , Partner , Red Hat Advanced Business Partner , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform , Red Hat Global File System , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Systems Management

Scania Expands Use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform for Virtualisation Capabilities

Experiences heightened flexibility, stability, cost savings and ease of management with Red Hat solutions

RALEIGH, NC – 3 December 2025 – Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Scania, the leading Swedish manufacturer of heavy trucks and buses, has expanded its use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform with integrated server and storage virtualisation capabilities. The company utilises the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform for its critical systems, including specific infrastructure services, databases, applications and high-performance computing (HPC) servers to leverage the solution’s compelling benefits, including cost savings, stability, flexibility and ease of management.

»

: EMEA , Geography , Industry , International , JBoss on RHEL , Manufacturing , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path , Transportation , UNIX to RHEL , Virtualization

Red Hat Virtualization Delivers Cost Savings and Increased Performance for University of Sydney

FAST FACTS

Customer: University of Sydney

Industry: Education

Business Challenges: Quickly and cost-effectively develop a high-availability platform to support a web-based file repository, enabling the University to comply with new Government regulations

Migration Path: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform with integrated virtualization, Red Hat Cluster Suite, Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite, Red Hat Consulting, DSpace (web-based file repository)

Hardware: 2 x HP ProLiant DL380 G5 servers, 2 x Dual Core CPUs, HP EVA SANs

Benefits: Achieved quick deployment, cost savings, high availability, reliability, and scalability

Download the case study [PDF]

»

: APAC , Education , Geography , Government , HP , Industry , International , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Global File System , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL , Virtualization

Red Hat’s Technical Account Management (TAM) Service Helps AutoTrader.com Make Smooth Transition to SOA



FAST FACTS

Company: AutoTrader.com

Industry: Automotive information and sales

Geography: Atlanta

Business Challenge: Rock-solid support needed to move to a service-oriented architecture (SOA) based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and off-the-shelf applications

Solution: Subscribe to Red Hat’s Technical Account Management (TAM) service, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite

Benefits: Smooth migration to a new IT infrastructure. Immediate response to questions and issues regarding Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Direct access to senior Red Hat technical expertise. Improved productivity of internal IT support staff.



“Any company that has anything important running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux would benefit from a TAM. Even in times like these, when additional expenditures are difficult to justify, the TAM service is worth every penny. It more than pays for itself in the time it saves and the competitive edge it provides."
–Mark Juliano, UNIX Systems Manager, AutoTrader.com




Download the Case Study [PDF]

»

: Consumer , Geography , Industry , Media + Technology , North America , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Support Services , RHEL Migration Path , Technical Account Manager , Transportation , UNIX to RHEL

Bank of New Zealand Reduces Carbon Footprint with Red Hat on the Mainframe

2010 Red Hat Innovation Award Winner: Extensive Ecosystem

FAST FACTS



Industry: Finance/banking

Geography: New Zealand

Business Challenge: Address environmental and space issues in the datacentre and achieve the corporate goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2010

Migration Path: From distributed Intel and SUN SPARC servers to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 running under z/VM on IBM z9 and z10 mainframes

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite, Oracle database, WebSphere Application Server, ESB, Process Server, TX and MQ

Hardware: 1x IBM z9 and 1x IBM z10 mainframe (with 3 x IFL engines in each)

Benefits:
  • Recovered 30 percent of datacenter floor space
  • Reduced power consumption by 38 percent
  • 20 percent return on investment (ROI) over the life of the platform
  • Simplified, more efficient deployment


Download the Case Study [PDF]

Read More About BNZ in the press:
CIO Magazine

Computer Business Review

OS Today

Linux Today

Financial Extra

Banking Technology


»

: APAC , Consumer , Financial Services , Geography , IBM , Industry , International , Partner , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL

Red Hat Solutions Deliver Performance and Cost Savings for CQUniversity

Australian University Carves out Costs and Improves Stability with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network Satellite

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that CQUniversity, an Australian university with ten campuses and more than 21,00 students and staff, has migrated its critical IT systems to Red Hat solutions. CQUniversity implemented Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite and has since realized significant cost savings, increased performance, ease of management and reliable, ongoing support.

CQUniversity offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses on-campus and through distance education. The University relies heavily on the reliability and stability of its IT environment on a daily basis. Its technology powers critical finance, human resources and student-administration systems. With campuses and students located across various time zones, CQUniversity requires an infrastructure that supports standard operation at all hours of the day.

»

: APAC , Education , Geography , Government , HPUX to RHEL , Industry , International , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL

Acxiom® Standardizes Its Grid Computing Environment on Red Hat Solutions


spot

 
Download this video: [Ogg Theora]






Industry: Marketing services

Geography: Global

Business Challenge:
To increase the speed, scalability, and cost-effectiveness of the business’ high-performance grid computing environment, which now records more than one trillion transactions per month

Migration Path: UNIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Red Hat Network

Hardware: x86 Servers

Benefits: Standardizing its grid computing environment on Red Hat Enterprise Linux helped Acxiom achieve 100-fold performance gains and unmatched scalability while also reducing costs and increasing flexibility

Download the case study [PDF]

»

: Geography , JBoss Enterprise Application Platform , JBoss Enterprise Middleware , JBoss on RHEL , Media + Technology , North America , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Support Services , RHEL Migration Path , Success Story Videos , Technical Account Manager , UNIX to RHEL

Red Hat Helps Tribune Interactive Slash Costs and Reduce Time to Market

FAST FACTS



Company: Tribune Company

Industry: Media

Geography: Chicago

Business Challenge: Reduce costs and time-to-market of new interactive products by moving to a virtualized environment based on x86 machines and open source Linux

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite

Hardware: Commodity Dell and IBM x86 systems

Benefits: Cut capital as well as ongoing operational infrastructure costs, and boost competitiveness by flexibly bringing new products to market more quickly

Download [PDF]

»

: Consumer , Dell , Geography , IBM , Media + Technology , North America , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Global File System , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Virtualization

European Real Estate Listing Company Slashes Energy Use and Operating Costs with Red Hat Virtualization



FAST FACTS

Industry: Real Estate

Geography: Germany

Business Challenge: Dramatically reduce energy use and operating costs while improving overall performance and manageability of servers and maintaining zero downtime

Migration Path: 32-bit Windows server environment to 64-bit server environment based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform with built-in virtualization technology

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform with integrated virtualization, Red Hat Cluster Suite, Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite, Red Hat Global Support Services

Hardware: HP Blade Systems

Benefits: Reduced energy usage by 25 percent and hardware cost per server by 60 percent, carved out operations costs by 10 percent with streamlined systems management, achieved full return on investment for the project within three months, and maintains consistent zero downtime

Download [PDF]

This story is available in the following languages: [ HERE]

»

: Consumer , EMEA , Geography , HP , International , Microsoft to RHEL , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path , Virtualization

Red Hat Solutions Deliver Performance and Cost Savings Boosts for Central Queensland University

FAST FACTS

CQ

Company: CQUniversity Australia (Central Queensland University

Industry: Higher Education

Geography: Australia

Opportunity: To migrate from an HP Tru64 Unix environment to a cost-effective and performance-boosting platform within Central Queensland University’s budget

Migration Path: HP Tru64 Unix to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Satellite Server on HP 7000c Blade and BL460c Blade Servers

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network Satellite, Oracle 10g RAC, PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications (Finance & Student Administration), Talent2 Works (HR)

Hardware: HP 7000c Blade System and BL460c Blade Servers

Benefits: Experienced increased cost savings, performance, ease of management, and reliable ongoing support

Download the case study [PDF]

»

: APAC , Education , Geography , HP , HPUX to RHEL , International , Oracle , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path , Tru64 to RHEL , UNIX to RHEL

ProRail Keeps Trains on the Right Track, Thanks to Red Hat

spot


FAST FACTS

Industry: Transportation

Geography: The Netherlands

Business challenge: Maintaining an uninterrupted rail service. Realizing an uptime of 100 percent.

Migration Path: Migrating existing applications, including those that suffered problems with the performance of BEA Weblogic on OpenVMS. Building new applications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Solution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network Satellite, Red Hat Global File System with cluster environment, Red Hat Directory Server, Red Hat Network Provisioning Module, Red Hat Certificate System, Red Hat Consulting, and Red Hat Training and Certification.

Benefits: Easy update policy, stable system, 100 percent uptime in the first quarter of 2008

”We wanted a stable, robust, yet flexible infrastructure and finally chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux. We also selected Red Hat Enterprise Linux for most new projects as the Red Hat operating system best suits our requirements and objectives for future business plans."
-- Mike Bos, infrastructure manager, ProRail


Download the case study [PDF]

»

: EMEA , Geography , Government , Industry , International , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Consulting Customers , Red Hat Directory Server , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Global File System , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Support Services , Red Hat Systems Management , Red Hat Training + Certification , Technical Account Manager , Transportation , WebLogic to JBoss

Nigerian Bank Chooses Red Hat and JBoss SOA Solutions for Mission-Critical Banking Applications

Bank PHB improves flexibility, reliability and performance with Red Hat solutions

Dubai, GITEX – October 23, 2025 – Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Bank PHB, one of Nigeria’s top ten banks, has migrated its core mission-critical banking applications to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform. Bank PHB migrated to Red Hat’s open source solutions to achieve the next step in scalability, performance and the ability to handle heavy workloads and achieve cost reduction more effectively than with other proprietary software platforms.

»

: AIX to RHEL , EMEA , Financial Services , Geography , IBM , International , JBoss Enterprise Application Platform , JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform , JBoss on RHEL , JBoss Operations Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL

Salt River Project Migrates to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM Mainframes for Flexibility and Performance



FAST FACTS

Company: Salt River Project

Industry: Utilities, Government

Geography: Arizona

Challenge: Searched for a replacement for proprietary software for its IBM mainframe servers that could provide greater flexibility, manageability, and utilization opportunities

Migration Path: HPUX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network Satellite

Hardware: IBM System z mainframe servers

Benefits: Experienced cost savings, boosted performance, stable and reliable management, consolidation, and valuable technical support after migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM System z



“Since we were already leaning toward Red Hat in our distributed environment, choosing Red Hat on the mainframe coincided perfectly with our desire to have one corporate standard for Linux.”
-- Kevin Masaryk, senior Linux/Unix administrator at SRP




Download the case study [PDF]

»

: Geography , Government , HPUX to RHEL , IBM , North America , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Training , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL , Utilities: Oil, Gas, Electric

CSS Boosts Worker Productivity, Slashes Costs by Running Lotus Notes and Domino on Red Hat Enterprise Linux



FAST FACTS

Company: CSS Corp.

Industry: Information Technology

Geography: Global, headquartered in San Jose, California

Opportunity: To reduce IT costs and increase user productivity by improving the performance and eliminating downtime of Lotus Notes and Domino applications being used throughout the worldwide enterprise.

Migration Path: Microsoft Windows to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Satellite Server, Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino.

Hardware: 64 servers, divided between Dell 2950s, HP DL380s, and IBM X3650s and desktops.

Benefits: Dramatically improved application performance for users, improving their productivity while freeing up IT resources to focus on more strategic issues for the business.



“Because of the difference in performance and reliability running Lotus Notes and Domino on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, we are going back to our customers who run Notes and Domino applications and convincing them to switch as well. The IBM-Red Hat partnership is a win-win situation for all concerned.”
-- S.Pranatharthi Haran Practice Head - IBM Services, CSS Corp.




Download the case study [PDF]

»

: Dell , Geography , HP , IBM , Media + Technology , Microsoft to RHEL , North America , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path

Centrebet Relies on Red Hat and ICE Systems for Greater Performance, Reliability and Cost Savings



ICE

FAST FACTS

Customer: Centrebet

Industry: Consumer

Geography: Australia

Business Challenge: To establish an open source platform to support Centrebet’s OpenBet online betting application and provide the reliability demanded by a 24x7x365 business

Migration Path: Mixture of heterogeneous systems to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network Satellite

Solution:

  • Software: OpenBet, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network Satellite

  • Hardware: 10 x HP DL360 G5, 10 x Sun Sunfire x4200


Benefits: Experienced increased performance results, lowered costs with the elimination of licensing costs and easy-to-manage maintenance for its solution

Download [PDF]

»

: APAC , Consumer , Geography , HP , International , Migration Path to JBoss , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite

Infoplex - 2008 Red Hat Innovation Award Winner

Infoplex
 
Download this video: [Ogg Theora]






Optimized Systems

Winner: Infoplex

Submitted by: Sean Kaye

Vertical: Information Technology

Geography: Australia

Website: www.infoplex.com.au

Company Background

Infoplex is one of Australia's fastest growing and most dynamic IT managed service providers. Based in St. Leonards, Australia, it specializes in delivering an innovative and diversified range of services to both private and public sector clients. Offerings include on-demand storage, disaster recovery, and collocation services as well as software as a service (SaaS). Currently, the Infoplex Group has 55 employees in the firm's three functional divisions: Infoplex Managed Services, Infoplex Procurement Services, and ThinkSecure Security Consulting. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Leighton Holdings Limited, the publicly listed parent company of Australia's largest project development and contracting group.

Download [PDF]

»

: APAC , Dell , Geography , International , Red Hat Innovation Awards , Red Hat Network , Success Story Videos

Red Hat Solutions Provide Reliability and Performance Gains for Munich Airport

Airport migrates servers and desktops to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Cluster Suite and Red Hat Network

Raleigh, NC – August 6, 2025 – Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Munich Airport, recognized for three consecutive years as Europe's "Airport of the Year" by air transport research company Skytrax, has migrated a large portion of its UNIX servers and desktops to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The Airport has since realized heightened performance, cost savings and reliable support.

»

: Consumer , EMEA , Geography , Industry , International , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Support Services , RHEL Migration Path , SAP , Solaris to RHEL , Transportation , UNIX to RHEL

Booz Allen Hamilton - 2008 Red Hat Innovation Award Winner

Booz Allen
 
Download this video: [Ogg Theora]






Superior Alternatives

Winner: Booz Allen Hamilton

Submitted by: Christopher Dale

Vertical: Government

Geography: US

Website: www.boozallen.com

Booz Allen Hamilton, a strategy and technology consulting firm with more than 18,000 employees serving government clients from more than 80 offices and has been recognized by major publications as a best place to work. Integrating the full range of consulting capabilities, Booz Allen is the one firm that helps government clients solve their toughest problems with services in strategy, operations, organization and change, and information technology. Booz Allen is committed to delivering results that endure.

»

: Geography , Government , JBoss Enterprise Application Platform , JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform , JBoss Operations Network , JBoss Training , MetaMatrix Data Services , North America , Oracle , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Innovation Awards , Red Hat Network , Success Story Videos , Virtualization

Nortel - 2008 Red Hat Innovation Award Winner

logo_vivat




Download this video: [Ogg Theora]






Delivered Value Winner: Nortel

Submitted by: Ernest Szeideman

Vertical: Telecommunications

Geography: International

Website: www.nortel.com

Company Background

By linking hundreds of millions of users the world over, Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering the communications capabilities that make its promise of "business made simple" a reality. Based in Toronto, Nortel provides enterprises and service providers in more than 150 countries with the next-generation technologies they need to support their multimedia and business-critical network applications. Nortel technologies help eliminate barriers to efficiency, speed, and performance by simplifying networks and connecting people to their information-whenever and wherever they need it.

»

: APAC , Dell , EMEA , Geography , HP , International , Latin America , North America , Oracle , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Innovation Awards , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , Red Hat Support Services , RHEL Migration Path , Success Story Videos , Technical Account Manager , Telco , UNIX to RHEL

NYSE Euronext Chooses Red Hat Solutions for Its Mission-Critical Financial Trading Platform

World's leading exchange group experiences flexibility, reliability and performance with Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Raleigh, NC – May 14, 2025 – Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, has announced that NYSE Euronext utilizes Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network to maintain the reliability, high performance and security of its mission-critical financial trading platform. With Red Hat solutions, NYSE Euronext has realized greater flexibility, freedom from vendor lock-in, cost savings and the ability to handle heavy workloads while producing rapid performance results.

»

: AIX to RHEL , EMEA , Financial Services , Geography , International , JBoss on RHEL , North America , Red Hat Network , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL

Leading Hospital Relies on Red Hat Solutions for Improved Reliability and Patient Care

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center hosts its mission-critical applications on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Raleigh NC – February 11, 2025 – Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital in Boston, Mass., has migrated to Red Hat solutions, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Global File System, Red Hat Cluster Suite and Red Hat Network. Red Hat solutions have provided BIDMC with significant cost savings, higher system availability and streamlined disaster recovery, creating an opportunity to enhance patient care.

»

: Geography , Healthcare , JBoss on RHEL , North America , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Global File System , Red Hat Network

Virgin America Chooses Red Hat Solutions to Scale Website

Airline utilizes Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network and services; makes plans for an extended JBoss implementation

Raleigh, NC - August 15, 2025 - Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Virgin America, the newly launched American airline, has selected Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the platform on which to host its commercial website. The airline chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux for its reputation for scalability and security.

»

: Consumer , JBoss on RHEL , North America , Red Hat Network

Wake Forest University Chooses Red Hat for Multiple Projects

Industry: Higher Education

Challenge: Quick deployment of servers in an ever-growing network

Solution: Platform: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Academic Edition with Red Hat Network; Hardware: IBM xSeries servers; Software: Oracle 9i Enterprise Database central administrative computing conversion in the university's history. Closely tied to the Oracle installation, Program Link is the cornerstone of the University's initiative for a totally integrated digital campus, so it was imperative that Wake Forest find an operating system that integrated cleanly with Oracle's total product line.

Download the case study [PDF]

»

: Education , HPUX to RHEL , IBM , North America , Oracle , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL

NYSE Euronext Chooses Red Hat Solutions for Flexibility and Reliable, Fast-Paced Performance

spot
 
Download this video: [Ogg Theora]






Industry: Financial Trading

Geography: Global

Business Challenge: To integrate varied trading platforms to produce a high-speed, low-cost platform that offers the reliability and flexibility necessary to produce the rapid performance results demanded by the expanding financial trading industry

Migration Path: HP-UX, IBM AIX, and SUN Solaris to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network

Hardware: 200 HP ProLiant DL585 four-processor servers, 400 ProLiant BL 685c blades, AMD dual-core Opteron processors

Benefits: Implemented a reliable, secure, and cost-effective solution that provided flexibility, freedom from vendor lock-in, and the ability to handle heavy workloads while producing fast-paced performance results

“Red Hat is extremely strategic and without it, most of our computers wouldn’t be running,” said Steve Rubinow, Chief Information Officer at NYSE Euronext.

Download [PDF]

»

: AIX to RHEL , AMD , Financial Services , Geography , HP , HPUX to RHEL , Industry , International , Media + Technology , North America , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Support Services , RHEL Migration Path , Solaris to RHEL , Success Story Videos , UNIX to RHEL

Florida Hospital Enhances IT Performance and Patient Care with Red Hat Virtualization Technology and Consulting



Download this video: [Ogg Theora]






FAST FACTS

Company: Florida Hospital

Industry: Healthcare

Geography: Orlando, Fla.

Business Challenge: Design a new disaster-recovery system that would ensure seamless business continuity for the hospital; determine a solution to aid in delivering high-performance, secure, cost-effective systems to ensure optimized patient care; identify a solution to enable internal hosting and support for the growing number of external websites

Migration Path: IBM AIX to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform with integrated virtualization, Red Hat Global File System and Cluster Suite; Red Hat Network Satellite; JBoss Enterprise Application Platform; JBoss Operations Network, Red Hat Consulting; MySQL, Oracle, Caché, FoxPro, and Postgres databases; proprietary applications for reporting and management of patient data and for mail, security, and virus protection

Hardware: HP and IBM servers

Benefits: Streamlined disaster recovery and gained higher system availability and resource efficiencies that translate into better patient care; achieved 35 percent growth in its datacenter without needing to expand its hardware footprint or internal resources through its use of virtualization; gained expertise through the knowledge transfer resulting from virtualization and clustering-focused engagements with Red Hat Consulting
“Our first priority is security and our second is performance. When you can get security and performance needs met, and it costs less than the alternative, you go for it. That's the quadrant that Red Hat Enterprise Linux plays in.” -- Barbara Schleider, director of Technology Services, Management Information Systems (MIS) at Florida Hospital

Download the case study[PDF]

»

: AIX to RHEL , Geography , Healthcare , HP , IBM , Industry , JBoss Enterprise Application Platform , JBoss Enterprise Frameworks , JBoss Enterprise Middleware , JBoss Enterprise Platforms , JBoss on RHEL , North America , Oracle , Partner , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Consulting , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Global File System , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Network Satellite , RHEL Migration Path , Success Story Videos , UNIX to RHEL , Virtualization

McKesson Provider Technologies - 2007 Red Hat Innovation Award Winner


logo_mckesson

Submitted by: Michael Simpson, CTO
Industry: Healthcare
Geography: Louisville, CO
Website: http://www.mckesson.com

Overview

Selected for being the first company to employ the Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform to integrate its varied healthcare software applications on one unified platform, saving approximately one million dollars in combined software and hardware costs and allowing the company to provide a more robust and enterprise-ready solution for patient care.

»

: Geography , Healthcare , JBoss Enterprise Frameworks , JBoss Enterprise Middleware , JBoss Hibernate , JBoss on RHEL , JBoss Operating System , North America , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat + JBoss: The Innovation Awards , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Innovation Awards , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Solutions , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL

DST Health Solutions - 2007 Red Hat Innovation Award Winner

logo_dst


Category: Joint Red Hat / JBoss Deployment


Winner: DST Health Solutions


Submitted by: Gary Krasovic


Industry: Health Information Systems


Geography: Birmingham, Alabama

Overview

Selected for their use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and JEMS to build a consumer-directed healthcare solution that was first-to-market, yielding immediate customer traction, increased market visibility, thus reflective of corporate leadership and success.

»

: Geography , Healthcare , HPUX to RHEL , Industry , JBoss Enterprise Application Platform , JBoss Enterprise Frameworks , JBoss Enterprise Middleware , JBoss Enterprise Platforms , JBoss Hibernate , JBoss Innovation Awards , JBoss jBPM , JBoss on RHEL , JBoss Operating System , North America , Novell Suse to RHEL , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Innovation Awards , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Support Services , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL

Red Hat and BakBone help Contegix support 400% growth rate


contegix



Industry: Hosting services

Geography: St. Louis, MO

Opportunity: Build a hosting business providing excellent value, support, and low prices; implement scalable backup and restoration solution that could support phenomenal growth rates

Migration Path: Novell Linux Enterprise SUSE to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux; Red Hat Global File System and Cluster Suite; Red Hat Network; JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and Hibernate; MySQL, Oracle, and Postgres databases; BakBone NetVault: Backup

Hardware: Dell PowerEdge Series servers

Benefits: Helped achieve phenomenal customer growth rates by facilitating sales and customer support and supporting scalability of new backup and restoration system

»

: Dell , Geography , Industry , JBoss Enterprise Application Platform , JBoss Enterprise Frameworks , JBoss Enterprise Middleware , JBoss Hibernate , JBoss on RHEL , Media + Technology , North America , Novell Suse to RHEL , Oracle , Red Hat + JBoss Solutions , Red Hat Cluster Suite , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Global File System , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Ready ISVs , RHEL Migration Path

Corporate Express Sees Online Success with Red Hat


ce_logo_cmyk


Industry: Business equipment supply and distribution
Geography: Australia
Challenge: To deliver an efficient service to customers, Corporate Express required a solution that was stable and secure, yet also flexible enough to support its bespoke online ordering application, NetXpress.
Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network Satellite
Hardware: Approximately 14 Intel blade servers
Benefits:
  • High availability/reliability

  • Scalability

  • Security

  • Low administration costs
  • Flexibility and agility


»

: APAC , Consumer , Geography , Intel , International , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network

Arabtec pioneers adoption of open source software in the Middle East

Arabtec

UAE'S LEADING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY MIGRATES TO RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX



Industry: Construction

Geography: United Arab Emirates

Challenge: Outsourced email servers provided poor performance, increased costs, and security concerns.

Solution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux on an HP Intel Xeon architecture with SCSI hard disk driver and RAID hardware.

Benefits: A five-fold performance gain and dramatically reduced costs.

»

: EMEA , Geography , HP , Intel , International , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL

Travel booking website chooses Red Hat Enterprise Linux over Microsoft



Industry: Travel

Geography: Australia

Challenge: Microsoft-based infrastructure could not scale to match Wotif.com's 100% growth rate.

Solution: Platform: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS
Software: Oracle10g Standard Edition, Java 1.5
Hardware: AMD Opteron
Systems Management: Red Hat Network

Benefits: Increased performance upto 500% peak load. Lower TCO. Simplified systems administration

»

: AMD , APAC , Consumer , Geography , International , Microsoft to RHEL , Oracle , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL

Red Hat Provides Priceline.com With Cost-Effective, High-Performance Solutions


pricelinelogo

Priceline.com looks toward the future with virtualization


Industry: Travel services
Geography: United States
Opportunity: Priceline.com regularly sees millions of page views and thousands of bookings per day. As an Internet-based travel service provider, downtime and outages are not an option. The company decided to shift to Red Hat and open source solutions in order to provide the highest-performing services and applications possible and to realize cost savings. Priceline.com also evaluated JBoss due to the company's predisposition toward developing in Java and to potentially generate further savings based on the open source model.

Solution: Today, Priceline.com has about half of the infrastructure converted over to a mixture of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network Satellite Server, and JBoss Application Server with Tomcat and Apache web servers.
Hardware: Sun V20z servers with AMD Opteron, HP ProLiant DL385 servers with AMD Opteron, and HP ProLiant DL380 with Intel Xeon.
Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network Satellite Server, and JBoss Application Server with Tomcat and Apache web servers.

Benefits: The combination of Red Hat and JBoss has been a win-win for Priceline.com. Priceline.com's application availability runs >99.97 percent and hits 100 percent for most quarters. With Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the company has realized reduced security patching requirements than with some proprietary application servers. Through a series of initiatives, like the company's JBoss implementation, Priceline.com IT has been successful in proportionally reducing its relevant domestic operational IT budgets for this type of infrastructure, despite increases in product complexity and product unit volumes. Forward-looking, Xen support and virtualization technologies are extremely attractive to Priceline.com. The company has been testing Xen in its development environments to reduce hardware costs and lower TCO.

»

: AMD , Consumer , Geography , HP , JBoss Enterprise Application Platform , JBoss Enterprise Middleware , JBoss on RHEL , Media + Technology , North America , Red Hat Network

Highmark: Red Hat Provides Cost-Effective Solution for Record Management



Red Hat Provides Cost-Effective Solution for Record Management



Customer: Highmark Healthcare

Industry: Healthcare

Geography: US: Pennsylvania

Business Challenge: To maintain secure health records for over 4.1 million insured customers through a manageable and cost-effective system.

Solution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Directory Server, Red Hat Network, Red Hat Network Satellite

Hardware: JuTzu, Race servers, HPDL rat mouse server

Benefits: Approximately 30% savings in hardware/software licensing costs. An almost 50% reduction in hardware (78 CPUs to 42). More than $470,000 long-term savings through the directory server ($500,000 + future costs estimate from Sun versus one-time $30,000 cost from Red Hat). Higher performance and security. Readily available support.

Download the Case Study: PDF

»

: AIX to RHEL , Geography , Healthcare , North America , Red Hat Directory Server , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Network , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Powers Weather Services for 2006 Winter Olympics


Industry: Services
Geography: Italy
Goal: To provide fast, reliable weather forecasting for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games
Solution: Platform: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
Software: Red Hat Cluster Suite, Red Hat Application Server
Systems Management: Red Hat Network
Benefits: Reliable and secure. Solid support. Simple systems management.

»

: EMEA , Geography , International , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Global File System , Red Hat Network

McKesson adopts Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform

Red Hat solutions lower costs and ensure quality patient care



Industry: Healthcare

Geography: San Francisco, CA

Opportunity: Integrate disparate software applications on one unified platform to provide a comprehensive solution to improve patient care

Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network, JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite, and Hibernate
Applications: McKesson healthcare solutions, Oracle RAC
Hardware: Intel dual and quad-core Xeon server platforms

Benefits: Gained huge efficiencies, saved customers up to one million dollars in total cost of ownership, and provided a reliable, enterprise-ready solution that helps provide high-quality patient care

»

: Geography , Healthcare , Industry , JBoss Enterprise Application Platform , JBoss Enterprise Frameworks , JBoss Enterprise Middleware , JBoss Hibernate , JBoss on RHEL , JBoss Operating System , North America , Red Hat Enterprise Linux , Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , Red Hat Network , Red Hat Solutions , Red Hat Systems Management , RHEL Migration Path , UNIX to RHEL