FAST FACTS
Customer: SFR
Industry: Telecommunications
Geography: France
Business Challenge: To replace an end-of-life proprietary system, IBM Websphere, with a standardized infrastructure; rewrite and deploy business critical applications by 2012, and reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
Solution: SFR selected JBoss Enterprise Application Platform to develop Java applications based on open source industry standards while remaining fully supported by a trusted partner
Software: Application servers: Solaris Sparc x86; Web servers: Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Oracle 10i
Hardware: 6 units HP DL580 G5 for customer service, 13 units HP DL 580 G5 for catalogue, and 4 units HP DL 580 G5 for order entry
Migration Path: Migrated from IBM Websphere and Oracle WebLogic
Benefits: SFR accelerated Java deployments compared to the previous Oracle WebLogic and IBM Websphere-based system. The quality of support has improved through shorter response times from the support teams.
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: EMEA
, Geography
, Industry
, International
, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
, JBoss Enterprise Middleware
, JBoss Enterprise Platforms
, JBoss on RHEL
, Migration Path to JBoss
, Proprietary to JBoss
, Red Hat + JBoss Solutions
, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
, Red Hat Solutions
, Telco
, WebLogic to JBoss
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
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: 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
Raleigh, NC – June 3, 2025 – Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Cybercity, a leading Danish broadband supplier and part of the Telenor group, has chosen to use the JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform for system integration and middleware. The JBoss solution is expected to significantly reduce Cybercity's total cost of ownership (TCO).In selecting an SOA solution, Cybercity initially evaluated Oracle Fusion, BEA WebLogic and JBoss solutions.
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: EMEA
, Geography
, International
, JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform
, Migration Path to JBoss
, Telco
, WebLogic to JBoss
Category: Migration
Winner: Sakonnet
Submitted by: David Renton, Vice President, Product Delivery at Sakonnet
Industry: Oil and Gas
Geography: New York, London, Rio de Janeiro
Overview
Used JBoss Application Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux to develop a scalable, performance-driving, well-supported solution that provided ease-of-use, cost savings, and transparency for Sakonnet’s energy-trading solutions. With JBoss Application Server, Sakonnet discovered a solution that combined low-cost, quality software and reliable support to fit into its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) strategy of frequent application upgrades and top-notch support.
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: Dell
, EMEA
, Geography
, International
, JBoss Consulting Customers
, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
, JBoss Innovation Awards
, JBoss on Microsoft Windows
, JBoss on RHEL
, Latin America
, North America
, Red Hat Support Services
, Success Story Videos
, Utilities: Oil, Gas, Electric
, WebLogic to JBoss
Industry: Government
Geography: Sweden
Opportunity: To replace costly proprietary software with reliable open source solutions to reduce acquisition and ongoing costs for the organization’s IT department.
Migration Path: Proprietary software and hardware, including Hewlett Packard PA-RISC chip-architecture, HP-UX Unix operating system, Oracle database and BEA WebLogic Server, to open source solutions, including JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Solution:
Hardware: HP Blade System C-class servers with 300 AMD Opteron Dual Core CPUs
Operating System Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
Application Server: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2
Database: MySQL Enterprise Server 5
Benefits: Experienced reduced TCO, increased reliability, enhanced performance, freedom from vendor lock-in, and expects estimated cost savings of approximately €20 million Euros over the next five years
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: AMD
, EMEA
, Geography
, Government
, HP
, HPUX to RHEL
, Industry
, International
, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
, JBoss on Novell SUSE
, Migration Path to JBoss
, Proprietary to JBoss
, Red Hat + JBoss Solutions
, RHEL Migration Path
, UNIX to RHEL
, WebLogic to JBoss
Industry: Financial
Geography: North Quincy, Massachusetts (also New Jersey)
Challenge: CitiStreet faced increasing volume on its Web applications, both from an expanding client base and increased utilization of the Web by the plan participants they service. An earlier migration-from a C-based solution to Enterprise Java-had been successful but now required ongoing improvement. CitiStreet needed to future-proof its Web infrastructure and stay on budget.
Solution: Software:
JBoss Application Server 3.2,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Sun Java Virtual Machine 5.0
Hardware:
HP ProLiant DL series servers (DL 580s and DL 360s)
Services:
JBoss Consulting, JBoss On-site Training,
JBoss Platinum Subscription,
Red Hat Professional Services, Red Hat Support delivered through HP
Benefits: Significantly increased hardware resources without incurring any software licensing costs. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional cost savings per year with subscriptions to Red Hat Network and JBoss Operations Network. Improved performance and user experience on CitiStreet website. A resilient, highly-available, secure infrastructure to support long-term business growth. High-quality and responsive 24x7x365 support from knowledgeable, technical staff.
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: Consumer
, Financial Services
, Geography
, HP
, Industry
, International
, JBoss Consulting Customers
, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
, JBoss on RHEL
, JBoss Training
, Migration Path to JBoss
, North America
, Red Hat + JBoss Solutions
, Red Hat Consulting
, RHEL Migration Path
, Solaris to RHEL
, UNIX to RHEL
, WebLogic to JBoss
