European IT operations ditch Windows to cut costs - Linux/iSeries

"And One iServer to run them  all "  (as in "And One Ring to Rule them
All")


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Linux lands big bank account

By Peter Williams [29-11-2002]

European IT operations ditch Windows to cut costs

The European arm of Banco do Brasil, the largest bank in South America, is
switching from Windows to Linux to cut costs and centralise support. The
bank will consolidate 41 Windows NT servers in eight European branches down
to three IBM iSeries servers in London with six remote IBM xSeries Intel
servers.

The long-term strategy is to phase out Windows completely. Linux is also
being used to replace Windows on desktops.

"We had about 70,000 Windows server and desktop licences and eight NT
networks serving Europe," said Tim Evans, UK IT manager at Banco do Brasil.

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