Success stories: 'Government' category

Red Hat provides Information Technology Center of Lower Saxony with high performance and vendor-independence

Industry: Government
Geography: Germany
Goal: Replace obsolete technology.
Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Applications: Nivadis; BEA WebLogic
Hardware: HP Integrity Servers (IA-64) and Fujitsu Primergy Servers
Systems Management: Red Hat Network Satellite Server
Benefits: Low-cost solution for high-performance systems. Central, secure IT management. Professional support with open source flexibility.
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Federal Aviation Administration

FAA saves $15 million by migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Industry: Government
Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hardware: HP and Dell
Benefits: Executed a major system modernization in one-third the original scheduled time. Achieved tenfold increase in processing capacity and 30 percent more in operational efficiency. Cut IT costs by 50 percent, saving the federal government more than $15 million in datacenter operating and upgrading costs.
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Back in Control

County government regains control of IT infrastructure by migrating from Windows to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Industry/Solution: State and Local Government
Challenge: Regain control of ineffective and fragile network infrastructure
Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux with Red Hat Network
Applications: Backup, Security, Monitoring, Authentication, E-mail, Web Access, Internet Services, Scripting, Databases, Storage and VoIP
Hardware: Dell PowerEdge Servers
Benefits: Increased reliability and control of a distributed infrastructure at a significantly lower cost.
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City of Vienna

City of Vienna deploys Red Hat

Industry: City administration
Geography: Austria
Opportunity: Cost-effective server operating system with high stability and performance, integrated system administration, deployment and supervision, that’s flexible and independent of manufacturers, with a wide selection of certified software and hardware. This coupled with reasonably-priced and high-performance industry standard hardware.
Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES and AS
Applications: Red Hat Satellite Server with Provisioning Module (Upgrade to monitoring module planned)
Hardware: HP Proliant Servers and Blade Servers
Benefits: Subscription model provides maximum freedom, simple system administration and provisioning with Red Hat Network, extremely reliable, high security due to Satellite Server.
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City of Chicago

Finding a better way with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Industry: State and Local Government
Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Applications: Oracle9i Database, Legato backup solutions, HP MSL Tape Library
Hardware: HP DL580 G2
Benefits: Up to 3x performance improvement, lower server procurement and maintenance costs, increased hardware options
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City of Bloomington, Indiana

City of Bloomington increases performance while trimming budget

Industry: State & Local Government
Challenge: Increase performance despite sharply decreased budget
Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Application: Oracle11i, GenaWare’s GenaMap
Integration provider: Mascon IT
Benefits: Dramatically improved performance. Lowered maintenance and support costs. Delivered project within budget.
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