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SAKONNET - 2008 JBOSS INNOVATION AWARD WINNER

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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Filed under Oil and Gas, Latin America, Dell, EMEA, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, North America, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss Consulting, Global Support Services, JBoss Innovation Awards, BEA WebLogic, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Microsoft Windows on March 7th, 2008 | No comments »

MXI EXPERIENCES MONEY AND PERFORMANCE BENEFITS AFTER MIGRATING TO JBOSS

Industry: Technology
Geography: Ottawa, ON
Opportunity: A previously solely dedicated BEA WebLogic customer, Mxi Technologies Ltd. was interested in finding a partner that could provide a simpler and more cost effective relationship for bundling and embedding a J2EE 1.4 compliant container in their Maintenix™ product offering.
Migration Path: BEA WebLogic to JBoss Application Server
Software: JBoss Application Server, Oracle Database, and Internet Explorer for Middleware, Database, and Client application tiers respectively
Benefits: By migrating to JBoss Mxi now save $15,000 per customer installation and experience 30% better overall performance with JBoss.

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Filed under Technology, North America, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, BEA WebLogic on March 4th, 2008 | No comments »

Swedish National Police Board Experiences Impressive Cost Savings with JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

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

BACKGROUND

Swedish National Police Board (SNPB) is the law enforcement agency for the country of Sweden. The Police Board consists of the 21 Police authorities in Sweden, in addition to the National Laboratory of Forensic Science. The Police Board employees 25,000 staff, including 16,900 policemen and 535 IT department workers.
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Filed under Government, AMD, HP, EMEA, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Other, BEA WebLogic, Novell SUSE on February 20th, 2008 | No comments »