Success Stories

Public Sector

Informatikzentrum Niedersachsen (IZN)

Solution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Faced with obsolete technology and a decentralized network, IZN migrated the Lower Saxony Police Department's critical IT systems to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and HP Integrity servers, based on 64-bit technology. The result is a low-cost, high-performance, centralized architecture easily managed with Red Hat Network Satellite Server.
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City of Bloomington, Indiana

Solution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
For the City of Bloomington, Indiana (pop 70,000), a declining budget offered a big opportunity. Their aging Unix infrastructure was experiencing significant performance problems along with increasing maintenance costs. When budget cuts were delivered, they had to find another solution. By migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the City increased performance and flexibility in their most mission-critical systems while chalking up significant savings.
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Vanderbilt University

Solution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Academic Edition, Red Hat Network, and Red Hat Training
Consistently ranked as a top U.S university, Vanderbilt takes as much pride in it's technology and research programs as in its renowned medical center. Maintaining their role as a technology leader permeates every decision, so when data storage needs began multiplying by 1000% per year and their Unix infrastructure clearly couldn't keep up, Vanderbilt looked at Linux. After migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Vanderbilt reports lower TCO in three areas: hardware acquisition, software licensing, and system administration.
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City of Chicago

Solution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
One of the most well known cities in the United States, Chicago prides itself on finding a better way to do things~Wfrom strengthening public education to inventing Cracker Jacks, lowering crime to building the first skyscraper. In the same spirit, this year they've begun migrating their IT systems to Red Hat Enterprise Linux to improve performance and save costs.
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County Government Regains Control of IT Infrastructure by Migrating From Windows to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Solution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network
When Pottawattamie County migrated mission-critical tasks from Microsoft Windows to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, they saw increased reliability and control at a significantly lower cost. "From a technical standpoint, we've found that Red Hat Enteprise Linux and other open source solutions could almost always meet the business needs and performance of proprietary alternatives," said Thomas Broniecki, Director of IT.
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U.S. Army Realizes Better Price/Performance by Migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Solution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Managing and retrieving personnel records for 1.2 million U.S. Army soldiers requires an enterprise solution that delivers quick and reliable access to those records. Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS meets those requirements, and soldiers stationed around the globe can now access their records reliably and securely anytime, any place.
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Law—and Order

Solution: Red Hat Linux
New Jersey State Police keep the wheels of law enforcement turning with Red Hat Linux and Oracle, using Red Hat Linux to power essential day-to-day functions and helps keep costs under control.
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