Linux is emerging as the platform of choice for a growing number of
enterprises across the globe. The cost, choice, and control advantages of
using Open Source software for mission-critical applications have already
enabled hundreds of organizations to control IT costs while expanding IT
capabilities and productivity. Customers in telecommunications, financial
services, and government have aggressively already deployed Linux in
production workloads like databases, SAP, messaging services, and custom
applications.
While moving to a new operating system is not trivial, its complexity pales
in comparison to the struggles of migrating actual data from one platform to
another in production environments. The ability to migrate data between
different operating systems can reduce IT costs, either as part of platform
migrations or multi-platform workflows.
Many companies u... (more)