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Customers Succeed with Oracle Linux
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A.C. Moore
At A.C. Moore, Oracle Retail merchandising applications were installed and managed on Oracle Enterprise Linux to help provide a more flexible, reliable, and cost effective solution. "We expect our Oracle Retail implementation to help us deliver more value to both customers and shareholders. The insight we gain from the new systems provides us with a better understanding of customer preferences and enables us to offer the right inventory at the right price." - Dennis Hodgson, Chief Information Officer, A.C. Moore.
ABC Stores
"ABC Stores runs mission-critical systems on Linux and enterprise-quality support is a key requirement," said David Awaya, Chief Technology Officer, ABC Stores. "The Oracle Unbreakable Linux program has given us a real choice for that support and it is a positive for the marketplace."
Abercrombie & Fitch
"Delivering business value through the utilization of innovative and cost-effective technology is a cornerstone of Abercrombie & Fitch's leadership in the retail industry," said Kristen Blum, CIO and VP IT, Abercrombie &l Fitch. "We selected Oracle as our strategic partner because they were the only company that could support our entire retail footprint through their integrated suite of Oracle Retail applications and with the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program, we can make one call and receive support for our entire solution."
Acorn Paper Products Company
Activision
Activision runs key business operations, including ERP, consumer Web sites and IT development, utilizing a complete software stack from Oracle including Oracle Database, the Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle Enterprise Manager and Hyperion System 9, including Hyperion System 9 Planning, as well as Hyperion System 9 BI+ and Essbase Analytics. "When we heard about the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program we were ecstatic. From previous experience with Oracle's technical support team, we knew their Linux support would provide quick, expert responses, and the price was too good to ignore. Oracle Unbreakable Linux brings enterprise-quality support to our Linux environment and ties in nicely with our overall Oracle strategy." - Niel Armstrong, vice president Information Technology, Activision.
Acuity Brands
"The Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program was extremely compelling to Acuity Brands as we are a full-stack Oracle customer, running Oracle Database, Oracle Fusion Middleware and the Oracle E-Business Suite," said Pat Quinn, vice president, Information Systems and Technology, Acuity Brands. "With the addition of Linux support, all our software infrastructure bases are covered in one stop, with the same high-quality support we've always had from Oracle."
Arcturus Realty
Based in Toronto, Arcturus is Canada's leading independent manager of third party real estate assets. Arcturus runs Oracle Database, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne financial management suite of applications, Oracle Fusion Middleware--including Oracle Application Server, Oracle BPEL Process Manager, and Oracle WebCenter—Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher, and Oracle User Productivity Kit on Oracle Enterprise Linux with Oracle Unbreakable Linux support.
ADNOC Distribution
ADNOC Distribution implements Oracle Linux as part of their IT infrastructure.
Adriatic Slovenica
Adriatic Slovenica implements Oracle Linux as part of their IT infrastructure.
Advanced Innovations Deploys Oracle in the Cloud
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Arcor SAIC
Arcor SAIC implements Oracle Linux as part of their IT infrastructure.
Australian Finance Group
Australian Finance Group implements Oracle Linux as part of their IT infrastructure.
Beaumont Medical Hospitals
"At Beaumont Medical Hospitals, our predominantly Linux-based IT infrastructure supports more than 2,400 physicians representing well over 91 medical and surgical specialties," said Paul Dillard, manager IT, Beaumont Hospitals. "The Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program has provided us with the confidence to expand our Linux deployments to mission critical applications while lowering our overall IT costs."
Board of Governors, State University System of Florida
Based in Tallahassee, the Board of Governors operates, regulates, and controls the entire State University System of Florida, which includes eleven universities with an enrollment of more than 300,000 students, more than 60,000 faculty and staff, and an annual operating budget of more than $8.5 billion. The Board of Governors run Oracle Database, Oracle Real Application Clusters, and Oracle Application Express on Oracle Enterprise Linux with Oracle Unbreakable Linux support.
Bonnier Publishing
"We've been using Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program for production systems for several months now-even longer in development," said Scott Baker, Database Administration Manager, Bonnier Corp. "It's a benefit having Oracle as a single point of support for Linux and Oracle Database rather than bouncing back and forth between Oracle and another vendor."
BT Chooses Oracle Linux for its Cloud
"BT's CTO. Surren Partabh, explains why they choose Oracle Linux with Premium support, and how Oracle Linux integrates to BT's application and coud environment."
Capris S.A.
"Capris S.A. is Costa Rica’s largest supplier of high-quality machinery and tools, serving many industries, including automotive, hardware, and construction. Capris ensured that the operating system and its applications are always up to date by using Oracle Linux."
Cinfa
"With Oracle Real Application Clusters and Oracle Enterprise Linux, we have dealt with all of CINFA's management processes and realized a 100% improvement in the service, with no interruptions." -Enrique Tirapu, Director of Information Systems, Laboratorios CINFA.
COMPAREX Austria GmbH
"COMPAREX Austria GmbH implements Oracle Linux as part of their IT infrastructure."
Continental Materials Corporation
"Continental Materials Corporation produces and sells products in the construction and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industries. The company recently completed an upgraded to Oracle Technology Foundation (Red Stack), including Oracle Unbreakable Linux and Oracle Application Server, allowing more users to be on Web servers and providing a more efficient environment."
Cotas
COTAS relied on Oracle Enterprise Linux and its compatibility with existing Informix applications to maximize performance, provide high systems availability, and simplify support procedures.
DARCO Group
Darco Group is a social cooperative that hires persons with disabilities. Estabilished in 1975, Capodarco has delivered advanced IT and communication servicesto the Italian market for more than 30 years. Group used its own resources to implement a system based on Oracle Enterprise Linux, Oracle Clusterware, Oracle Database, Oracle Cluster Filesystem, and a combination of other technologies required for a high-performance computing (HPC) environment.
Data Intensity
Data Intensity Inc. provides a full range of managed IT services to corporations in every major industry group; nonprofit organizations; and local, state, and federal government agencies. The company provides each client with a team of experienced "virtual employees" ensuring reliable support around-the-clock.
Daum Communications - Korea
Oracle At Work: Daum Communications, one of South Korea's largest internet content delivery and services provider runs Oracle FIN & HRMS on Linux to maximise business efficiency.
Diebold
"At Diebold, we run Oracle Business Intelligence on Linux, supported with Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support," said Sean Forrester, Vice President, Information Technology, Diebold. "We take advantage of Oracle's global support organization, giving us access to the comprehensive, integrated, enterprise-quality support we demand."
Diputación de Badajoz
Diputación de Badajoz implements Oracle Linux as part of their IT infrastructure.
DVSE GmbH (DVSE Gesellschaft für Datenverarbeitung, Service und Entwicklung mbH)
"Compared to our Windows-based infrastructure, with our new infrastructure built on Oracle Linux, Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle Database, and Oracle tools, we can significantly reduce operating costs and also guarantee the best possible performance, seamless scalability, and extremely low downtime, even in the face of disaster." – Michael Reimann, Managing Director, DVSE GmbH
ESADE
Founded in 1958, ESADE is an academic institution promoting education and research through its law and business schools. The institution is linked to the Universitat Ramon Llull, and more than 12,000 students graduate each year from its campuses in Madrid, Barcelona, and Buenos Aires (Argentina). ESADE achieved high availability and a contingency plan with an updated IT Infrastructure.
Fameccanica do Brasil
Worked with Oracle Partner Bertini do Brasil to implement Oracle E-Business Suite and Oracle Database, Standard Edition on Oracle Linux in six months, creating an infrastructure for standardized business practices when the company opened manufacturing operations in Brazil.
Frimesa Cooperativa Central
Frimesa Cooperativa Central (Frimesa) has been operating in the edible goods market for over three decades, offering meat and milk derivative products. The company’s production plants and milk reception units are in Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Mato Grosso do Sul. Formed through the merger of five cooperatives, today Frimesa is the largest company in Paraná State and the ninth in Brazil. The company deployed Oracle Linux Basic to simplify database management and Linux training, eliminating manufacturer dependence.
Garanti Bank
Garanti Bank implements Oracle Linux as part of their IT infrastructure.
Grupo Isdra
Grupo Isdra is a conglomerate, operating in several business sectors, including transportation, civil construction, agriculture, metallurgy, food industry, real estate, shopping centers, and hotel management. The company worked with Oracle Partner Advanced IT to migrate the legacy database to Oracle Database Standard Edition 11g2 on Oracle Enterprise Linux, maintaining higher infrastructure security with lower total cost of ownership.
Georgian College
One of the leading colleges in Canada, Georgian College welcomes nearly 10,000 full-time and 28,000 part-time students to its three main campuses and four regional campuses annually.
GlobeCast
"GlobeCast provides media management products to tier 1 television broadcasters who expect 100% uptime from their channels," said Peter Elvidge, Development Manager, GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom. "The continuous availability of our systems, where all schedules and media asset information are stored, is key to keeping our clients' channels on air. Oracle Real Application Clusters and Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support allow us to achieve the uptime expectation from our clients and deliver the scalability and performance we need to grow."
Hays Medical Center
"Everything we do at Hays Medical Center is about mission-critical scale, performance and reliability, so enterprise support is critical to our success," said Alan Wamser, System Analyst II, Hays Medical Center. "Oracle's Unbreakable Linux program fulfills the promise of delivering enterprise-quality support for Linux and at the same time reduces our IT infrastructure costs."
Hotwire, Inc.
Hotwire, Inc. Enhances Ability to Compete in Online Travel with High-Performance Data Warehouse. They deployed Oracle Exadata Database Machine to improve data warehouse performance and to scale for growing business needs. Hotwire migrated 10 terabyte data warehouse onto Oracle Exadata with Oracle Linux in just six months which improved reliability and scalability of system at a low cost.
Industrias Corpañal C.A.
Industries Corpañal C.A. is a Venezuelan company that focuses on health and personal-care, mass consumer products. The company stabilized computing systems with Oracle Linux, eliminating failures that require restarting the entire computing infrastructure. "Oracle technology and applications have improved system stability and information availability, ultimately enhancing our processes for obtaining raw materials." – Hernán Escalona, Director of Computing, Industrias Corpañal C.A. "
IHOP
"We at IHOP see tremendous value in the enterprise-quality, lower cost support delivered by Oracle's Unbreakable Linux program," said Patrick Piccininno, CIO, IHOP."Oracle provides the responsive support we need to deploy and maintain Linux-based solutions, and the switch from Red Hat support couldn't have been easier."
Interactive One
"We have been very pleased with our move from Red Hat to Oracle Unbreakable Linux support. Oracle Enterprise Linux software is fully compatible with RHEL and together with Oracle VM provides an efficient and integrated solution that can be easily cloned. In our experience, support is not Red Hat's forte. We have a strong, collaborative relationship with Oracle and cost savings is one of the important benefits." - Nicholas Tang, Vice President of Technical Operations, Interactive One.
IT Convergence
"As a premier global provider of Oracle enterprise solutions, we are focused on helping our customers maximize their IT investments and resources," said Gustavo Gonzalez, director, IT Convergence. "To support our mission, it was critical that our own IT infrastructure was built to quickly deliver on ever-changing application requirements, in an environmentally sustainable and cost-effective manner. With Oracle Virtualization products, we created an innovative, highly flexible and efficient IT infrastructure that can support our customers and future growth."
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
APL has deployed everything from Oracle Database and Oracle RAC to Oracle business intelligence solutions, Oracle's PeopleSoft applications, and Oracle Application Server. When APL was considering changes to its technical infrastructure, the organization used the Oracle Insight program to help match its future architecture to its business needs. One recommendation that came out of the study was to increase its use of x86-based servers running Linux. As a result, APL embraced the idea of a core computing infrastructure built around low-cost hardware running Oracle Enterprise Linux.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/National Ignition Facility
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/National Ignition Facility implements Oracle Linux as part of their IT infrastructure.
Linkshare
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LogLogic, Inc.
"As a medium-sized company, we benefit greatly from the processing power and economies provided by MySQL and Oracle’s rigorous testing and range of experts when it comes to Oracle Linux,” said Bill Roth, Executive Vice President, LogLogic, Inc. “Oracle readily identifies bugs and provides fixes and patches ahead of the RedHat distribution. With the combination of MySQL and Oracle Linux as the foundation, we can meet our business objectives and the certification and testing requirements of our enterprise customers with confidence."
Lower Colorado River Authority
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) plays a variety of roles in Central Texas: Delivering electricity, managing the water supply and environment of the lower Colorado River basin, developing water and wastewater utilities, providing public recreation areas, and supporting community and economic development. LCRA succeeds with both Oracle Unbreakable Linux and Oracle VM.
MercadoLibre
"Our number one goal as a company is to provide a superior quality of service to our users,” said Rodrigo Benzaquen, Director, Site Operations and Infrastructure, MercadoLibre, Inc. “Oracle VM software worked seamlessly with our existing infrastructure and provided us with accelerated application deployment, enhanced scalability, reliability and availability we need to support our growing user base – while allowing us to reduce our space and energy footprint. Throughout the process we have had excellent support from Oracle and the extended Oracle community."
Merial
Merial, a world-leading, innovation-driven animal health company, went live with U.S.-based entities on the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 powered by Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Real Application Clusters running on Oracle Enterprise Linux, and upgraded to Oracle Database 11g in April 2009.
Ministry of Justice
"Oracle’s comprehensive, resilient, end-to-end integrated architecture has enabled us to consolidate all our systems and applications into a virtualized environment for unparalleled performance and scalability." – Gregor Hudobivnik, Systems Administrator, Ministry of Justice, Slovenia
Mutual Materials
"Mutual Materials, like most enterprises, is always looking for ways to reduce IT infrastructure costs while at the same time increasing the value and quality of service we offer to our users. That's why we're so excited about Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support," said Guy DeFlorio, CTO, Mutual Materials. "The Oracle Unbreakable Linux program has given us a real choice for enterprise-quality support at a lower cost and it is a win-win for everyone."
National Australia Bank (NAB)
NAB implements Private Cloud on Oracle Technologies including Oracle Linux. "So in our environment we're basically building up what we refer to as an infrastructure-as-a-service internal private Cloud, based on Oracle virtual grid technology and blade servers underneath that as well,": Beer said. "It's a combination of both VMs and physical server deployments [and] operating systems in that environment. Using those technologies, we create a database-as-aservice platform that we'll offer out to, or are offering out to, a large number of our other applications that we need to deploy [including] business services beyond just the UBank platform."
Navisite
The need to improve total cost of ownership (TCO) is a key driver for customers that choose to run their Oracle applications on NaviSite’s infrastructure. Especially in today’s do-more-with-less IT environment, the ability to outsource key applications with guaranteed service levels, lower out-of-pocket expense, and instant scalability is an attractive option for businesses at every level. NaviSite designed a system specifically for Oracle applications, leveraging Oracle Linux, Oracle Database, and Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC).
Netmania
Netmania, a leading IT service developer and implementer in Korea, succeeds with Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support.
Parks Victoria
Parks Victoria, a statutory authority charged with managing and preserving natural assets for the State of Victoria in Australia, has standardized the infrastructure supporting its applications environment on the Oracle technology stack including Oracle Database with Automatic Storage Management, Oracle Enterprise Linux, and Oracle VM. "We were expecting a 20 percent increase in performance, but we have way exceeded our expectations. Having an integrated Oracle infrastructure—from the operating system and enterprise applications to storage management and virtualized servers—really makes a lot of sense," said Christina Varga, Business Systems Analyst, Parks Victoria.
Pella Corporation
"Part of Pella’s 85-year tradition of innovation includes finding new ways to increase efficiencies and speed deployments for faster time to market," said Jim Thomas, Director of IT Operations, Pella Corporation. "Standardizing on Oracle VM and Oracle Linux has helped us to deliver on this goal by reinventing what our data center and IT staff can accomplish for the business – and the results have been impressive. With Oracle VM and Oracle Linux, we have a more agile IT environment, can better serve our customers at a lower cost, and have the assurance that we are backed by Oracle's world-class support organization."
Polk
Polk is a leader in automotive information and marketing solutions. Polk realized a tenfold improvement in database query speed with Oracle Exadata Database Machine with Oracle Linux. They reduced turnaround time for approximately 80% of automotive industry reports from up to five minutes to just seconds.
Reliance Commercial Finance
Reliance Commercial Finance implements Oracle Linux as part of their IT infrastructure.
Replacements, Ltd.
"Replacements, Ltd. strives to achieve mission-critical scale, performance and reliability within a cost-effective framework," said Jim Meredith, Manager, IT, Replacements Ltd. "Effective enterprise support is a key factor in our success. When we recently deployed Oracle on new Linux servers, we chose Oracle's Unbreakable Linux program, because it delivers enterprise-quality support for Linux and at the same time reduces our IT infrastructure costs."
Rosendin Electric, Inc.
Rosendin Electric, Inc. is an employee-owned electrical engineering, power, and communications provider and the largest privately held electrical contractor in the United States. It provides electrical design, installation, and maintenance services to customers in many industries, including the public sector, healthcare, utilities, and manufacturing.
Siemens USA
"We pay thousands of employees every month and have strict requirements for 24/7 availability. With Oracle Enterprise Linux running on Oracle Real Application Clusters, and the help of Oracle Unbreakable Linux support, we are able to meet those needs cost-effectively." - Steve Montgomerie, Senior Oracle PeopleSoft Administrator, Siemens Corporation, Global Shared Services North America
SK Telecom
SK Telecom is the largest mobile communications service provider in Korea, specializing in data-driven applications and advanced multimedia services delivered to cell phones, personal digital assistants, and MP3 players. In May 2011, SK Telecom implemented Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2, going live in October 2011. The company utilized the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program to ensure the availability of its database infrastructure.
Sogeti
Sogeti implements Oracle Linux as part of their IT infrastructure.
Stuart Maue
"We at Stuart Maue have been evaluating different Linux support programs to meet our key requirements of getting enterprise-scale support while further ensuring security for sensitive data," said Bradley Maue, CIO, Stuart Maue. "With Oracle Unbreakable Linux we found the best fit. It was an easy decision to go with Oracle for Linux support."
Terminales Río de la Plata S.A.
Terminales Río de la Plata S.A. is one of Argentina’s leading port operators, constituted by DP World, the Latin American Infrastructure Fund, and other international partners. Located in Buenos Aires, the company operates cargo and passenger terminals 24 hours a day at its 4.6 million-square-foot facility. The company implemented Oracle Linux and Oracle VM to quickly deploy new in-house developed software, restore failed services, and avoid application downtime—vital requirements for shipping operations.
Texas Industries, Inc.
Texas Industries, Inc. (TXI) is a leading supplier of cement, aggregate, and consumer product building materials for residential, commercial, and public works projects. TXI initially deployed Oracle E-Business Suite in 2005, rolling out modules in a phased approach, as business needs arose. The process began with Oracle Financials and Oracle Internet Expenses. More recently, TXI added Oracle iProcurement to facilitate a move from a decentralized to a centralized purchasing process. While implementing Oracle WebCenter Imaging 11g, TXI also completed a migration from Red Hat Linux to Oracle Linux.
The Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Agricultural Markets and Rural Development (ARSKTRP)
"Oracle's solutions are critical in enabling us to build a highperformance, high availability, low cost environment that optimizes the quality of service and value we provide to customers, citizens, and the Slovenian government." – Ales Struznik, Manager, Data Access Department, Service for Information Management and Technology, Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Agricultural Markets and Rural Development
The Cobalt Group
Cobalt is a leading provider of marketing services for the automotive industry, servicing about half the dealerships in the U.S. Cobalt decided to move from their previous provider of Linux support onto Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support primarily from a cost perspective, and to achieve a higher quality of support and standardize with Oracle.
Timex
"At Timex, we are excited to take advantage of the opportunity the Oracle Linux support alliance offers," said Archana Deskus, CIO, Timex. "With the Oracle Unbreakable Linux offering, we are now able to rely on one partner to meet the Linux and Oracle support requirements, greatly increasing our efficiency and reducing our costs."
University of Massachusetts
When the University of Massachusetts chose the Oracle Enterprise Linux, Oracle Unbreakable Linux support services, and Oracle VM package, Oracle’s integrated support across its product line was one key selling point. "About 80 percent of our applications are from Oracle," says Michael Poole, chief technology officer at UMass, "so if Oracle can provide support from top to bottom, it makes sense for us to take advantage of that."
ValueCentric
"As a market leader in providing on-demand data management and performance analytics for critical pharmaceutical supply chain information, ValueCentric requires a flexible and highly reliable IT infrastructure," said John LoFaso, Director, Technical Operations, ValueCentric. "With the Oracle Unbreakable Linux support program we know our Linux investment is protected and that enables us to dedicate our resources to adding value for our customers."
Yahoo!
"With more than 500 million users, Yahoo! must scale its infrastructure beyond most traditional technology environments," said Laurie Mann, Vice President, Engineering Operations, Yahoo!. "To accommodate this, Yahoo! has built an IT backbone with unmatched performance and reliability that embraces innovative new technology such as Oracle's enterprise-class Linux support and solutions."
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