Two Enterprises Share Linux Success Stories

eWeek.com covers the Red Hat summit and two enterprises who have made the switch form Unix to Linux - KeyWest Bank and Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co.

One of the key stumbling blocks within the organization has been executives who've seen open source as a college project and not an enterprise solution. Instead of relying on their own IT department, executives seem comforted in the idea of relying on a vendor to support their applications and any problems that come up.

For KeyWest they have made a complete transistion from Unix to Linux in just two years time. One of the more important issues that helped in the transistion was in WebSphere & Oracle being made available on Linux. I know Oracle has worked hard to make itself portable on Linux and has worked with Red Hat engineers to ensure Oracle is adaptable with Linux. There are a number of articles on Oracle's site concerning Linux and specific configurations.

It will be interesting to see what comes out of the Red Hat Summit today.