City of Bergen turns to Novell solution for one of the largest Linux migrations in Europe
Oslo, Norway, 15.06.2004
- City of Bergen ditches proprietary UNIX and Microsoft Windows applications platform for Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8
- Implementation to impact 50,000 users of the City of Bergen’s administrative and educational networks
- City of Bergen to achieve cost savings and acquire a scalable and future-proof IT system
Linux adoption in EMEA, and in the
Public Sector in particular, continues to gather steam as Novell
announced today that the second largest city in Norway, the City of
Bergen, has chosen Novell's Linux technology to underpin its
technology infrastructure, moving away from its proprietary UNIX and
Microsoft Windows applications platform. The City of Bergen's two
phased implementation of SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 will impact
50,000 users of the City of Bergen's administrative and educational
networks.
Janicke Runshaug Foss, CIO of the City of Bergen commented, "The most
important issue for the City of Bergen is to provide best possible
public services to our citizens through cost-effective municipal
operation. In addition to the IT-based benefits from migration to
Linux, we attain a business model that doesn't tie us to a single
vendor's solution architecture. By migrating to Linux the City of
Bergen has a business model that is open and democratic, and we
believe that will ensure a greater degree of freedom of choice, more
efficient operation and major cost savings that will benefit the
citizens."
The implementation involves IBM and HP and will initially see the 20
existing Oracle database servers running on HP-UX, powering the City's
core health and welfare services applications among others, being
replaced with SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 running on HP Integrity
Itanium 64 bit servers.
The second phase of the implementation will involve the migration and
consolidation of current Microsoft Windows application servers
powering the City of Bergen's educational network to SUSE Linux
Enterprise Server 8 on IBM eServer BladeCenters. The stability and
scalability of SUSE LINUX on IBM blade servers will enable the City of
Bergen to significantly consolidate its over 100 Microsoft Windows
application servers to 20 IBM Blade Servers running SUSE LINUX. The
IBM solution delivers maximum computing power per square meter and
will also include an IBM storage area network.
"With 32,000 students and 4,000 teachers accessing the City of
Bergen's educational network, the City's current server environment
was not scaling with growing demand," said Michel Teyssedre, IBM Vice
President Business Development EMEA . "Our IBM eServer BladeCenters
running on Linux will allow the City of Bergen to take full advantage
of all the benefits Linux brings, enabling growth in the future."
"The City's current database servers run several critical applications
so it was key that the new solution offered maximum uptime while being
cost effective," said Rudi Schmickl, VP of Enterprise Storage and
Servers - EMEA, HP. "Our HP Integrity Itanium 64 bit servers addresses
those needs, including the City's overall vision to underpin its
infrastructure with Linux."
The implementation is expected to be completed by the end of 2004 and
the subsequent efficiencies from the new IT operation will ensure the
City reaps major cost savings, resulting in the availability of more
funds being channelled to build core public services for the citizens
of Bergen.
"The City of Bergen needed to do more with less while preparing for
further growth and Novell, together with its hardware and software
partners were able to provide the Linux solution that met the City's
exacting needs," said Richard Seibt, President of Novell EMEA. "The
advantages of Linux such as lower costs and greater reliability are
clear and will certainly continue to drive Linux adoption among
enterprise and public sector organisations."
About City of Bergen
Bergen is centrally located by the North Sea. Ever since its
foundation in 1070, Bergen has attracted people from all quarters of
the world. Today Bergen is a melting pot of arts and culture,
activities at sea, oil and gas and academic endeavours. Bergen has one
of the world's oldest symphony orchestras, the country's first
national theatre, a whole range of museums and institutions, and is
the host of Bergen International Festival. Bergen was the birthplace
of the famous composer Edvard Grieg. The city is also known for its
vibrant contemporary scene, amongst them the BIT 20 Ensemble, the
national contemporary dance company Carte Blanche and the experimental
Bergen International Theatre. No surprise that Bergen became European
City of Culture in the year 2000.
About Novell
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solutions that deliver secure identity management (Novell Nsure), Web
application development (Novell exteNd) and cross-platform networking
services (Novell Nterprise), all supported by strategic consulting and
professional services (Novell Ngage). Active in the open source
community with its Ximian and SUSE LINUX brands, Novell provides a full
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desktop to the server. Novell's vision of one Net -- a world
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