This customer spotlight highlights a large US healthcare technology company, who chose SUSE Liberty Linux for its stable, reliable support and updates, as it was concerned about the future and stability of its existing CentOS environment and wanted to avoid migrating off CentOS/RHEL 7. The company anticipates a return on investment within 15 months of implementing SUSE Liberty Linux, which it uses on-premises with Dell hardware.
At-a-Glance
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Challenges
The company faced concerns about the future stability and support of its current CentOS Linux environment. It needed a reliable solution that would provide consistent updates without requiring a migration off of CentOS/RHEL 7.
What were the main reasons that you adopted SUSE Liberty Linux?
I was concerned about my current CentOS future/stability/support
I needed stable, reliable support and updates for my Linux environment
What were some of the driving factors that led you to choose SUSE Liberty Linux?
Didn’t want to migrate off of CentOS/RHEL 7
"SUSE Liberty Linux has been instrumental in bolstering our infrastructure security. By implementing the system, we've significantly reduced our exposure to vulnerabilities. The added benefit of a user-friendly interface that tracks VM patch status has further enhanced our ability to maintain a secure and compliant environment. This has resulted in our VMs being no more than 1 month before patches while prior to this solution we have had VMs that were not patched for years."
Solution
SUSE Liberty Linux met the company's needs, allowing it to maintain its existing on-premises Dell infrastructure. SUSE delivered the stable, dependable support it required for its Linux systems. By choosing SUSE over alternatives such as OpenLogic, the company avoided a costly and disruptive transition while ensuring the ongoing performance and security of its business-critical applications.
Outcomes
With SUSE Liberty Linux, the company maintained its CentOS environment while benefiting from SUSE's support and updates. The customer significantly improved its infrastructure security and patch update cycle.