OpenWorld Session: Verizon deploys PeopleSoft, Oracle RAC, HP BladeSystem & Linux
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 2:20PM Whenever I see an enterprise move to Linux, I am fascinated because I always want to see if the move was done for purely financial reasons, or if there were other reasons for taking the plunge.
Verizon Wireless moved from a UNIX environment to PeopleSoft Enterprise and Oracle RAC running on HP BladeSystem and Linux.
Why did they do this?
For this team, they wanted
- platform consistency,
- lower costs, and
- better incrementation scalability.
Did they achieve this?
Not surprisingly, they did.
Moving from the unnamed UNIX product* to the HP BladeSystem, Oracle RAC, and PeopleSoft solution, the saw immediate gains in performance.
For the implementation, they used a test environment consisting of payroll, which allowed them to accurately performance of the new system, since payroll calculations are time-limited, and downstream actions, such as cutting checks for those payroll recipients, also have a ‘sell-by’ date.
In all, they increased performance, reliability, costs, and most especially, their carbon footprint.
They seemed very satisfied with their choice.
*I asked what UNIX distribution it was. Both presenters looked at each other, and declined to answer. However, they assured me it wasn’t HP-UX.
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"Whenever I see an enterprise move to Linux, I am fascinated because I always want to see if the move was done for purely financial reasons, or if there were other reasons for taking the plunge."
In that case, you are probably already aware of the London Stock Exchange's recent move from .Net/Windows to Linux, but I thought I'd bring it up just in case:
http://www.itpro.co.uk/615985/why-the-london-stock-exchange-went-for-linux
@Will: I am pleased with Fairbrother's explanation, because it was painful to see the LSE move away.
Thank God, it wasn't performance.
Now though, I wonder if the savings would continue to be there past 2011.
(BTW, I should have a reply to your detailed ISO29500 comment sometime this weekend.)
I'm not sure how much that problem the LSE had back in September 2008 had to do with the switch, but it sounds like the platform they will be using now will give them a high performance system that, in addition to the cost savings, will provide much greater flexibility and developmental control (and that will definitely continue past 2011). Which, in any case, is good for the traders.
In regards to the OOXML comment, you may want to have a look at these posts as you are composing the reply:
http://www.robweir.com/blog/2009/10/final-ooxml-update-part-i.html
http://www.robweir.com/blog/2009/10/final-ooxml-update-part-ii.html
(and there are two more parts to come). These posts raise concerns from someone that is much more knowledgeable about the issue than I am.