IBM, SuSE Notch Another Linux Win

[ Thanks to Matt for this link. ]

"In another European Linux win for IBM and SuSE Linux AG, the Kommunales Rechenzentrum Niederrhein (KRZN), a public sector data center serving more than 60 counties in the northwestern section of Germany, has chosen to run Linux on IBM zSeries mainframes.

"KRZN chose SuSE Linux Enterprise Server on the mainframe to help keep its systems management costs low and consolidate servers while still being able to offer high availability and investment protection for future applications.

"KRZN initially had used Linux on PC serversâ€"mainly for backupâ€"but decided to port its Linux applications from the PC server to the mainframe when it needed a consolidated solution..."

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