Computerworld: First National Bank of Omaha Throws Sun Out

[ Thanks to Matt for this link. ]

"First National Bank of Omaha said this week that it's nearing completion of a complete changeout of its distributed server infrastructure for a mainframe and blade-server architecture based on Linux. While only 80% complete, the move is already expected to save the company $1.8 million this year in operating expenses and another $9.6 million through 2011.

"The bank expects to complete the project by April and said much of the savings will come from a reduction in the number of systems engineers from 24 to eight..."

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