Computerworld Australia: US Bank Sees Savings by Moving to Linux Servers

[ Thanks to Matt for this link. ]

"Cleveland's Key Bank is keeping its own bank balance healthy by moving much of its back-end infrastructure to Linux.

"In mid-2004, Key Bank, which manages US$92.3 billion in customer assets, began replacing aging Unix servers with Intel-based Linux servers that are less expensive than sticking with pricey and proprietary Unix hardware. The bank saw its server costs fall by 80 percent, according to Dave Seager, vice president of Unix systems engineering..."

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