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SearchEnterpriseLinux: Linux Nudges Aside Unix for Financial Services Company

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 9, 2003

[ Thanks to Michael
S. Mimoso
for this link. ]

“First Trust Corp. could serve as the poster child for Linux in
the enterprise.

“The Denver-based trust company is using Linux to run its
mission-critical transactional databases on industry-standard
64-bit servers, at a 50% cost savings, and at the expense of Unix.
Sounds like First Trust has covered the top three items on Linux’s
evangelical hit parade.

“‘We’ve been using Linux for two years on non-outward facing
systems–for in-house things,’ said Jeff Knight, First Trust’s vice
president of technology. ‘We felt the timing was right…'”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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