Stuff.NZ: Air NZ Spends Up on Systems

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 15, 2003

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“Sun Microsystems, IBM and Microsoft have chalked up wins at Air
New Zealand as the national airline consolidates servers and
revamps its back office systems.

“The company has bought a 64-processor Sun computer–through
Wellington Sun distributor SolNet. It is believed to be one of the
most powerful computers ever sold in New Zealand…

“Air New Zealand has publicly stated its support for Linux in
the past, but Mr Care says in this case Linux was not an
option…”

Complete
Story

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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