Linux, virtualization help GHY meet post-9/11 requirements
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| "Our business needed to be more real-time and responsive to the
| changing regulations," said Nigel Fortlage, vice president of
| information technology for GHY. "We wanted to first simplify our
| infrastructure, and we saw Linux and open source as a way to make IT
| more efficient."
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| While all GHY's mission-critical systems run on the iSeries server, the
| Linux partitions run most of the network services like security
| appliances, firewall, e-mail and intranet applications. The Web
| server functionality runs on Apache, giving GHY enterprise-class
| performance and functionality on an open source platform.
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| Although many people would point out that open source is hardly
| free, Fortlage does not mind paying support fees for his Linux servers
| and open source applications. The money he saves by being able to
| customize his solutions, deploy quick patches and add functionality at
| will is a better indicator of the value open source brings to his
| organization. Fortlage estimates that open source saves his company
| hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
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