WALTHAM, Mass., April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Novell today
announced Walgreen Co., the nation's largest drugstore chain, moved
its mission-critical applications from UNIX* to SUSE® Linux
Enterprise Server from Novell.
With more than 7,500 stores nationwide and a sizeable IT
infrastructure, Walgreens sought a more flexible, scalable and
cost-effective platform to support its burgeoning growth.
Previously, the company ran many of its business-critical
applications on a UNIX operating system that was reaching end of
life. Walgreens recognized an upgrade would have required a
substantial investment, so it decided to move to a virtualized
Linux-based environment to speed server deployments and lower total
cost of ownership. After evaluating several platforms, Walgreens
selected SUSE Linux Enterprise Server based on the operating
system's lower support costs and superior performance, reliability
and built-in virtualization capabilities.
Walgreens is now running its proprietary pharmacy application,
as well as certain third-party applications, in a virtualized SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server environment on a mix of IBM* and HP
servers. The virtualization capabilities of SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server enable Walgreens to consolidate servers and add new ones as
needed.
In addition, by migrating business-critical applications from
UNIX to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Walgreens has reduced the
time required to set up new stores and can now build multiple
servers at once, decreasing server setup time by more than 50
percent. Using proprietary scripting, along with YaST®, the
installation, configuration and systems management tool included in
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Walgreens now has a cleaner, more
streamlined process for rolling out IT systems in new stores.
About SUSE Linux Enterprise
The next-generation platform for the open enterprise, SUSE Linux
Enterprise is the best-engineered and most interoperable platform
for mission-critical computing, from the desktop to the data
center. For more information on SUSE Linux Enterprise offerings
from Novell, visit www.novell.com/linux. For more on how customers
around the globe are leveraging Novell® solutions, visit
www.novell.com/success.
About Novell
Novell, Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL), a leader in intelligent workload
management, helps organizations securely deliver and manage
computing services across physical, virtual and cloud computing
environments. We help customers reduce the cost, complexity and
risk associated with their IT systems through our solutions for
identity and security, systems management, collaboration and
Linux-based operating platforms. With our infrastructure software
and ecosystem of partnerships, Novell integrates mixed IT
environments, allowing people and technology to work as one. For
more information, visit www.novell.com.
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