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Turner told BrainShare attendees that organizations he's worked with have experienced a "payback" or return on their investment in Linux five to six times faster by migrating business applications to the popular open-source operating system over other common server technology. Turner said the key contributors to this savings are proper strategic planning and the advantages of implementing an open source network environment.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Mar 24, 2004 -- Companies that migrate to Linux- based networks can achieve substantial savings in a short amount of time according to GroupLink CEO Dave Turner during a technical session at the annual Novell BrainShare Conference today.
Turner told BrainShare attendees that organizations he's worked with have experienced a "payback" or return on their investment in Linux five to six times faster by migrating business applications to the popular open-source operating system over other common server technology. Turner said the key contributors to this savings are proper strategic planning and the advantages of implementing an open source network environment.
"Everyone is talking about Linux and trying to decide how to properly implement it into their business technical operations," said Turner. "With appropriate planning, companies can move their business applications to a Linux platform and enjoy significant return on investment while working with a less intrusive network infrastructure."
Turner said Linux migration success comes by not taking everything on all at once and following through to the end with the strategy. A common pitfall Turner said to avoid is forgetting to take "baby steps" or not moving forward with a "stage-by-stage" migration to Linux.
"We are telling businesses to begin the migration at the services level- their directory, print and database systems," Turner said. "Second, companies should enable their proprietary software products to the open source Linux platform. The key is that software products and services become thin-client or server-based, rather than fat-client side applications."
According to Turner, the key actions to appropriate strategic planning for the migration and deployment to Linux are:
-- Specify a Linux provider-One of the largest, most stable providers
currently is Novell with its Novell Nterprise Linux Services (NNLS).
-- Start with services-Don't feel you have to move everything at once.
Make it a true migration by moving business services first.
-- Upgrade your business applications to open-source-Choose a very
successful first business application on Linux. Business applications
like GroupLink's Collaborative Customer Engagement(TM) for leads
generation, sales force automation, and customer satisfaction are
updated for open-source environments allowing companies to brand and
modify applications to meet specific company needs.
-- Phase out client-side applications-Linux' open-source capabilities
allow applications to be Web-based, eliminating the need for client
applications, thereby increasing efficiency and lowering total cost of
ownership.
GroupLink recently completed migration of its proprietary business applications to Linux, which Turner credits, along with helping fellow long- time clients migrate, as the opportunity to learn the best lessons.
"Long-time Novell and GroupLink user, the New York City Council is completing its IT infrastructure migration to Linux," said Turner. "It has been a stage-by-stage process and a glowing success because they didn't try to boil the ocean by taking it on all at once."
About GroupLink
GroupLink is the leading provider of Collaborative Customer Engagement (CCE(TM)) solutions built on Linux and Novell technologies. GroupLink solutions produce powerful, rapid-payback results for small to enterprise- sized organizations, while offering a complete end-to-end solution for customer engagement, including Leads Generation, Sales Force Automation, and Customer Satisfaction. GroupLink's solutions can be deployed on Linux, NetWare, or any other JAVA-based environment. To date, GroupLink has achieved success with more than 800 enterprise customers and 3,500 worldwide implementations. GroupLink can be found on the web at [HYPERLINK@www.grouplink.net.]
For further information, please contact Kat Fuller of GroupLink, +1-801-836-6844, [e-mail:kfuller@grouplink.net]; or David Hill, +1-801-226-3223, [e-mail:david.hill@sng.com], for GroupLink.
SOURCE GroupLink
Kat Fuller of GroupLink, +1-801-836-6844,
[e-mail:kfuller@grouplink.net]; or David Hill, +1-801-226-3223, [e-mail:david.hill@sng.com], for
GroupLink
[HYPERLINK@www.grouplink.net]
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