IBM and Red Hat launch new customer migration initiatives

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IBM in conjunction with Red Hat has introduced Solaris-to-Linux server migration program that includes a "Solaris to Linux Migration Factory," and additional

IBM in conjunction with Red Hat has introduced Solaris-to-Linux server migration program that includes a "Solaris to Linux Migration Factory," and
additional solutions and support offerings designed to help customers migrate from Solaris to multi-platform Linux servers. The service includes for the first time a pre-funded, pre-sales migration assessment from IBM Systems & Technology Group for qualified customers that
will result in no charge to the customer for the assessment, and will help them answer difficult questions and determine the right migration strategy
to Linux. Once the assessment is completed and the customer decides they want to continue with the migration, then IBM's Migration Factory is
engaged.
"A Solaris-to-Linux migration is nothing new at IBM. In fact, since IBM
began its Linux journey several years ago, we estimate that more than 3,000
of our approximately 12,000 Linux customer engagements have been with
customers moving from a Solaris env

ironment to Linux. With volumes like
these, we really needed a factory approach. And based on our experience,
the number-one issue is that customers don't know just how easy a
UNIX-to-Linux migration is, which is why we are offering to cover the cost
of the initial assessment for qualified customers," said Scott Handy, vice
president of worldwide Linux for IBM.
IBM has completed more than 500 HP/UX and Solaris-to-AIX customer migration
engagements since early 2004 and is now bringing that knowledge and
expertise to an extended customer set focused on migrations to Linux with
this announcement. The service will enable customers in all industries to
more quickly migrate to a Linux environment, including those in the Wall
Street and financial services sectors.
IBM also announced that another wave of 22 financial services ISVs have
committed to porting 48 Solaris applications to Linux on IBM's eServer
platform since last year, of which 33 are alre

ady available as of today.
Last year, IBM identified a total of 24 ISVs and 58 applications in
interviews with 23 of the top Wall Street companies as the most critical
applications to target for Solaris-to-Linux porting.
The adoption of Linux by formerly Solaris-exclusive ISVs is expected to
expand even faster with the recent introduction of IBM eServer Application
Advantage for Linux. Also known as the Chiphopper offering, the IT
industry's first combination of support and testing tools that is helping
to deliver on the promise of a cross-platform Linux solution for ISVs.
Since its introduction in February of this year, the Chiphopper offering
has resulted in more than 100 new applications being available on IBM
eServers running Linux.
While the Chiphopper offering focuses on helping ISVs to move their
applications to Linux, today's Solaris-to-Linux customer migration
initiative is designed to help enable customers to move workloads from
So

laris to multi-platform Linux faster and easier than in the past.
"Enterprise migration from Solaris to Linux is inevitable. Working with IBM
we will make the transition from Solaris to Red Hat Enterprise Linux as
efficient and easy as possible," said Paul Cormier, Executive Vice
President of Engineering at Red Hat. "The Chiphopper and Migration Factory
programs offer clear concise plans to both customers and ISVs to make the
move."