[ale] OT Linux Story

[Dow Hurst]

The security, low cost, tweakability, and scalability really weigh in favor of Linux for the financial world.  Since SGI came out with the single memory image 64 CPU Altix server with 64bit CPUs, the whole gamut of types of machines people need are all available with Linux.  It is exciting to see this response and am looking for to websites being optimized for anything other than IE.;-)
Dow


>>> fishy at ipa.net 06/05/03 21:13 PM >>>
Perhaps they are switching to linux also because of the ATMs that went 
out of service because of the m$sql virus

Robert Heaven wrote:

>This was the lead story on the internal web site at Bank of America
>today. The <names> have been changed to protect the innocent.
>
>===========================================
>Technology & Operations readies Bank of America for Linux
>June 05, 2003
> 
> 
> 
>Many world-class companies are discovering the reliability of the Linux
>operating system, and Bank of America is no exception. The seamless
>integration of the operating system in certain areas of the company will
>translate to significant cost savings for Bank of America while
>improving system stability and functionality. That's because in addition
>to being secure and cost effective, Linux provides flexibility in terms
>of software and hardware compatibility.
> 
>Technology & Operations' Network Computing Group (NCG) successfully
>piloted the operating system last year and concluded that they should
>take immediate steps to incorporate Linux into the bank's strategic
>technology infrastructure. Therefore, NCG launched the Linux Support
>Project March 1.
> 
>According to <name>, Linux Design & Engineering manager, the project's
>mission is to create a world-class support practice that provides
>holistic Linux services to Bank of America and is a consolidated base
>for successful Linux adoption and deployment. Linux is an innovative
>operating system that was initially created as a hobby by a University
>of Helsinki student, Linus Torvalds, in 1991. Linux is developed under
>the GNU General Public License and its source code is freely available
>to everyone, which allows it to be constantly improved upon.
> 
>"NCG will be using a carefully managed approach with respect to adopting
>Linux enterprise wide," <name> said. "We are encouraging Technology &
>Operations engineering teams to embrace Linux gradually. The initial
>focus should be on those application or infrastructure projects that can
>demonstrate a compelling financial or performance reason to move to
>Linux. To help us achieve this focus, the Linux Support Project will
>work closely with the Infrastructure Architecture Review Board."
> 
>In addition to the many technical and financial benefits Linux can
>provide Bank of America, <name> also points to what Linux will mean when
>recruiting talent. "College students and developers have an overwhelming
>preference for Linux, creating a vast talent pool to hire from," he
>said.
> 
><name> warns, however, that Linux is not a cure-all operating system
>that some perceive it to be. "Linux is still an emerging standard. As
>such, we are going to start slowly and build momentum," he said. "If we
>allow the floodgates to be cast wide open without a managed,
>standards-based approach, Linux could simply become another legacy
>technology environment and many of the benefits would escape us."
> 
>Monitoring those floodgates is one of the many Linux Support Project
>tasks, helping Bank of America absorb all the Linux benefits into the
>flow of everyday business.
>
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