[General] MEW Switches to RHEL

[Majed B.]

KBM is handling that as far as I know. I was surprised, but truly
appreciate the effort.

On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Burhan Khalid <burhan.khalid at gmail.com> wrote:
> Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity & Water (MEW) has announced plans to switch
> its data centre Linux deployment, with a move from Novell SUSE Linux
> Enterprise Server 10 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
>
> MEW will migrate mission critical systems running its Automated Meter
> Infrastructure and Geographic Information System, along with HR, business
> intelligence and CRM applications.
>
> The utility, which serves more than 800,000 customers, cited the lower TCO
> of Red Hat, and its ability to keep infrastructure stable and secure and
> running to key service levels, as reasons for the switch.
>
> "Adopting Red Hat Enterprise Linux as a technology platform offers MEW the
> opportunity to solidify our business continuity," said Ali AlWazzan,
> undersecretary for Information Technology at MEW. "With Red Hat Enterprise
> Linux, we're offered a valuable subscription model, a robust certified
> ecosystem and high-performance technology to fit our business needs.  With a
> strong Red Hat Enterprise Linux base, we will additionally be able to
> investigate future plans to utilize virtualization and cloud computing
> technologies in our IT infrastructure."
>
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