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http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=linux+mainframe&btnG=Google+Search I found this link : http://www.informationweek.com/news/IWK20020314S0030 Wisconsin Physicians Service Corp. in Madison, Wis., last year processed more than $7 billion in claims for policyholders in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. That alone could tax its IT infrastructure, but the real test comes each January and July when more than 3 million people sign up for new policies or renew current ones. In an effort to ease the burden during its two busiest months, the insurer Friday will switch its E-mail, Web, and directory servers from Compaq's Intel-based servers to Linux. The apps, running on mainframe partitions, will run in parallel with the Intel servers until April 1. By October, 40 servers will be switched to Linux partitions. The goal of the switch is to save time and money. Jim Hwang, director of enterprise network systems at WPS, says it takes him two to three minutes to configure an app on a partition on IBM's z900 mainframe. A comparable configuration on an Intel server would take two to three days. The apps also run two to three times faster than they do on the Intel-based servers, he adds. Met vriendelijke groet, Marcel Foortjes Systeem beheerder / Afdeling Mainframe beheer De Amersfoortse. De Inkomensverzekeraar. Stadsring 15, 3811 HM Amersfoort Postbus 42, 3800 AA Amersfoort Telefoon: (033) 464 2859 Fax: (033) 464 2933 www.amersfoortse.nl ***********************DISCLAIMER*********************** Deze e-mail is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde(n). Verstrekking aan en gebruik door anderen is niet toegestaan. AMEV Stad Rotterdam Verzekeringsgroep (ASR) N.V. sluit iedere aansprakelijkheid uit die voortvloeit uit elektronische verzending. This e-mail is intended exclusively for the addressee(s), and may not be passed on to, or made available for use by any person other than the addressee(s). AMEV Stad Rotterdam Verzekeringsgroep (ASR) N.V. rules out any and every liability resulting from any electronic transmission. ********************************************************
