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Taking the First Step

The First Step in the RISC-to-IA Migration
The migration from expensive legacy RISC platforms to lower-cost commodity Intel® Xeon®- based servers is not a trivial effort, but it need not be so daunting that staying on the expensive RISC server is a reasonable alternative. What makes this migration process challenging is as much the alternative approaches as the actual process.

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Running a Proof of Concept

RISC-to-IA Migration Rising to Proof of Concept
Running a Proof of Concept (PoC) may seem like a slam dunk. You know your application, you know your users and it should be easy to test the application out on new hardware. How do we avoid PoC failure? How do we get it done without analysis paralysis?

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Mission-Critical Deployments

Modernize Mission-Critical Deployments
Planning guide: modernizing your mission-critical deployments from RISC/UNIX systems to Intel® Xeon® processor-based solutions.

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Migration Guide: AIX* to Linux*

AIX* to Red Hat Enterprise Linux* Strategic Migration Guide
Migrating from proprietary technologies to those based on free, industry-wide standards will help you control IT costs and scale your IT ecosystem. See how IT can execute migration safely and efficiently to achieve cost-savings, with minimal disruption to business.

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Migration Guide: Solaris* to Linux*

Migrating SAP System from Solaris* to Linux* Guide
Learn about migrating from SAP* ERP using the SAP NetWeaver* kernel and IBM* DB2 environment from Solaris* on Sun Fire* to Red Hat* Enterprise Linux* Advanced Platform for SAP applications on an IBM System x*3650 M2 with two Intel® Xeon® Processors.

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Alinean Analysis:<br>Lowering TCO

Lowering TCO by Migrating
to SUSE Linux*
This paper examines the economic business case an international manufacturing company recently put together to select the most appropriate server hardware and software infrastructure for its SAP* Applications suite.

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Transition from UNIX*/RISC/Mainframe to Intel® Xeon® Processor Solutions
This paper provides an overview of requirements for migrating from UNIX/RISC* to Intel®-based servers running Linux* and references successful case studies.

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RISC Migration: Getting IT Done

Anixter International

Anixter International Keeps Orders Flowing

Case Study: Ensuring uninterrupted data access for mission-critical applications is a challenge. A simple, powerful, highly available database cluster running on three 2-socket servers based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series is the solution.

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Bayer Business Services

Ensure Dependable, Efficient Enterprise Applications

Case Study: Pharmaceutical maker Bayer migrates to Intel® architecture-based hardware supporting flexible and efficient enterprise applications.

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Cerner

Intel® Technologies Provide Healthy Cerner Outcomes

Case Study: Cerner’s RISC migration to Intel® Xeon® processors delivers uptime, performance, and savings for mission-critical healthcare applications.

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Eli Lilly

Eli Lilly Migrates SAP* System to Virtualized Platform

Case Study: Eli Lilly migrates SAP* system to virtualized HP Proliant* servers using Intel® Xeon® processors.

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NCH Corporation

NCH Corporation Gets Performance and Cost Savings

Case Study: NCH Corporation replaces system with Dell PowerEdge* servers using Intel® Xeon® processor 7500 series.

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RTT

RTT Supports Business Growth

Case Study: South African company updates mission-critical logistics and transport system with Intel-based HP ProLiant DL980* servers and Microsoft SQL* server to reduce hardware costs and improve performance.

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                    Outlines how Intel and Oracle met server refresh challenges, were successful through hardware, software optimization.

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                    Database migration from RISC platform to Intel® Xeon® processor 7540 nets savings and speedup.

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                    Wind River migrates Oracle applications to Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series-based servers, gains 95% headroom for growth.

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                      Red Hat, Intel® Xeon® processors increase end-user experience with more than 2x previous generation’s performance.

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                      This white paper discusses recent breakthroughs from Intel and Red Hat, taking the mission-critical capability of the...

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                      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6* for Intel® Xeon® processor outlines scalability, security, cost features.

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                      Intel® Xeon® processor E7 family and Red Hat Linux 6* create flexible, secure, cost-effective environment.

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                      Solution Brief: Guide to migrating to Linux* with Intel® Xeon® processor-based servers

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                      Brief: Intel and Red Hat deliver performance virtualization solutions on open computing architecture.

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