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IBM software on Linux is ready for business — no matter what industry you’re in. Select a sector and discover the companies that trust IBM software on Linux. We’re adding more case studies every month. Check back regularly to get the latest updates.

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Centerprise

Centerprise is an application service provider offering financial management companies its CenterSphere management framework to integrate with their legacy systems. All this is made possible with IBM WebSphere MQ for Linux.

To see how Centerprise meshes with the enterprise, read the success story.
Clarity

Payment processing is Clarity's specialty, as it crafts a variety of solutions specific to different industries. But that requires a database that is reliable and scalable, with low cost of ownership.

Find out how Clarity met that challenge, read the story.
Ericsson-Deutsche Technology Fund

This private equity fund in Australia, managed by DB Capital Partners, needed a new Web site to showcase the fund and its benefits to an audience of investees and entrepreneurs. Using Aptrix Multi-Platform from Presence Online, on WebSphere on Linux, their business staff is able to manage their Web content without involving the IT department.

To find out more, read the success story.
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  Retail
Expert Invest AB

Selling electronic goods through a chain of 200 retail stores is one thing. Setting up a help desk for customers who have questions about their gadgets is another dimension in adding value. That is what Expert Invest AB did, using Lotus Domino for Linux to run its help desk application.

Check out Invest AB's solution.
Future Communications

Selling cell phones and services is a challenge via automated kiosks, but that is what Future Communications does. These stand alone minishops have to be centrally managed from one location, which Future manages to do thanks to IBM middleware and Linux.

To see how this works, read the story.
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  Telecommunications
Diveo

Offering Internet data centers throughout Latin America, Diveo relies on Linux for its own operations. But it also tapped that experience to resell IBM-Linux solutions for small- and medium-sized enterprises.

To learn more about this winning team, read the story.
Nitsuko America

It was just a small operation supporting 120 mail clients in three offices, but Nitsuko America took this support task seriously. The company migrated to Lotus Domino on Linux to gain its reliability and lessen the work load on its three IT administrators.

To find out how reliable this solution is, read the success story.
VoiceRite

VoiceRite, a computer/telephony solutions company in the U.S., is using Relavis eBusinessStreams’ eSales component and Lotus Domino for Linux to save time and money in managing their customer relationships.

To learn more, read the success story.
Web Wombat

What started out as two PCs and a modem is now a one terabyte data warehouse with a high-end file server. So runs Web Wombat, Australia's largest search engine, and it relies on DB2 to manage a system that has far outgrown its humble beginnings.

To learn what makes the Wombat run, read the story.
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  Manufacturing
Essential Systems

Losing tools added up to great expense for a specialty construction company, until Essential Systems built a handheld solution using barcodes and a portable database to track all tools and materials.

To get a handle on this solution, read more about it.
Grede

Too many servers and not enough floor space was the problem Grede Foundries was facing. Using IBM DB2 on Linux, the company consolidated its servers onto a single S/390 mainframe, cutting its total cost of ownership.

To see what Grede did, read the story.
Element-System Rudolf Bohnacker

This German manufacturer of component shelf systems needed a new ERP system to handle the company’s expansion and reorganization. Using SAP on DB2 for Linux, they have increased productivity by 25% while reducing stocks and lead times by around 15%.

Read the story to learn more.
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  Health
Structural Bioinformatics

Pharmaceutical companies create new drugs today by understanding the proteins they have to interact with. But that requires calculating three-dimensional models, a solution that Structural Bioinformatics delivers with IBM DB2 and Linux.

To learn more, read the success story.
Tramedico

A good experience porting the e-mail and Internet gateway to Linux made Tramedico eager to do the same for its groupware. As an importer and distributor of pharmaceutical products, Tramedico relies on its solution to deliver detailed information to its sales reps.

To find out more about Tramedico's prescription for success, read the story.
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  Travel
deckchair.com

Getting away for a quick vacation at some sunny Mediterranean destination should take no more than a few minutes of pointing and clicking at deckchair.com. But behind the screen is a DB2/Linux combination that can handle the traffic while making life easy for IT managers to administer the site.

To find out more without leaving your chair, read the story right now.
Satair

People fly to their vacation destinations with scarcely a thought about the airplane that gets them there. That worry belongs to Satair, which sells and distributes spare parts for aircraft using Lotus Domino on Linux.

To find out more about what keeps Satair going, read the success story.
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  Education
FHT Esslingen University

Running a DB2 Scholars Program is one way FHT Esslinghen University can get its computer science majors up to speed on the latest technology. Graduates then take these skills to nearby corporations, where they can put their knowledge to good use.

To find out the facts, read the story.
Florida International University

It takes a lot of computing power and a high-performance database to turn two-dimensional information into three-dimensional maps that a user can view. Florida International University delivers a solution that gives users a bird's-eye view using aerial photos and satellite imagery.

To get a look at this solution, read the success story.
University of Western Ontario

A robust database solution is the ideal solution when you have a hundred or so computer science majors working side-by-side on their projects. The University of Western Ontario found its solution on DB2 running on Linux.

To get an education on this solution, read about it right now.
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  Computer Services
AIRS

Finding the right resume among thousands of applicants is like finding a needle in a haystack. But AIRS crafts its own Web-based solution to electronically search and find ideal job candidates from the deepest hiring pools.

To get an education on this solution, just read the story.
Steeleye

No company can afford downtime from crashed systems. Steeleye's LifeKeeper lives up to its name by controlling reliable Linux clusters to deliver uptime all the time.

To see more of Steeleye's solution, read the success story.
SuSE

As a packager and distributor of Linux applications in Europe, SuSE provides 60 days of free support for customers installing its solutions. But when detailed customer records could not be retrieved to enable effective support, SuSE had to craft its own Linux-based solution using DB2 to speed the needed information to its support team.

To find out more on how SuSE used Linux and DB2 to help itself, read the story.
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