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The Swedish Armed Forces has made the decision to migrate its core IT infrastructure servers from Windows NT to Red Hat Enterprise Linux, primarily for security reasons.
The agreement sees FMLOG Servicedesk, the IT
department of the Swedish Armed Forces, now able to offer Red Hat
Enterprise Linux solutions to any division or branch of the military.
At present, Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the operating system platform
on nearly 200 servers running in-house developed software within the
core IT infrastructure of the Swedish Armed Forces.
According to a statement from Red Hat and the Swedish Armed Forces, the
decision to migrate to Red Hat was primarily based on its advanced
security features, but additionally the strong support, ease of
migration and compatibility with existing in-house software were
important factors. FMLOG Servicedesk plans to extend its internal usage
of Linux in the future.
”There has been a demand for Linux within the Swedish Armed Forces for
quite some time, which is why we’ve now decided to enter this deal. The
primary reasons for us choosing Red Hat Enterprise Linux were the
product lifecycle as well as Red Hat’s position as the leading open
source provider. What also affected the decision was the fact that Red
Hat Enterprise Linux was fairly easy to migrate and is compatible with
our in-house-developed programs,” said Jonna Lidman of the Swedish
Armed Forces’ headquarters.
“At a time when there is a lot of hype around new proprietary operating
system launches, the decision of the Swedish Army to migrate from
Microsoft to open source is a major testament to the flexibility,
control and security of open source software,” commented Werner
Knoblich, VP, EMEA at Red Hat.
“We are very happy to see that yet another company within the public
sector has chosen Red Hat. The fact that the Swedish Armed Forces
commit to Red Hat Enterprise Linux shows once again that it is a secure
platform with high demands on availability and flexibility. The
selection of Red Hat by the Swedish Armed Forces follows a number of
public sector Linux projects in Sweden, paving the way for wider
adoption within the Swedish government.”
David Bass
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