Stacy Simpson
Media Relations
IBM Corporation
Route 100, Somers, NY 10589
Ph: 914-766-4123 (t/l: 826-4123)
E: stacysim _at_ us.ibm.com
FINAL PRESS RELEASE
OMV with Linux on a Success Course
Vienna, September 4th, 2002, OMV, number one on the domestic Austrian
mineral oil market, is consolidating 27 SAP R/3 systems implemented
on various platforms to a single SAP landscape, utilizing mySAP on
Linux IBM eServer zSeries. First results from the new IBM solution
reveal significant performance enhancements for SAP applications, as
well as, high availability and stability of all systems.
"We're absolutely convinced of the quality, availability and
scalability of mySAP together with Linux on eServer zSeries. By
contrast with other platforms, this solution offers us an opportunity
to effectively manage our extensive and heterogeneous IT landscape",
says Walter Rotter, IT Manager at OMV.
Advantages throughout
As an internationally active oil and natural gas corporation with a
workforce of around 5,700 persons, OMV has to rely on a secure and
reliable SAP platform to be able to exploit its vast amounts of SAP
data. A stable, single central SAP instance, with unprecendented
capabilities to manage large volumes of data at highest availability
levels, are the advantages IBM is able to offer its customers with
this solution. At the moment, OMV filling stations are to be found in
eleven central and eastern European countries. On the worldwide
scale, OMV is also active in a number of countries such as Australia,
Great Britain, Ireland, Yemen and Pakistan.
Implementation in Record Time
IBM and OMV launched the implementation of SAP R/3 and Linux zSeries
on 13 October, 2001. Installation and a first test run were started
within five days. "The IBM zSeries solution is professional,
efficient and a cost effective architecture that enables us to expand
the system with ease any time we want. For example, when projects
come up at short notice, or start off slowly, or exist only
temporarily, the workload can be accomodated without the necessity of
adding new hardware or buying more servers, which was the case in the
past with SAP upgrades. Instead, with zSeries' unique resource
sharing, we eliminated the need for the costly hardware we kept in
reserve for peek demand", says Walter Rotter.
IBM eServer zSeries, the Fastest-Growing Platform
IBM eServer zSeries with Linux is IBM's newest offering to
consolidate workloads - from twenty to up to several hundred Unix or
Intel-based servers, with unmatched scalable performance and highest
reliability. Last year, the zSeries became the fastest-growing server
platform in the industry and it is the only one that witnessed growth
for five quarters in succession.(strikethrough:
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About IBM
IBM is the world's leading server company and information technology
provider, with 80 years of leadership in helping
businesses innovate. IBM helps customers, Business Partners and
developers in a wide range of industries that leverage the power of
the Internet for e-business.
Information on IBM eServer is available at http://www.ibm.com/eserver
. IBM news releases and fact sheets are available at
http://www.ibm.com. The IBM eServer brand consists of the established
IBM e-business logo with the following descriptive term "server"
following it. The following are either trademarks or registered of
International Business Machines Corporation in the United States or
other countries or both: IBM, the IBM e-business logo and zSeries.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All others are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
IBM OMV
Aktiengesellschaft
Georg Haberl Bernhard
Hudik
Media Relations, IBM Austria Director
Corporate Communications
Tel.: +43 1 211 45 2265 Tel.: +43
1 40440 21660
Fax: +43 1 211 45 3500 Fax: +43
1 40440 20999
e-mail: Georg_Haberl _at_ at.ibm.com e-mail:
bernhard.hudik _at_ omv.com
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