Linux Consulting

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Other links

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Build your own Linux Business Case

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The Value of Linux

The use of enterprise level open source solutions in the data center or on the desktop is a business case with long lasting benefits. Some components for quick win calculations are:

- the savings on proprietary software licenses, e.g. on: 

 - office applications
 - anti-virus
 - cluster software
 - virtualization
 - operating systems
 - groupware solutions

- the savings on hardware, e.g.: 

 - use of regular Intel or AMD instead of UNIX or Vista hardware

- the value of less incidents, because of: 

 - the stability
 - the increase of the security level
 - the decrease of vulnerabilities

Linux solutions offer enterprise level stability, security, manageability and support.

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Use of Consulting for fast Linux Enablement

The following case describes how to enable Customers and Business Partners in Building a Linux Deployment Infrastructure in a few days.

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Main Business Case Goal

Some benefits of the consulting offerings are:

  • The following consulting building blocks result in a custom Linux installation of servers or desktops in 10 minutes.
  • This Consulting offering will enable Linux personel in efficient knowledge transfer engagements and will save lots of learning time.
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Deployment Infrastructure Consultancy Building Blocks

Starting from one day per module. Some building blocks are:

  • Setup a central installation source (network repository)
  • Setup an unattended answer file for automated Linux installation (autoyast/kickstart)
  • Setup automated patch management (zlm)
  • Setup automated and granular controlled patch management (zlm)
  • Design a Development, Test, Acceptance and Production Environment (zlm)
  • Setup a Virtual Machine environment (xen)
  • Document the solution (knowledge transfer, one day per module)
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Custom Consultancy Engagements

Some business case examples are:

  • One consultancy day per module
  • Consultancy tracks of 20 Days per module (see links (to be added))
  • Setup High Availability and Fault Tolerance
  • Setup a centrally managed authentication directory
  • Setup synchronizing identities to and from an identity vault (SIM)
  • Setup monitoring and auditing
  • Manage a Linux department
  • Design and setup SOx compliancy
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Duration

The duration, use of man days, of a consultancy engagement could be one day per module and any longer, depending on:

  • the skill level of the customers Linux team
  • the availability of Linux employees at the customer site
  • the project goals
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How to contact your local Novell Consulting representative

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Example contact in the Netherlands


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User Comments

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