Many businesses today have server farms running multiple versions of UNIX® on expensive proprietary hardware platforms in multiple locations. Supporting, upgrading, and maintaining multiple operating environments puts greater demands on IT (information technology) staff than ever before. On demand business establishments are searching for ways to reduce costs and gain efficiencies by rationalizing, simplifying and consolidating their operating environment.

Help reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by migrating UNIX applications and workloads to Linux® on IBM eServer™ xSeries®, IBM eServer™ zSeries® or OpenPower™.

A common operating environment helps reduce complexity and provide more time for your IT staff to work on mission-critical projects

Skill can be easier to update and keep current when you leverage Linux across as much of the enterprise as feasible and realistic

One solution is to consolidate multiple UNIX servers under one operating environment, thereby helping to decrease TCO and increasing application availability, while simplifying systems management tools and skill requirements.

To address client requirements for affordable, flexible, open-platform systems, IBM® Global Services offers a services solution for migrating and consolidating UNIX applications and databases to IBM xSeries, IBM zSeries and OpenPower servers running the Linux operating system. Starting with an analysis of which applications can be migrated, IBM can provide a complete suite of Migration Services including application porting, infrastructure conversion, production deployment, and operational support. Rationalize, simplify, and consolidate your Unix applications onto the optimal Linux platform and start reaping the benefits of widespread Linux deployment.