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Sun Virtualization Solutions Saves Travel Operator Over $10K Yearly VirtualBox and Sun Ray Technologies Solve IT Challenges
Sun's VirtualBox and Sun Ray thin clients helped solve Germany travel operator Gebeco's IT environment challenge of maintaining its own OS/2-based reservation software while introducing new software simultaneously, and at a cost savings of nearly US$11,000 per year in electricity. "(VirtualBox) was simply the best emulator when it came to OS/2 integration," says Thomas Schonemann, IT manager at Gebeco, who also decided migrating from PCs to thin clients would be a worthy business decision. The tour operator calculated the costs of this alternative, as well as the option of continuing to operate the PCs as X-terminals."Our estimate showed that both lower power consumption and maintenance costs made thin clients a viable option, and we decided to migrate to Sun Ray technology." The new infrastructure has reduced electricity consumption significantly and is saving the business €7,000 a year. In addition, if the horizontally scaled computer farm becomes too small, it can be expanded with another machine without any difficulty. "In that situation, we simply have to clone the server. It only takes two hours," explains Schonemann. And the failover concept is simple. Should a server ever fail, the remaining machines assume the burden. "We use computers running the Solaris Operating System almost exclusively in the server room and are very satisfied with their failure safety. The business systems they support are completely stable. And we don’t want to use any other operating system." The use of Sun Ray 2 Virtual Display Clients has saved boot up time for Gebeco's employees since they simply insert their ID cards into the thin clients and they are up and running. Employees also are able to use their ID card to switch easily between computers and take all of their data with them. "Call center staff also take their IP telephones with them when they switch workstations," Schonemann adds. When the existing telephone system is replaced, all the other employees will benefit from this feature as well. With the new Sun technologies in place, the amount of maintenance required also has been reduced. It now takes minutes to do what use to take hours. New software has to be installed only once on the server and everyone can use it immediately. And if a user has any difficulties, the IT specialists simply connect to the system via the user help desk and solve the problem. Another benefit to the new solution is noise reduction. Schonemann noted, "It is much quieter, and now, in summer, we’ve noticed that the buildup of heat is much lower." More Information
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We save €7,000 a year purely on the basis that Sun Ray 2 Virtual Display Clients use less electricity. 
Sun Virtualization Solutions Saves Travel Operator Over $10K Yearly
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