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Leading Australian Utility Provider Saves Time and Money by Replacing HP Tru64 Infrastructure With Sun Microsystems Platform.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 20-JUN-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
ActewAGL Powers Datacenter With Sun Fire v440 Servers and Solaris OS; Achieves Performance Gains of Up to 70 Percent

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. , today announced that Canberra, Australia-based utility provider ActewAGL has selected it as its IT infrastructure platform of choice for its core applications. The deal is another significant win for Sun's HP-Away Migration Program, launched in 2003 and designed to help companies port their applications from HP's AlphaServer/Tru64 platform to Sun's Solaris(TM) platform, running on UltraSPARC-based Sun Fire servers.

The migration to Sun has resulted in significant benefits for ActewAGL, including an average 50 percent improvement in performance, lower maintenance costs and ease of infrastructure management. The company also estimates it will save an additional $20,000...

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