"The solution had to be robust and powerful enough to process, manage, organise and deliver time-critical data to lawyers in order to prise them away from their box files. Our clients had to be convinced and, at the same time, we wanted to be free to make unplanned decisions and innovate quickly – Ubuntu OpenStack was the obvious choice."
"The new solution is definitely saving us money. Licence costs aside, the fact that we have consolidated our server infrastructure makes a big difference. As well as reducing the number of servers we need to run our day-to-day operations from 11 to four, the new virtualization software means that we can add new services and applications at no additional cost. We also make much better use of hardware capacity by consolidating services in this way."
"At first, we just wanted to save money. But we never expected the free publicity that would result, nor did we expect to launch a profitable new business. For all our success so far, however, it still feels like we are at the beginning of our open source journey."
"His main area of concern is the cloud underlayer that can maximise the utilisation efficiency of the computer resources in the data centre, and the cloud networking which can federate various cloud services."
"His main area is developing container data centres with an outside-air cooling system. He is also trying to optimise power efficiency in cooperation with each computer resource and data center facility."
"Currently he is focused on developing turn-key solutions for hybrid clouds based on OpenStack. His main areas of expertise lie in OpenStack, embedded systems and designing ISP-grade networks."
“We realised that open source was the best option and went for Fedora. While the first three years were certainly a success, we wanted to introduce an operating system that was easier to use but still offered the look and feel of a powerful computing environment, without sacrificing the budget.”
"The user experience is vital and Ubuntu has helped to close the user-friendliness gap with proprietary software that our pilots often complained about. Ubuntu saved us from throwing in the Linux towel and using proprietary software instead. The superb hardware support and short boot time of Ubuntu finally led to the decision to stay with Linux."
"This new app store is much more than an easy way for Orange Pi owners to find and install great applications. The store offers Orange Pi developers a powerful set of tools to go much faster from development to production with CI integration, cross-platform building and beta distribution."
"The Ubuntu Desktop operating system is really easy to use and update. It’s very popular with our employees."
"Since we migrated to a standardised environment, we haven’t experienced a single hardware failure. And the new Ubuntu-based infrastructure, in conjunction with our in-house auto-configuration tool, makes server management much easier. We’ve probably reduced the amount of time it takes to provision and configure a server from a week to about 10 minutes."
"It’s very convenient to have a stable platform on which we can develop applications. Now we spend more time working on the fun problems. The things that we’re interested in. That’s why we all got into gaming in the first place."
"When we discovered that Canonical was offering a new, extended support package, we didn’t hesitate to sign up. ESM effectively rendered the security problem a non-issue."
"We use Ubuntu primarily because it is such a stable and reliable operating system. ESM builds on this foundation even further, and helps us deliver an even better service to our clients."
"Security is fantastic in Ubuntu Core - it’s a self contained system that houses all the libraries. The Ubuntu stack is read only, isolating it from interference from the outside, that’s really important for industrial environments, it prevents people from changing anything vital."