By David Allen
HIGHLIGHT
Microsoft is discontinuing support for Windows NT Server in December 2004, which will force over 2 million enterprise customers to migrate from Windows NT to a new server platform. Microsoft envisioned all these customers upgrading to Windows Server 2003, but in the first 2 months of 2004 over 50,000 customers have migrated away from Microsoft to IBM Servers running Linux. Tech research firm Gartner reports that in 2003 Linux represented the largest growth market in Server sales, and predicts the trend to continue away from Windows to Linux. Every day IT Managers and SysAdmins face the same basic problem: How do I deliver the most reliable, full-featured, secure, and user-friendly network services at the lowest cost? More and more often, the answer is Linux running open source software. Many users of Microsoft’s network services software are frustrated with costs, licensing restrictions, and security limitations. In addition, Windows NT Server users face a tough choice in December 2004: Migrate to a new platform, or be cut off from support and security updates. [Add additional info about market share of Linux / open source] Linux is the fastest-growing server OS platform, and is supported by Dell, IBM, HP, Sun, Oracle, Sendmail, PeopleSoft, and most other well-known software vendors (with the notable exception of Microsoft) Most of the e-mail and web servers that enable the Internet to function run on open source software and operating systems, including Linux. [sendmail/postfix/apache] |
Your Windows to Linux Extreme Makeover
Date: Oct 2004
Pages: 512 (est.)
User level: All
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DESCRIPTION
This book will provide the system administrator all the information, tools, and guidance, including valuable fully functioning scripts to migrate from Windows NT/2000 to any Linux variant. This book will allow a company to fully migrate away from Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange Server, and add anti-virus/anti-spam features for free. It provides migration process planning, automated migration scripts, anti-virus/anti-spam solutions, and specific migration and deployment details for all relevant technologies.
This book will teach people how to migrate systems from Windows to Linux. It provides migration process planning, automated migration scripts, anti-virus / anti-spam solutions, and specific migration and deployment details for all relevant technologies. IT professionals who wish to maximize the value of their Windows to Linux migration services will find this book valuable. The book will help them fine-tune their migration services to make them more efficient, thorough, feature-enhanced, and cost-effective by utilizing migration scripts and best practices gleaned from the author's many years of real-world migrations in large and small companies.
KEY
SELLING POINTS
- The book and fully functioning scripts on the CD-ROM work for migrations from Windows NT or Windows 2000 to any Linux distribution.
- David Allen has done over 25,000 user migrations from Windows to Linux.
- Microsoft will stop supporting Windows NT in December 2004 forcing over 2 million enterprise customers to migrate from Windows NT to a new sever operating system. Both IBM and Dell are offering enterprise servers running Linux which will allow customers to realize a 50% reduction in TCO. In 2003 Linux servers represented the largest growth segment in the Server market, and all the major research groups indicate this trend will continue through t least 2007.
MARKET
INFORMATION
There are more than 2 millions enterprise customers currently running Windows NT. All are potential customers for this book. This target audience includes a Linux/Windows mix of system administrators who have 6 - 48 months of sysadmin experience working in small- to medium-sized companies.
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
David Allen has been working in the computer field for over two decades. He has worked with international banks (Schwab, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan), technology companies, and government organizations. David is an expert in security, messaging, enterprise directories, and global-scale mission-critical systems architecture and deployment. David has been an Open Source advocate and speaker for several years. He has personally migrated over 25,000 users from Windows to Linux.
TECHNOLOGY
BACKGROUND
Microsoft has dominated the enterprise server market in recent years capturing 55% of the market in 2003. In that same year, however, the market share of Linux grew faster than any competing operating system and rose to 23% of the worldwide market. In addition to greatly reduced costs, most research groups credit Linux with being significantly more reliable and secure than offerings from Microsoft. With Microsoft discontinuing support for Windows NT at the end of 2004, system administrators must decide whether to incur the expense of upgrading to less reliable and less secure products from Microsoft, or to migrate to far less expensive Linux servers now being offered by hardware giants like IBM and Dell.
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