In Face of Linux, Unix Gets Creative    Friday, March 02 2007 @ 02:20 PM EST Contributed by: sde With the number of legacy Unix systems huge -- IDC pegged it at 3.5 million last year -- enterprise buyers should not expect their Unix vendors to forsake them anytime soon, analysts say. What they can expect, however, is an interesting year as the vendors figure out the best approach to shoring up their Unix businesses. A little less than a year ago, Internet Brands, which operates Web sites for big ticket purchases such as cars, homes and mortgages, was looking to rid itself of the big ticket hardware in its data center. The company had been running Solaris on expensive Sun boxes since it launched as CarsDirect in 1998. But early last year, as it revamped itself with a new name to reflect its expanded business focus, it also was looking to refresh its hardware, with the aim of cutting costs. Full article   [ Views: 1348 ]

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