Category: Emerging and Leading Edge Technologies
Winner:Big Lots
Submitted by: Big Lots Application Architecture Team
Industry: Retail
Geography: Columbus, OH

Overview
Big Lots used the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform and JBoss Seam to develop and implement an interactive Inventory Management System usable across a variety of devices (Point-of-Sale, mobile handheld, and back-office server) in 705 retail stores across the US (rollout to its fleet of approximately 1,350 stores will complete in 2008). The Inventory Management System is part of a multi-year store technology refresh project. Thus far, the changes have resulted in increased productivity at the front end, improved customer experience, and improved ability to respond to future business initiatives.
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Category: New Generation Technology
Winner:Lexicon Genetics
Submitted by: Buckley Kohlhauff, Mark Ma, Jason Williams
Industry: Biotechnology
Geography: The Woodlands, Texas

Overview
Selected for their use of JBoss Seam to glue together Hibernate, JSF, EJB3, and JBoss jBPM to dramatically simplify their development process and create a robust platform that can deploy mission-critical applications for the Texas Institute of Genomic Medicine.
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Industry: Technology
Geography: Europe
Opportunity: ITo meet demanding new customer and integration partner requirements, Nuxeo decided to re-architect its flagship enterprise content management (ECM) solution. This involved migrating from the Python programming language to Java. Nuxeo needed to do this fast to minimize impact on its sales cycle, but more importantly, to be ready for a major forthcoming revision to Java: Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5.0 (Java EE 5).
Software: JBoss Application Server, JBoss Cache, JBoss jBPM, JBoss Rules, JBoss Seam
Services: JBoss Training, JBoss Certification
Benefits:

• Because JBoss played a leading role in the Java Community Process (JCP) responsible for the Java EE 5 overhaul, Nuxeo was ensured a partner that was always current with the latest Java EE 5 developments and specifications.
• By going with a Java leader and its J2EE 1.4 certified platform, Nuxeo did not need to worry about staying on top of Java developments. Instead, Nuxeo could focus fully on developing and differentiating its core business: enterprise content management.
• With JBoss expert training, combined with the simple set up for JBoss Enterprise Middleware, Nuxeo was able to quickly jump start the migration project, improving overall productivity.
• As an open source company, JBoss had an open and transparent development process that allowed Nuxeo to contribute to the evolution of JBoss Enterprise Middleware. Simply put, Nuxeo had a voice in adding new features and improvements.

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Industry: Technology
Geography: Ottawa, ON
Opportunity: A previously solely dedicated BEA WebLogic customer, Mxi Technologies Ltd. was interested in finding a partner that could provide a simpler and more cost effective relationship for bundling and embedding a J2EE 1.4 compliant container in their Maintenix™ product offering.
Migration Path: BEA WebLogic to JBoss Application Server
Software: JBoss Application Server, Oracle Database, and Internet Explorer for Middleware, Database, and Client application tiers respectively
Benefits: By migrating to JBoss Mxi now save $15,000 per customer installation and experience 30% better overall performance with JBoss.

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Industry: Finance
Geography: Lugano, Switzerland
Opportunity: Cornèr Bank needed a cost efficient and innovative solution to address the mobile needs of credit cards customers.
Software: JBoss Application Server, JMS

“The mobile services offered by Cornèr Bank are state-of-the-art. No other credit card institute in Switzerland can claim such advanced services for its cardholders. Thank to the JBoss AS application server, the SW development and integration of those new services has proven to be highly efficient.”
-Massimo Calanchini, Cornèr Banca SA, IT Project Manager
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Customer: U.S. Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC)
Industry: Government
Geography: North America
Opportunity: Red Hat and Unisys partnered to migrate U.S. Army mission-critical systems from a proprietary server platform to JBoss for better performance and lower costs. The migration increased reliability and efficiency with no disruption to ongoing operations.
Migration Path: Proprietary Software to JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Benefits: Seamless Performance Improvements, Secure Business Operation and Innovative Metrics.

Background
“As a systems integrator, Unisys must be confident that the open source tools we select deliver value that matches the quality of our services. In creating mission-critical open source solutions for the US Army and US Navy, as well as for other government and enterprise clients around the world, Unisys has found that value in the performance, flexibility and economy afforded by the JBoss suite.”- – Anthony Gold, vice president and general manager, Open Source Business, Unisys.

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Selected by the community as the 2006 JBoss Innovator of the Year
Category: Service Orientated Architecture
Winner:RLPTechnologies
Submitted by: RLPTechnologies Team (see below)
Industry: Bio Engineering
Geography: Farmington Hills, Michigan

Overview
Selected for their use of JBoss AS and Hibernate as the foundation for their SOA-based platform that has revolutionized how data is collected, enhanced and compiled to increase data-file processing performance by 70%, increase scalability by 400%, and enrich the timeliness, accuracy and quality of R.L. Polk’s data for the automotive industry.
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Category: Clustering
Winner: J. Craig Venter Institute
Submitted by: Pete Davies, Indresh Singh, Tom Dolafi, Chris Lemieux, Sean Murphy, Adam Resnick, Angelo Trivelli, Bryan Yu, and Saul Kravitz
Industry: Bio Engineering
Geography: Rockville, MD

Overview
Selected for use of JBoss messaging and clustering to provide the stability and scalability necessary to process in excess of 40 million traces in batch across a 2 node cluster that supports over 100 DNA sequencers (scaling to 8 nodes to process large collections of traces) while also saving the not-for-profit genomic research center over $500,000 per year in licensing and maintenance costs.
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Category: Persistence
Winner: ADP
Submitted by: Patrick Urban & Nicholas Whitehead
Industry: Financial Services
Geography: Roseland, New Jersey

Overview

Selected for building an AJAX Adaptor for Hibernate that supplies AJAX clients with a rich and high performance data access API and for their use of Hibernate and other JEMS products to improve uptime and reduce cost of their EasyPayNet 5 and TeleNet 1.X Web-based payroll systems.
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Category: Return on Investment (ROI)
Winner: Kroger
Submitted by: Kroger Team
Industry: Retail
Geography: Cincinnati, Ohio

Overview

Selected for building out a shared infrastructure (grid) system on JBoss AS that deploys the majority of their mission-critical applications, boosting overall capacity by 40% and saving Kroger over $100,000 in licensing costs and $400 per CPU in yearly maintenance costs.
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Start-up shortens time-to-market, gains industry recognition Industry: Sales 2.0

Geography: Pittsburgh, PA

Opportunity: Build a high-availability Saas solution that could support product evolution, a growing subscriber base, and integration with multiple technologies

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, JBoss Application Server, Hibernate, Oracle 10g RAC cluster solution

Applications: Landslide (a Sales Workstyle Management Solution)

Hardware: Dell, Cisco Gigabit switches, Cisco Gigabit firewalls

Benefits: Expedited time-to-market, optimized resources to improved product development, and delivered a highly secure, reliable solution that’s recognized by the industry » Read more

Industry: Government

Geography: Sweden

Opportunity: To replace costly proprietary software with reliable open source solutions to reduce acquisition and ongoing costs for the organization’s IT department.

Migration Path: Proprietary software and hardware, including Hewlett Packard PA-RISC chip-architecture, HP-UX Unix operating system, Oracle database and BEA WebLogic Server, to open source solutions, including JBoss Enterprise Application Platform

Solution:

Hardware: HP Blade System C-class servers with 300 AMD Opteron Dual Core CPUs

Operating System Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10

Application Server: JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 4.2

Database: MySQL Enterprise Server 5

Benefits: Experienced reduced TCO, increased reliability, enhanced performance, freedom from vendor lock-in, and expects estimated cost savings of approximately €20 million Euros over the next five years

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Industry: Transportation
Geography: Sweden
Opportunity: Build a new development platform to rapidly deliver integrated IT projects across the business
Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform (JBoss AS 4.2, ESB 4.2, JBoss Messaging 1.4), EnterpriseDB
Hardware: 2 IBM xSeries 346 servers
Benefits: Increased time-to-market of services for customers, increased ROI and interest in rail travel, eliminated licensing costs for the platform, integrated IT systems, and avoided vendor lock-in

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BACKGROUND
Swedish Railways (SJ AB), the national railway operator in Sweden, travels between 350 stations and carries 100,000 passengers per day. The company maintains approximately 3,500 employees and boasts a yearly revenue of 1.3 billion dollars.

OPPORTUNITY
In May 2006, SJ AB recognized the need to upgrade its internal software delivery system in order to provide a shared platform for all of its IT systems. The integration of the IT systems is essential for SJ AB as it uses a diverse range of applications relevant to human resources, sales, and other departments. Each applications needs to be accessed across a range of interfaces from PCs to PDAs. A new department called the Integration Competence Centre (ICC) was established within SJ AB with assistance from Redpill. The ICC is responsible of establishing the Integration platform and deliver service based integration solutions and new service according to SJ AB requirements.
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Industry: e-commerce

Geography: Seattle, Washington

Website:: www.go2marine.com

Opportunity: Determine a reliable, high-performing, and affordable platform on which to base its e-commerce website

Migration Path: Sun Solaris to Red Hat Linux 7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network
Hardware: Dell 1950 servers, Web/application servers quad core single CPU, Database servers dual core single CPU

Benefits: Realized reliability, high performance, cost savings, ease of installation and configuration, and enhanced security.
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Industry: IT Solutions Provider
Solution: Software:  Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMWare
Hardware: IBM Bladecenter HS20, HS40 and HP BL45p
Benefits:
Rapid scalability of on-demand systems
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Industry: Government

Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4, Red Hat Cluster Suite

Hardware: Two quad-core servers in clusters for production; one SAN; one ISA server; one mail server; one web server; one server backup (NAS); one backup tape drive

Benefits:
The Marsala Town Council saw significant cost reductions after migrating to Red Hat solutions. Its IT infrastructure experienced improved service performance levels too. Systems security and reliability have significantly increased with the adoption of Red Hat. » Read more

Industry: Research
Geography: Arkansas, Tennessee, New York
Opportunity: Replace outdated IT solutions with an affordable, reliable, and performance-boosting solution for mission-critical applications
Migration Path: HP 3000 series to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server on HP Xenon dual-processors
Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server
Hardware: HP Xenon 380 dual-processors
Benefits: Reduced IT costs by approximately one-third, experienced high performance, enjoyed ease of installation

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Category: Innovation in Government
Submitted by: Douglas Babb
Vertical: Government
Geography: Hill Air Force Base, UT
Website: http://www.hill.af.mil

Overview
Selected for use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 to greatly reduce or eliminate system crashes, simplify a complicated operating environment and have minimal user disruption.

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Category: Emerging and Leading Edge Technologies
Submitted by: John Brzozowski, Architect and Principle Engineer
Vertical: Broadband services
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Website: http://www.comcast.com

Overview

Selected for ther use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 virtualization capabilities to create a cost-effective, highly efficient testing and certification environment to support the corporate IPv6 initiative.
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Submitted by: Michael Simpson, CTO
Industry: Healthcare
Geography: Louisville, CO
Website: http://www.mckesson.com

Overview

Selected for being the first company to employ the Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform to integrate its varied healthcare software applications on one unified platform, saving approximately one million dollars in combined software and hardware costs and allowing the company to provide a more robust and enterprise-ready solution for patient care.
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Category: Increased Return on Investment
Submitted by: Andrea Zissler: Director, Information Technology
Industry: Education and Information Technology
Geography: Ann Arbor, MI
Website: http://www.proquest.com

Overview

An innovative approach to drive out cost and achieve measurable ROI as a result of implementing a Red Hat solution. Results could include financial return or percentage increase in productivity, yield, efficiency, quality, or uptime performance.
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Category: Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Submitted by: Sanjay Sen, Senior Director, Digital Properties; Aled Davies, Architect; Brian Compton, Architect
Industry: Entertainment
Geography: New York, NY
Website: http://www.wmg.com

Overview

Selected for implementing JEMS to create a customer asset management system with a Service-Oriented Architecture that enables efficient website data management and maximum scalability across WMG’s rapidly growing extended enterprise.
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Category: Joint Red Hat / JBoss Deployment

Winner: DST Health Solutions

Submitted by: Gary Krasovic

Industry: Health Information Systems

Geography: Birmingham, Alabama

Overview

Selected for their use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and JEMS to build a consumer-directed healthcare solution that was first-to-market, yielding immediate customer traction, increased market visibility, thus reflective of corporate leadership and success.
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FAST FACTS

Customer: Basel University

Industry: Education

Geography: Switzerland

Opportunity: Replace two obsolete OpenLDAP servers to guarantee a greater level of reliability

Migration Path: Fedora to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Directory Server

Hardware: Three servers with 3 GHz Intel Dual Core Xeon processors, each with 4 GB RAM and each with 2 x 76 GB SAS hard disk drives, distributed to two server rooms.

Benefits: Increased reliability, ensured stability at peak access times, enabled monitoring and failover functionality, enabled the modification of configuration during operation

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Industry: Data Center Services, Internet Operations

Geography: Austin, Texas

Opportunity: Implement a cost-effective and reliable standard Linux-based platform with the ability to support varied architectures

Migration Path: FreeBSD to Red Hat Linux to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Hardware: HP ProLiant DL 100, 300, 500 servers

Benefits: Experienced hardware flexibility, cost savings, reliable support, and extended lifecycle of software
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