This customer spotlight features a large enterprise construction and engineering company that adopted SUSE Liberty Linux as a stable and reliable alternative to Red Hat.
At-a-Glance
This customer spotlight features a large enterprise construction and engineering company that adopted SUSE Liberty Linux as a stable and reliable alternative to Red Hat, aiming to simplify their Linux operations and keep their infrastructure secure. They implemented a multi-Linux distribution strategy, using SUSE Liberty Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Debian. The feedback shared in this spotlight was collected and verified through a customer survey conducted by UserEvidence, an independent research firm, on SUSE's customers.
Scenario
A Large Enterprise Construction & Engineering company faced challenges in finding a stable, reliable alternative to Red Hat for their Linux environment. They needed to simplify their Linux operations while ensuring infrastructure security and implementing a multi-Linux distribution strategy. Additionally, they sought a single point of support for their heterogeneous Linux environment without migrating off of CentOS/RHEL 7. The company chose SUSE Liberty Linux to overcome these challenges and experienced significant benefits. The decision to adopt SUSE Liberty Linux provided them with a stable and reliable alternative to Red Hat, while also simplifying their Linux operations. With SUSE, they successfully implemented a multi-Linux distribution strategy, including SUSE Liberty Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Debian, all within their on-premises Dell-provided hardware infrastructure. Furthermore, SUSE offered the single point of support they required for their heterogenous Linux environment, ensuring optimal security and performance.
8/10 Recommends SUSE Liberty Linux
10/10 SUSE Support resolved technical issues or knowledge gaps
Survey snapshot
What were the main reasons that you adopted SUSE Liberty Linux?
- I needed an alternative to Red Hat
- I needed stable, reliable support and updates for my Linux environment
- I wanted to simplify my Linux operations
What were some of the driving factors that led you to choose SUSE Liberty Linux?
- Keeping my infrastructure secure
- Wanted to implement a multi-Linux distribution strategy
- Wanted single point of support for heterogenous Linux environment
- Didn’t want to migrate off of CentOS/RHEL 7
Which Linux distributions are you currently using?
- SUSE Liberty Linux
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- Debian