Dell targets Sun customers for re-education

With Sun setting itself up for sale, a number of companies have started gazing towards its direction. While some of them are fixing their sights on the company itself as a whole, others are locking in on smaller, tastier prey - Sun's customers. Dell is one such predator.

The Dell ProConsult Infrastructure Consulting service is now offering a seamless Unix to Linux migration for Sun's customers. The service is open to any company that's currently using a Unix-based system but since Sun's uncertain future is providing the environment for its customers to look for alternative server solutions, Dell is squarely focusing on them now.

Dell claims that its opens-source, flexible, and standards based PowerEdge Linux servers are much better than those powered by proprietary platforms. With cash-strapped customers looking for ways to cut down on costs, plus assure long term support with the spectre of Sun's possible exit from the market (remember that talks with IBM have broken down), it might be easy to decide on making that migration.

Customers who decide to switch can upgrade to PowerEdge servers that run on the Intel Xeon 5500 Series Processors. These are the latest processors from Intel that boast of higher energy efficiency, best-in-class virtualization performance, superior scalability, and a much simplified server management. If you're interested in taking a look at some highlights of record breaking results of these processors, just click on that link.

To help customers evaluate whether it would be best to shift or not, Dell will provide access to a set of services, tools, and guidelines that include a Server Power and Space Savings Calculator, a Unix to Linux Migration ROI calculator, step-by-step migration guides, and others. Once the transition to Linux is implemented, the customers are assured that they won't be left in the dark as Dell is committed to using only open source drivers for all PowerEdge servers.