At Iomnis, we offer services to cover the entire range of business operations: design, installation, configuration, maintenance, and security. Linux solutions provided by Iomnis fill many roles such as databases and file servers. Our solutions integrate with existing infrastructure eliminating conflicts with existing systems. Linux can offer enticing advantages for small and medium business owners. Linux has never been susceptible to the virus outbreaks that plague other operating systems. From a security standpoint it would be very difficult for such events to occur in a Linux environment. Also, Linux, due to the nature of the GPL and other Open Source licenses, is cost free and doesn’t require client access licensing (CALs) of any kind. These cost benefits often influence business owners. The following chart outlines an example of a simple file/email server cost for a company with 50 users.
Part Costs | Costs For Microsoft Software |
Costs For Linux | Hardware | $2,500 |
$2,500 | Server Software | $2,800 (Windows server 2003 with 50 CALs)
$4,125 (Exchange 2003 with 50 CALs) |
$0 for Linux
$0 for email software
$0 for CALs | Setup Costs for Labor | $2,500 |
$2,500 | Estimated Maintenance per year | $5,000 |
$5,000 | Total | $14,425 |
$10,000 |
At Iomnis we understand that employee training and downtime are a major concern when implementing anything new into your IT infrastructure. Iomnis is dedicated to making the addition of a Linux server to your existing environment seamless and completely unnoticeable to your users. We believe that the money and time spent training your users is a very important asset that should be capitalized on. Iomnis can implement email, database, and file servers that will not change your users' experience with their desktop machines; you will simply save money on licensing costs.  We also find businesses considering the implementation of non-Microsoft solutions are sometimes concerned with the availability of long term support. Understand that we are dedicated to providing you support for your IT infrastructure over its entire lifetime. Support for Linux in a corporate environment is considered mainstream and has been widely accepted by many companies for their core server infrastructure. Expertise in Linux, while less advertised than Microsoft support, is easily found worldwide. Linux is here to stay. With over 60% of internet servers running Linux it is time you started leveraging this inexpensive, stable technology for your company. For more information regarding Linux on your network, please contact us today. |
