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5 Reasons to Deploy Your Enterprise Applications on Oracle Linux
Linux is now a foundational operating system for many enterprise IT organizations, as 78% find Linux to be more secure than other operating systems. While Linux is increasingly embraced as the enterprise deployment standard, Oracle Linux has a number of unique capabilities that make the platform more suitable for enterprisegrade deployments than other commercial Linux distributions. So why should you deploy your enterprise applications on Oracle Linux?
1. REDUCE BUSINESS RISK BY DEPLOYING YOUR CLOUD ON AN OPEN INFRASTRUCTURE. For the modern enterprise to keep costs down and provision applications quickly, deployment agility is vital. Recognizing the need for deployment choice, Oracle Linux comes with the widest choice of deployment options and is available on all major public clouds including Amazon Web Services (AWS). Oracle Linux, engineered for open cloud, enables organizations to maximize portability and flexibility by deploying their cloud on an open infrastructure.
2. ACCELERATE NEW SERVICE DELIVERY. Oracle Linux includes Oracle OpenStack and Docker pre-integrated, reducing cloud deployment complexity and simplifying upgrades. With comprehensive virtualization, Linux Containers, and OpenStack for next-generation cloud, Oracle Linux enables companies to increase business return with multiple rapid paths to the cloud.
Why choose Oracle Linux on AWS? • Benefit from the best-in-class reliability, data integrity, and scalability of Oracle Linux • Run fully-supported Oracle application stacks on AWS • Take advantage of both hourly and annual pricing models • Simplify IT operations while lowering administrative and operational expenses • Receive 24x7 premium support
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3. RUN COMPLIANT AND SECURE INFRASTRUCTURE WITH INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES. With Oracle Linux, an organization can deploy and run a secure, low-risk foundation for its infrastructure. Oracle Linux benefits from 128,000 hours of rigorous testing per day by Oracle engineers with real-world workloads. It is also tested, trusted and certified by major server vendors. Additionally, Oracle Linux’s Ksplice technology updates the Linux operating system (OS) kernel while it is running, without a reboot or any interruption—a capability only Oracle Linux offers. Ksplice makes it easy for enterprises to keep their systems up to date and secure, dramatically increasing compliance with OS updates.
4. DEPLOY FULLY-SUPPORTED ORACLE APPLICATION STACKS ON AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS). Oracle Linux can now be easily provisioned from Amazon Web Services (AWS), offering enterprises a host of additional benefits when it comes to deploying applications in the cloud. Aside from running fully-supported Oracle application stacks on AWS, deploying Oracle Linux on AWS enables companies to take advantage of both hourly and annual pricing. Organizations can have the strength, security and reliability of Oracle Linux, combined with the cost-effective, “pay-as-you-go” features of AWS. This AWS offering is also a fully supported way to run Oracle Linux, with patches and updates available from Oracle and 24x7 premium support.
5. MIGRATE MISSION-CRITICAL APPLICATIONS TO THE CLOUD WITH EASE. To support emerging cloud-based applications and mission-critical workloads, IT architects are increasingly turning to Oracle Linux and AWS. Oracle Linux delivers advanced scalability and reliability for enterprise applications and systems, with thousands of the world’s largest enterprises trusting Oracle Linux for their mission critical workloads. Oracle Linux is also the only Linux OS with zero downtime patching for continuous security—a must when it comes to mission-critical systems. Oracle Linux has long been the standard for on-premises solutions, and as it’s now available on AWS, enterprises can use it to deploy their mission-critical applications to the cloud.
Oracle Linux offers a Linux environment with greater reliability, data integrity, scalability and performance—both on physical servers and in cloud environments. It’s been battle tested and has come out the proven enterprise Linux choice. With Oracle Linux, organizations can simplify IT operations and lower administrative and operational expenses.
To learn more and get started with Oracle Linux, check out Oracle Linux on the AWS Marketplace today!
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