This was presented by me at 9th Edition Open Source India, Bengaluru on 13th Oct, 2012

1. Deploying Linux in Enterprise
Joel Divekar
GM – Information Systems,
People Interactive (I) Pvt. Ltd.
9th Edition Open Source India,
NIMHANS Convention Centre, Bengaluru, 13th Oct, 2012

2. State of Infrastructure
Around 50+ offices / Centers pan India
Sysadmin team size 15 nos
Dependency on external vendors (limited control)
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Hardware / Software issues
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Software installation & configuration
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Ensuring licenses management
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Software version control / patch management
Virus issues
Frequent downtimes

3. Open Source … Why ?
Better system reliability / uptime
User level security
System Management
Reduce TCO
Improvise ROI

4. Opportunity
To setup a new 75 seater backoffice !!!

5. Initial Planning
Understanding functional & operational requirements
Mapping software / tools requirement with alternative
open source applications
Evaluation of Linux distribution for
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Stability
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Ease of use
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Business continuity
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Exhaustive documentation
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Community support

6. Challenges
Offices / centers spread across India
Consistency across all locations
Sysadmins with limited Linux knowledge
User acceptance

7. Strengths
Dedicated Team

8. JUST DO IT.
Prepared customised installation guide
For testing, migrated small user team & monitored them
Documented operational issues & solutions
Initiated deployment activity at new office

9. Going Ahead
Since then all new systems deployed on Ubuntu
Also initiated migration of existing systems
More than 750+ systems running on Ubuntu and more to
be migrated soon
Better software licenses management

10. What's Next !!!
Track developments related to Ubuntu
Timely reviews of other distributions & Solutions

11. Thanks a lot for your time …
Joel Divekar
Blog: http://joeldivekar.blogspot.com/
Linkedin : http://www.linkedin.com/in/joeldivekar