Allianz will save more than $500,000 in middleware licensing costs as it moves from WebSphere to JBoss.

This week’s great announcement revolves around Allianz’s $1M saving going Open-Source. The theaustralian.com.au article not only mention huge cost reductions by moving to Linux, but Alllianz’s substential savings are also coming from their move from IBM’s Websphere Application Server to JBoss Enterprise Application Platform.

Encouraged by the economic conditions and the growing mindshare around middleware Opensource, we see this trend accelerating accross the world and especially in Asia/Pacific, Japan.

There is 2 ways to start a migration to JBoss middleware.

1. Outsource – Contact our experts and services team, they offer migration assessment and pilot services
2. DIY – JBoss is contributing back the tools and methodology to assist you when migrating.

Resources: Migration Guide(PDF), JBoss Migration assistance project

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