Computerworld - Sabre Holdings IT managers Craig Murphy and Scott Healy have this to say about the company's key technology choices:
- NonStop technology from Hewlett-Packard: "We picked it for its reliability and stability and because it has an open system interface. HP is committed to it. It will be the centerpiece [of ATSE] for the foreseeable future." -- Murphy
- Linux from Red Hat Inc.: "It is more reliable than Unix in relatively homogeneous environments. It's perfect for horizontal scale without a lot of complexity. We've come to believe that Linux is here to stay, and open-source is an important component in the commoditization of the computing stack." -- Murphy
- MySQL database from MySQL AB: "We evaluated several database managers, and MySQL was really the winner from a performance standpoint, and it was certainly the lowest cost." -- Healy
- 64-bit Opteron processors from Advanced Micro Devices: "Cheap, powerful and x86-compatible. AMD is very clever." -- Murphy
- Data Synchronization from GoldenGate Software in San Francisco: "They have expertise in NonStop and a willingness to work with us and innovate solutions." -- Healy
- The overall architecture: "The big innovation is in the horizontal scaling and data replication to the server farm, and in how we are able to match the environment to specific types of workload. It's cheap, and it's reliable." -- Healy
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