The Indian Express Group, one of subcontinent’s better known media firms, says it’s migrated from Novell Netware 3.12 operating system to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 to scale while keeping costs in line.

With Netware, the company reportedly faced obstacles, including the limitations of client licenses. It was also challenged by complex and expensive maintenance that limited its agility.

It’s using SAP on Red Hat using Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) 10g as its database.

The company’s CIO said, “In addition to high availability and reliability, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gives us access to features such as clustering and integrated virtualization that would otherwise have only been possible through the purchase of additional third-party solutions.”