Retailer Moves from Linux/IBM to Microsoft Web and Data Solutions to Ease Management
In 2007, grocery retailer Bashas' brought its Web sites in-house when its Web hosting company discontinued its service. Bashas' wanted more insight and control of its systems, and decided to standardize on a Microsoft®-based infrastructure. It migrated the Web sites from the Linux operating system to the Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition operating system and deployed Internet Information Services 6.0. It also migrated its pricing application from an IBM DB2 database to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 data management software, which it deployed on a three-node cluster running Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition. The migrations went smoothly, and Bashas' achieved simplified management, high availability, and reliability. It increased the performance of some tasks by 400 percent. With its new, scalable, and highly secure infrastructure, Bashas' also cut its total cost of ownership.
Bashas', a grocery retailer based in Chandler, Arizona, has approximately 13,000 employees and owns more than 160 stores.
Business Situation
When its Web hosting company closed, Bashas' wanted to manage its Web sites in-house for more efficiency. And, with an upgrade pending on its IBM DB2 database, it decided to standardize on one software vendor.
Solution
Bashas' migrated its Web sites from Linux and Apache Web server software to Windows Server 2003 and Internet Information Services 6.0, and it moved from the DB2 database to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 data management software in a 64-bit Windows Server environment.
Benefit
Simplifies management
Achieves high availability and reliability
Improves performance by 400 percent
Delivers high scalability
Enhances security
Lowers total cost of ownership
Software
Internet Information Services
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition
Quote
"The cost savings—and all the other exceptional features—make standardizing on a Microsoft[based] infrastructure a solid business decision." Chase Cabanillas, Director of Infrastructure - Bashas'
