All sectors of the oil and gas industry, from exploration and production, to refining and distribution, and transportation and storage, are turning to enterprise Linux systems, such as those provided by Red Hat, Novell and others and industry standard servers, as a way to deliver competitive advantage, increase performance, reduce infrastructure and administration costs. Many oil and gas firms are also replacing Unix/RISC systems with Linux based systems yielding impressive results. The adoption of supply management and monitoring systems in the water and power sectors dependent upon reliable Linux based systems also continues to grow.









