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Casas: Company
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Casas Bahia runs SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on two IBM* 2084 zSeries* mainframes with a 60-terabyte storage solution on an IBM 8300. The company has avoided a significant investment in new hardware with the ability to run Linux on its existing Intel-based machines.
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All Klein's efforts could not... keep Casas Bahia's sales from sinking during the economic crisis of the early 1990s. Sales dropped to $618 million in 1991 and nosedived to $353 million in 199 2, almost, but not quite, putting the company in the red. Klein close d 15 stores, citing high rents, and slashed employment from 9,500 to 6,000. However, the units closed were in places where Casas Bahia alr eady had a presence, and he opened in five more cities in the interio r of the state of Sao Paulo while contemplating entering the neighbor ing state of Minais Gerais.
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Moving to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server gives Casas Bahia the kind of reliability and flexibility required by a retail giant. An open platform helped the company avoid the $8 million cost of a proprietary solution, as well as any increased hardware, software and training costs which would be significant for a company of its size.
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