Austrian Manufacturer Demonstrates IT Simplicity with IBM i
December 3, 2013 Alex Woodie
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The Austrian eyewear company Silhouette International Schmied AG has made a name for itself by manufacturing eyeglasses with simple designs, advanced materials, and superior technology. That ethos extends to Silhouette’s IT environment, which runs on IBM Power Systems servers and requires a minimum of manual intervention. Arnold and Anneliese Schmied founded Silhouette in 1964 with the idea of making eyeglasses high-tech fashion accessories. The company is best known for elegantly simple and extremely thin eyeglasses that use super lightweight materials, such as titanium, which was instrumental in NASA selecting Silhouette sunglasses as standard gear for American astronauts. Today, Silhouette employs |
