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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JULY 7, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 27
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Breaking News -
Platforms:
Unisys Introduces ES7000/400
Series
Unisys Corporation unveiled the Itanium 2-based ES7000/400 series. An
expansion to its enterprise server line, the new series starts with a four-
processor server based on the newest Itanium 2 processors and can be expanded
to a powerful 32-processor model targeted for high-end computing. This enables
organizations to acquire and grow performance as their business needs
grow.
Organizations can add processors to an ES7000/400 as needed, to adjust to
the
changing demands of the business. The ES7000/400 series also doubles the
amount of memory available. Clients can add memory to the systems as
required.
"With the new ES7000/400 server line, customers are able to start small and
grow large - with the option to add performance and power to their enterprises
as business needs grow," said Kevin McHugh, vice president of Unisys Platform
Marketing. "Businesses are looking for an affordable, manageable and scalable
point of entry to run their mission-critical 64-bit databases and
applications. The ES7000/400 servers provide just that - a flexible and
expandable starting point - delivering very high return on investment."
Sage Telecom, a fast-growing competitive local exchange carrier in the
U.S.,
is the first customer to take delivery of a Unisys ES7000/410 Itanium 2
server. Sage will use the ES7000 server to run its mission-critical customer
applications.
"Our 64-bit ES7000/410 server will transform our enterprise by giving us
the
power to handle the most intensive database and application workloads," said
Russell Clarkson, Vice President of Information Systems, Sage Telecom.
"Enterprises can benefit from the added scalability, speed and memory that
Itanium 2 technology offers, to not only take on their current day-to-day
computing challenges, but to rise up and drive their long-range IT
objectives."
"The ES7000/430 gives us the scalability, power and memory to anchor our
most
critical database and application workloads around a cost-effective and highly
adaptive solution," said Russell Clarkson, vice president of Information
Systems, Sage Telecom. "As a rapidly growing business we are depending on the
headroom and availability of the ES7000/430 server, to not only take on our
current day-to-day computing challenges, but to rise up and drive our long-
range IT objectives."
Taking advantage of the increased memory addressability of Itanium 2, the
ES7000/400 servers are built for memory-intensive applications such as online
analytical processing (OLAP) for decision support and the consolidation of
multiple file-and-print servers. In addition, customers have the option of
doubling the amount of memory available when they need it, by adding 2-GB dual
in-line memory modules (DIMM).
"Unisys can bring strong performance and investment protection to customers
with its new Itanium 2-based ES7000/400 family," said Richard Dracott,
marketing director, Intel Enterprise Platforms Group. "Unisys systems will be
very competitive in the mid-tier and high end of the marketplace."
ES7000/400 Server Pricing and Availability
Unisys ES7000/400 servers are available immediately. Pricing in the U.S. is
as follows:
ES7000 410 - four to eight processors with up to 64 GB of memory, starting
at
$55,000 ES7000 420 - eight to 16 processors with up to 128 GB of memory,
starting at $115,000 ES7000 430 - Up to 32 processors in two 16-processor
domains with up to 256 GB of memory, starting at $220,000.
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