Amdahl and Fujitsu Demonstrate Eight-Node Intel Pentium II Xeon Cluster Solution With Oracle8i Parallel Server.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1998--

Oracle OpenWorld to be the scene of the first integrated solution

of its kind, stemming from one company.

Amdahl(R) Corporation and Fujitsu(R) Limited today exhibited a technology demonstration of Oracle8i(TM) Parallel Server on an eight-node, Microsoft(R) Windows NT(TM) cluster, using the Fujitsu Synfinity(TM) interconnect. The exhibition features the collaborated efforts of Amdahl Corporation, Oracle, Fujitsu System Technologies and Fujitsu Limited to demonstrate the superior scalability of the Fujitsu teamserver(TM) L830i with the power of four Intel Pentium(R) II Xeon(TM) processors, Synfinity interconnect and the high performance of the LVS 4000(TM) Storage Systems.

Maintaining their tradition of providing customers with innovative, large-scale applications running on Windows NT, Fujitsu and Amdahl will be exhibiting this demonstration at Oracle OpenWorld Conference and Exhibition at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California on Tuesday, November 10, 1998.

"We are delighted to be exhibiting this integrated solution at Oracle OpenWorld," said Greg Grodhaus, senior vice president of marketing for Amdahl Corporation. "This seamless integration technology showcases our ability to integrate multiple, high-standard servers that can scale to meet the major IT challenges facing global businesses."

The Fujitsu teamserver systems running Oracle8i Parallel Server and Windows NT, use the Synfinity interconnect to support a Virtual Interface (VI) Architecture based network. The VI Architecture specification is an industry standard with the support of over 100 companies. The Synfinity interconnect network consists of high-speed PCI cards and six-port low latency switches capable of operating at speeds up to 1.6 Gigabytes bi-directional. A UNIX(R)-based version of Synfinity that will support the VI Architecture is also under development at Fujitsu.

"The impressive demonstration by Fujitsu and Amdahl highlights the growing industry support for the VI specification," said Dave Cowan, Vice President, Enterprise Server Group, Intel Corporation. "We are pleased to have a company like Fujitsu rapidly advancing the capabilities of high performance Intel(R) Architecture based server clusters."

The Oracle8i Parallel Server delivers high scalability and availability for OLTP and Internet applications, because it is the first application environment capable of supporting high-volume mission-critical Internet transactions. Other customer benefits include: Cache Fusion(TM) clustering technology, enabling unlimited scalability through dedicated high-speed interconnects, Fast-Start Architecture that improves recovery time by nearly 5000 percent, Online reorganization, allowing database maintenance to be done while users access data and a Single System View, simplifying cluster management by making an entire cluster of servers appear as one system to the administrator.

"The Oracle8i eight-node Windows NT cluster Fujitsu is showcasing at Oracle OpenWorld is a clear indication that Oracle and its partners continue to raise the scalability bar for databases running on Windows NT," said Michael Rocha, senior vice president of Oracle Platform Technologies. "Oracle8i Parallel Server combined with Fujitsu's teamserver systems can reduce our customers' total cost of ownership because it enables the consolidation of Windows NT departmental servers into a single and easier to manage system."

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu Limited is a leading provider of information technology products and solutions for the global marketplace. Founded in Japan in 1935 as a telephone equipment maker, the Fujitsu Group had consolidated revenues of $37.7 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998. With over 500 group companies, including Amdahl and ICL, Fujitsu is one of the world's largest suppliers of computers and information systems solutions, telecommunications and semiconductor products, software and services. The Fujitsu Group has over 180,000 employees worldwide and operations in more than 100 countries.

About Amdahl

Amdahl Corporation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, a leading provider of information technology products and solutions for the global marketplace with revenues of $37.7 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 1998. Amdahl provides integrated enterprise computing solutions designed to meet the needs of the leading, most compute-intensive environments around the world. Amdahl has over 27 years of experience with large-scale computing solutions and client/server technology. The company supports heterogeneous architectures found in mission-critical customer environments that blend MVS(R)(R), Windows NT, and UNIX operating systems. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Amdahl combines services methods and hardware and software products with world class offerings to create customized solutions that help clients gain a competitive advantage in their industries.

About Fujitsu System Technologies

Headquartered in Campbell, California, Fujitsu System Technologies, is an Independent Business Unit of HAL Computer Systems Inc., a Fujitsu Company. Fujitsu System Technologies is dedicated to the development of high-performance, highly available enterprise server technology and systems.

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