BroadVision Announces Plans to Offer Full Suite of Enterprise Self-Service Applications on New IBM eServer.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2001 BroadVision and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) To Offer Superior Levels of Scalability and Performance for Customers' Mission-Critical Self-Service Applications BroadVision, Inc. (Nasdaq:BVSN BVSN Broadvision, Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), the leading provider of enterprise self-service applications, today announced its planned support for the IBM eServer This article is about the IBM family of computer servers. For the open access electronic text archive, see EServer.org. IBM eServer was a family of computer servers from IBM Corporation. pSeries 690, which was introduced today. Fueled by IBM's POWER4 microprocessor, the new IBM eServer will complement BroadVision's suite of enterprise self-service software applications, to provide a high-performance platform on which to run BroadVision(R) applications. The IBM eServer p690 server increases the range of manageable and scalable IBM platforms for BroadVision's leading enterprise self-service solutions. The combination of BroadVision applications with the new IBM eServer system gives customers a highly reliable and scalable e-business infrastructure. "IBM's new p690 will offer BroadVision customers new levels of scalability and performance for their mission-critical enterprise self-service applications," said Chris M. Grejtak, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for BroadVision. "AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. provides a key operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. for our customers. We continue to work closely with IBM to enable customers to implement highly scalable, secure, and open self-service solutions based on BroadVision, AIX, DB2 Universal Database, and WebSphere Application Server." "Working in partnership with leading independent software vendors (ISVs), IBM offers a comprehensive portfolio of software and hardware solutions to effectively manage a company's e-business infrastructure," said Val Rahmani, vice president marketing operations, IBM Web Servers unit. "As an industry-leading platform for BroadVision's enterprise self-service applications, the new IBM eServer p690 meets the business-critical needs of our customers' most demanding computing environments." The IBM eServer pSeries 690 is a datacenter-class UNIX server A medium to large-scale computer system in a network that runs under Unix. Unix servers are widely used as application servers and database servers and are available from a variety of vendors, including Sun, IBM, HP and others. , containing up to thirty-two POWER4 microprocessors. POWER4 -- the world's first dual-processor computer chip -- incorporates IBM's innovative copper and silicon-on-insulator technology, providing the p690 with superior performance. The IBM eServer p690 also provides mainframe-inspired logical partitioning support to consolidate workloads and improve total cost of ownership. The p690 has an extensive range of flexible configuration options -- including support for Linux within a partition -- for unmatched compatibility and interoperability. The IBM eServer pSeries 690 runs IBM's AIX 5L operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , providing increased levels of integration, flexibility and reliability essential for meeting the high demands of today's e-business applications. About BroadVision BroadVision's (Nasdaq:BVSN)(Neuer Markt:BDN BDN Borland Developer Network BDN Bangor Daily News (Maine, USA) BDN Business Development Network BDN Bell Data Network BDN Bulk Data Network BDN Busy Doing Nothing (band) BDN Buffered Delta Network ) enterprise self-service applications create immediate business value by transforming the way organizations do business -- moving relationships to a personalized, self-service model that enhances growth, reduces costs and improves productivity. Leading global companies use BroadVision to power their enterprise self-service initiatives -- using the web and wireless devices to unify and extend an enterprise's applications, information and business processes to serve its employees, partners and customers in a personalized and collaborative way. For more information about BroadVision, Inc., call 650/261-5100, email info@broadvision.com or visit www.broadvision.com. Note to Editors: BroadVision is a registered trademark or trademarks of BroadVision, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. IBM, AIX, DB2,WebSphere, WebSphere MQ and e-business are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. |
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