COMPANIES TEAM FOR ENTERPRISE DATABASE PROJECTHewlett-Packard Company is working with Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, and EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. to make large-scale Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. 7.0 databases accessible to enterprise customers. The companies have worked successfully to create and optimize large-scale databases fordecision-support solutions. Targeted at enterprise customers, the optimized solutions will offer lower costs and smarter integration of advanced technologies, and will make it easy for enterprise customers to implement their own data-warehouse solutions. "We are very pleased by the results of this cooperative effort with HP and EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. ," said Douglas Leland, lead product manager for SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. at Microsoft. "It has provided in-depth experience and technical information critical for the successful implementation of large databases. With access to this information, customers will be able to deploy SQL Server 7.0-based data-warehousing solutions with greater confidence." PROVEN TO WORK "HP has demonstrated tremendous success in delivering database-management solutions to enterprise customers," said Cathy FitzGerald, worldwide marketing manager of HP's Enterprise Network Server Division. "In the course of our optimization process with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0, we have accomplished a tenfold increase in the size of our databases without added expense or development time. We are committed to continuing our joint efforts and passing our expertise along to our enterprise customers." After extensive testing and working closely with Microsoft and EMC, HP devised solutions that optimize reliability and performance for decision-support workloads. The solutions consist of an HP NetServer LX Pro system running Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R) Server 4.0, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 beta 3 software (released today) and EMC's Symmetrix Enterprise Storage systems. Test results prove that large-scale (500GB or more) databases now can be created, loaded, indexed and deployed in a few days, with industry-standard technology, at a low cost. The solution from HP is the first to prove that the symmetric multiprocessing See SMP. (parallel) symmetric multiprocessing - (SMP) Two or more similar processors connected via a high-bandwidth link and managed by one operating system, where each processor has equal access to I/O devices. capabilities of four-way processing can optimize database queries effectively. MEETING BUSINESS NEEDS The decision-support solution is being designed to meet the following customer needs as follows: - easy implementation; - low operational requirements (programming) operational requirements - Qualitative and quantitative parameters that specify the desired capabilities of a system and serve as a basis for determining the operational effectiveness and suitability of a system prior to deployment. (high-cost systems personnel not required); and - faster deployment (implementation in days, not weeks or months). The solution -- ideal for decision support that involves very large volumes of data -- will answer ad hoc queries efficiently and enable the creation, loading, indexing, querying and backup/restore of large-scale databases. More information about the companies' continued efforts for large-scale SQL Server 7.0 database optimization for decision-support solutions, including results and recommendations, will be made available later this summer in white papers at http://www.hp.com/netserver/techlib and http://www.microsoft.com/SQL. ABOUT MICROSOFT AND SQLSERVER Microsoft SQL Server is a scalable, high-performance relational-database management system, unmatched in its ease of use and integration with Windows NT Server and Microsoft's BackOffice family of software. Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ") is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers. The company offers a wide range of products and services for business and personal use, each designed with the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of the full power of personal computing Refers to users working on their own computers rather than a terminal to a mainframe. Sometimes, the term refers to using computers at home for work and/or entertainment in contrast to business use only. See personal computer. every day. ABOUT EMC EMC Corporation, a Fortune 500 company based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts Hopkinton is a town located in southwestern Middlesex County, Massachusetts, about 40 km (26.4 mi) from Boston. It is one of nine towns that are part of the region known as MetroWest. The population was 13,346 at the 2000 census. , is the world's leading supplier of intelligent enterprise storage systems and software for mainframe and open systems environments. The company has offices worldwide, trades on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol EMC, and is a component of the S&P 500 Index. For further information about EMC products and services, EMC's corporate Web site can be accessed at http://www.EMC.com. ABOUT HP Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 125,300 employees and had revenue of $42.9 billion in its 1997 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. For more information, call 408/343-6274. |
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