CoSORT to Deliver Next Generation Data Warehouse Performance on Intel's Itanium Processor; IRI Brings High-End Sort/ETL Performance to IA-64 Platforms.Business Editors MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2000 Innovative Routines International (IRI Iri (ē`rē`), former city, North Jeolla (Cholla) prov., SW South Korea. An agricultural center and transportation hub, it was absorbed into Iksan. ), Inc. today announced plans to optimize IRI's SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. CoSORT sort and ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) The functions performed when pulling data out of one database and placing it into another of a different type. ETL is used to migrate data, often from relational databases into decision support systems. acceleration software on Intel's Itanium(TM) processor. CoSORT(TM) will be ported directly to IA-64 server platforms running the 64-bit Windows 2000, Monterey64, and Linux64 operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . Future IA-64 CoSORT releases will follow as more operating systems become available for the architecture. With CoSORT optimized for IA-64, IRI customers will see more dramatic pre-load sort and ETL performance gains in very large database (VLDB (Very Large DataBase) An extremely large database. What constitutes a VLDB is debatable, but databases of 100GB or more are generally considered the starting point. ) and warehouse (and e-commerce "data webhouse") environments. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Aberdeen Group Aberdeen Group is a provider of business-related research services. It has its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts and belongs to the Harte-Hanks group. Founded in 1988, Aberdeen's research is used by over 2. (a), Intel's Itanium processor directly addresses more than 4Gb of main memory, feeds data into parallel CPUs more effectively, and contains "massive chip execution resources to support more of everything - register, functional units, logic, instructions, cache, and data - translating to additional processing power well beyond what is available today." "As the first sort released for 64-bit Unix flavors, CoSORT is ready to exploit the speed and responsiveness aspects of the Itanium architecture," observed IRI Business Development VP David Friedland. "Direct CoSORT support for very large memory (VLM 1. (architecture) VLM - Very Large Memory. 2. (networking) VLM - Virtual Loadable Module. ) means that multi-gigabyte sorts can run without temporary files." Senior IRI Analyst Kim Phillips added that "with CoSORT optimized for the Itanium processor, customers can protect their existing 32-bit application investments and meet their ETL performance needs with the 64-bit CoSORT package at the same time." "Intel is pleased with IRI's plans to optimize CoSORT for the IA-64," remarked Sandeep Kundra, Intel's EBSM EBSM Evidence Based Stock Management EBSM Extended Breathing Shell Model Tools Marketing Manager. "The combination of CoSORT's SMP coroutine sort engine and the features and capabilities of the Itanium processor provides an environment addressing the needs of today's E-commerce companies facing dramatic data `webhouse' growth." About CoSORT CoSORT is the world's first, fastest, and most widely licensed commercial sort package on high-end UNIX and Windows NT platforms. CoSORT features several end-user and programmer interfaces to a parallel processing sort algorithm in a coroutine architecture. Included in its hardware-based, perpetual use prices are: data warehouse ETL, join and report generation functionality; third party sort replacement and conversion tools; support for more than 100 data and record types; automatic and manual SMP resource tuning; on-line documentation; and, on-site technical support in more than 30 countries. For more information on The CoSORT Company and its family of data management solutions, call (321) 952-9400 or (800) 333-SORT, or visit www.cosort.com. Note to Editors: CoSORT is a trademark of Innovative Routines International, Inc. Intel is a registered trademark and Itanium is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. (a) Aberdeen Group July 1999 Executive White Paper, Inside Intel's Merced: A Strategic Planning Discussion. |
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