Comparison of UNIX & NT Servers & workstations made easy with Ideas International's new Competitive Profiles release.SYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1997-- Version 4.2 software supports HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. publishing, improved configurator and user-defined data fields IDEAS International Ideas International (ASX:IDE) is a leading supplier of comparative enterprise infrastructure research data to the global IT industry, with offices in three countries (Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States). Pty Ltd PTY LTD Propriety Limited (company structure in Australia) has announced the release of their Competitive Profiles for Windows version 4.2 software, further enhancing the industry's leading reference source for the comparison of computer systems products such as UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). & 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. servers and workstations. Competitive Profiles for Windows provides a powerful user interface designed to allow up to the minute comparisons of computer systems products and associated technologies. The underlying database, which is currently distributed every 15 days, provides a definitive reference source of computer systems specifications, pricing and performance data. Pricing data is provided for more than 15 different local currencies worldwide. Performance coverage includes all of the major industry benchmarks from organizations such as the TPC (Transaction Processing Performance Council, San Francisco, CA, www.tpc.org) An organization devoted to benchmarking transaction processing systems. In order to derive the number of transactions that can be processed in a given time frame, TPC benchmarks measure the total performance of , SPEC, AIM, GPC (1) A PC that uses the Linux-based gOS operating system. See gOS. (2) (GPC Group) Originally the Graphics Performance Characterization committee of the NCGA, the GPC Group is now part of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) and oversees the following , SAP and BAPCo. Systems purchasers using version 4.2 of Competitive Profiles for Windows can now: -- Publish the results of their comparative product research as HTML documents ready to support systems purchasing recommendations to senior management. -- Use the Compete Wizard to automatically identify products that meet their purchasing requirements based on a large range of criteria including price, expandability, component type and their own user-defined metrics. -- Use the improved built-in configurator to develop and chart the relative cost implications of equivalently configured systems from a range of different suppliers. -- Add their own user-defined fields (up to 16) into general display. -- Take advantage of extended benchmark data coverage within the product, now including the SAP R/3, AIM/NT tests and BAPCo SYSmark 32. -- Review expanded data coverage of Environmental, RAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Remote Access Service) A Windows NT/2000 Server feature that allows remote users access to the network from their Windows laptops or desktops via modem. See RRAS and network access server. and systems management data in a standard system presentation. -- Make use of a new document type of binder, which allows multiple other files (e.g configuration projects, features collections, etc.) to be collated together into one file, which can then be easily published to HTML. -- Take advantage of product localisation (programming) localisation - (l10n) Adapting a product to meet the language, cultural and other requirements of a specific target market "locale". Localisation includes the translation of the user interface, on-line help and documentation, and ensuring the images and for 15 different countries around the world, including the US version, six European countries and eight Asia/Pacific countries. These versions provide locally researched systems pricing information in local currency. Worldwide corporate purchasers can easily switch between different countries to look at price competitiveness in different markets. Commenting on the new release, IDEAS International Managing Director, John Tulloch John Tulloch (1823 - February 13, 1886) was a Scottish theologian. He was born at Bridge of Earn, Perthshire, and educated at the University of St Andrews and University of Edinburgh. , said "Competitive Profiles is already the software of choice around the world for computer industry professionals needing to compare systems products, as evidenced by its very high level of use in the vendor community. This new release extends our service lead further and provides a great platform for end-users, IS managers and consultants to be able to maximize their productive use of the data to support their purchasing decisions and recommendations" An annual subscription to the Competitive Profiles for Windows service, with data updates which cover all major industry changes every 15 days, is priced from only US$995. Delivery is available via electronic download. As an alternative to a subscription, a one-off license, with no associated updating, costs from US$395. For more information regarding the service, including sample screen images and full ordering details, visit http://www.ideasinternational.com CONTACT: IDEAS International Pty. Ltd., Sydney, Australia Ian Birks, Phone +61 2 9482 8900 Email: ianb@ideas.com.au |
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