Data General NUMA Technology Completes HomeLife System Makeover.HOFFMAN ESTATES Hoffman Estates A village of northeast Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Population: 49,700. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1999-- Data General's NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory Access) A multiprocessing architecture in which memory is separated into close and distant banks. NUMA is similar to SMP, in which multiple CPUs share a single memory. However, in SMP, all CPUs access a common memory at the same speed. servers and GERS Software Provide Scalability to Support 2,500 Users in 127 Furniture Stores HomeLife today announced that it has chosen Data General, a Division of 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. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :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. ), to build and implement its entire retail automation infrastructure with AViiON(R) enterprise servers and EMC's CLARiiON(R) storage solutions. Data General's technology solution will enable HomeLife, formerly a furniture division of Sears, to transition from Sears' information systems and go live with a data center in support of 2,500 users and 127 retail stores, in less than 18 months. HomeLife's decision to divest from Sears and become a private company requires it to get the business running on an entirely new and independent technology infrastructure before February 2001. The company needed to invest in reliable technology that will support future growth and provide continuous, easy access to its business applications and data from all of its 127 store locations. Data General's advanced NUMA technology, combined with GERS Retail Systems' Enterprise1 retail applications solution provided the single vendor IT solution that HomeLife required. Enterprise1 is the foundation for GERS' Retail Suite of Products, a business processing solution that automates the merchandising, distribution, and financial requirements for the entire retail demand chain. "Data General's ability to provide a single source solution, as well its industry leadership in NUMA technology and fibre-channel storage, made it the clear choice as our IT solutions provider," explained Christopher Smith For other persons named Chris Smith, see Chris Smith (disambiguation). Christopher Smith (1984, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) is an English actor well known for playing the part of Robert Sugden in ITV soap opera Emmerdale , CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. at HomeLife. "Its proven ability to provide a platform for GERS technology and provide ongoing service and support, convinced us that the Data General solution would meet our current needs and support us into the future as our business grows." "We are excited to work with HomeLife to support its retail application needs," said Don VanderBeke, executive vice president of marketing and support for GERS Retail Systems. "We are confident that HomeLife's decision to take advantage of the exceptional solutions offered by GERS and Data General will support its long-term business strategy and future growth." "Data General is delighted to be able to provide a leading edge solution to HomeLife at such a critical time in its business life cycle," commented Mike Parise, vice president of worldwide marketing at Data General. "We are happy to work with our customers to realize the benefits of advanced technologies such as NUMA, in support of their business initiatives, and look forward to being a part of HomeLife's success as an independent company." The HomeLife Solution HomeLife's new technology platform includes two AV 25000 NUMA enterprise servers. The primary server is a 24-processor, configured with 24 GB of memory to run the GERS Enterprise1 software solution for its retail automation needs. The second NUMA server is an eight-processor, with 8 GB of memory, used for disaster recovery at a remote hot-site location. The EMC CLARiiON storage system includes 600 gigabytes of full-fibre channel CLARiiON FC5500 and FC5000 storage for DG/UX(R), configured to support multiple levels of RAID in a fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. storage configuration. Data General also provided HomeLife with professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. for design, implementation, and long-term support for the data center operations. Data General is currently designing a complete enterprise infrastructure solution that will accommodate HomeLife's future growth. About HomeLife HomeLife began doing business in 1992, as Sears HomeLife. Currently, the retailer has 127 stores and distribution centers across the country and is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois Hoffman Estates is a northwestern suburb of Chicago in Illinois. The village is located primarily in Cook County with a small section in Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 49,495 and estimated to be 52,520 in 2003. . About Data General Data General, a Division of EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), is a major supplier of enterprise and departmental computing Processing a department's data with its own computer system. See distributed computing. solutions for customers worldwide. The division's products include Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. NT- and UNIX-based AViiON servers and related software and services. Strategic alliances with leading software vendors and systems integrators enable Data General to deliver complete solutions that meet customers' business needs for their departments and enterprises. Additional information on Data General, its products and services is available on the Internet at www.dg.com. More information on EMC Corporation, the world's leading provider of enterprise storage systems and software, can be accessed on the Internet at www.emc.com. AViiON, CLARiiON and DG/UX are registered trademarks of EMC Corporation. Other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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