Dell Accelerates and Simplifies Deployment of Enterprise Applications; Company Expands Mission-Critical Premier Enterprise Services.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2001 Dell (Nasdaq:DELL) will use its build-to-order expertise to help businesses speed and simplify the deployment of leading database and business application software, the company announced today. Building on its leadership in providing customized server and storage systems based on industry standards, Dell's new Infrastructure Accelerator initiative helps shorten (audio, compression) Shorten - A form of lossless audio compression. the time it takes to get business software installed and operating by reducing complexity associated with its acquisition, installation and deployment. This initiative, coupled with enhanced services Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; Dell also announced today, is another building block in Dell's enterprise strategy, designed to address the critical application, infrastructure and services needs of its customers. Specifically, Dell has developed sizing and configuration tools, and is providing custom factory integration for leading applications from i2 Technologies, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP. The company also will provide consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" to preload preload /pre·load/ (pre´lod) the mechanical state of the heart at the end of diastole, the magnitude of the maximal (end-diastolic) ventricular volume or the end-diastolic pressure stretching the ventricles. the applications on customer's systems, prior to shipment from Dell factories. Customers from large multi-national companies and government agencies to small businesses can use this approach to speed solution implementation and help lower total cost of deployment. UK Government Gateway Goes for Speed The UK's Government Gateway is a unique e-Government service that will facilitate cross-government interaction and enable secure online communication between the citizens, businesses and government departments. The Government Gateway is part of the UK Government's national Information Age initiative, which aims to provide online access to all services by 2005, that was launched by British Prime Minister Tony Blair Noun 1. Tony Blair - British statesman who became prime minister in 1997 (born in 1953) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Blair last year. Dell and Microsoft teamed up to meet an aggressive rollout schedule for the first phase of the U.K. Government Gateway project. 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. Alan Mather, project manager for the Government Gateway, UK Cabinet Office, the selection of Dell and Microsoft was made due to the ease and speed of deployment, combined with its high levels of integration with the various applications already in use by his organization. "We had ambitious deadlines and needed to deploy quickly, so we chose to use industry-standard software and hardware rather than proprietary solutions," Mather said. "Dell and Microsoft were able to quickly think through the challenge, design an enterprise-class solution and refine it. What should have taken three or four months to complete was done in just three weeks. We simply couldn't miss the target date." Speed to Solution Key for Deployment of Leading Applications As part of the infrastructure accelerators offering, Dell will offer its customers an end-to-end engagement model with Dell serving as the single point of accountability for deployment of applications from Microsoft and Oracle on Intel-architecture-based servers. Dell will offer validated and tuned stacks of many of Microsoft's .NET applications, including Microsoft(R) 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. 2000 and Commerce Server 2000, BizTalk Server Software from Microsoft that provides integration between business processes within an enterprise and between different organizations. BizTalk Server uses protocol implementations called "adapters" to communicate with applications and includes built-in adapters and a framework for 2000 and Exchange 2000. Dell Technology Consulting offers in-depth assistance with the design, validation, performance tuning Performance tuning is the improvement of system performance. This is typically a computer application, but the same methods can be applied to economic markets, bureaucracies or other complex systems. , and staging and integration of Microsoft Commerce Server Microsoft Commerce Server is a Microsoft tool for building e-commerce systems. It uses Microsoft .NET technology. Commerce Server replaced Microsoft Site Server. Versions for Windows
Dell also will offer sizing and configuration tools, custom factory integration, and expertise to speed the deployment of i2 TradeMatrix Pronto pron·to adv. Informal Without delay; quickly. [Spanish, from Latin pr  mptus; see prompt. (tm) and i2 Supply Chain Management applications from i2 and SAP's mySAP.com platform. For customers requiring a more tailored solution for large scale deployments, Dell offers Custom Factory Integration services that provide "mass customization" to deliver a unique image that is ready-to-deploy. Dell also incorporates application expertise gained from its own deployment of many of these applications and those of other Dell customers into the bundled configurations. The Accelerator tools include performance characterizations, sizing tools, a variety of technical whitepapers, best practices customer workshops and solution engineering services. Premier Enterprise Services Simplify Deployment Dell also today announced Premier Enterprise Services, an expansion of its line of mission-critical enterprise services. Premier Enterprise Services is a comprehensive portfolio of services that is designed to help maximize technology utilization, ensure rapid deployment and increase system uptime. These services are designed to support Dell enterprise customers according to their organization's specific computing computing - computer needs, ensuring them of a single point of accountability, maximum uptime and the highest customer satisfaction possible. For more information on Dell's Infrastructure Accelerators, go to www.dell.com/accelerators and for more information on Dell's Premier Enterprise Services, visit www.dell.com/enterpriseservices. About Dell Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. (Nasdaq:DELL) is the world's leading direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $32 billion for the past four quarters, and is a premier provider of products and services required for customers to build their Internet infrastructures. The company ranks No. 48 on the Fortune 500, No. 154 on the Fortune Global 500 and No. 10 on the Fortune "most admired" lists of companies. Dell designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained on the World Wide Web at www.dell.com. Dell is a registered trademark of Dell Computer Corporation. Fortune and Fortune 500 are registered trademarks, and Fortune Global 500 is a trademark of Time Inc. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. |
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