Informix, HP and EMC Deliver a Comprehensive Legacy Warehouse Migration Program; Joint Solution Offers Safe, Cost-Effective Alternative to Legacy Warehouses.MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 1995--Informix Software, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :IFMX IFMX Informix Corporation ), Hewlett-Packard Company 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. , leaders in open systems computing, today announced a comprehensive Legacy Warehouse Migration Program. This program is designed to enable customers with proprietary, large-scale legacy data warehouse systems, such as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) DB2/MVS, AT&T Teradata and others, to easily and cost-effectively migrate to an open environment. The program combines the leading database technology of Informix, high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. systems from HP and large capacity storage systems from 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. . HP's Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. Organization and Sage Communications, a consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a specializing in legacy data warehouse migration, will provide consulting and implementation services. The migration program, which benefits from Informix's and HP's long-term alliance to optimize advanced parallel computing Solving a problem with multiple computers or computers made up of multiple processors. It is an umbrella term for a variety of architectures, including symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), clusters of SMP systems, massively parallel processors (MPPs) and grid computing. solutions, provides a step-by-step methodology to maximize data warehouse performance and minimize migration risk through the combined technology and expertise of each program member. By providing an open, scalable and flexible solution, this program enables the integration of a broad range of data analysis tools to access information within data warehouses and ease administration. The proven technologies of Informix, HP and EMC ensure long-term investment protection. "HP high-end systems provide better price/performance, lower cost of ownership in terms of greatly reduced maintenance and support costs, and the increased flexibility of open systems and scalable architectures," said Steve Sommer Sommer is a surname, from the German and Danish word for the season "summer". It may refer to:
"The combination of HP's leading scalable systems, EMC's storage and Informix's mature, highly-scalable, parallel processing parallel processing, the concurrent or simultaneous execution of two or more parts of a single computer program, at speeds far exceeding those of a conventional computer. database server provides production-proven performance, expertise and long-range reliability to migration customers. "Informix's commitment to partnering with best-in-class providers for open systems solutions is an added value to users as they move into a client/server environment, and this commitment is reaffirmed through our alliance with leading vendors Hewlett-Packard and EMC." "Informix's leading high-performance database technology, combined with its data warehouse experience, provides the perfect database fit to this alliance," said Carol G. Mills, general manager, HP General Systems Division. "Customers can count on the tried, true technology leadership and stability of HP, Informix, and EMC. This solution is a safe, cost effective alternative to legacy warehouse systems." "Storage is the largest component of a data warehouse. The capacity, performance and reliability that EMC's Symmetrix Integrated Cached Disk Arrays bring to data warehousing environments is unmatched. Together, these four companies have combined their expertise to deliver a solution that brings real business value to customers," said Neal Waddington, senior vice president and general manager of EMC's Open Storage Group. "We are providing a scalable and cost-effective solution, using the latest open technology, that is capable of handling the data warehousing needs of our customers now and in the future." Legacy Warehouse Migration Program The alliance provides a comprehensive implementation program and integrated solution, tuned specifically for large-scale data warehousing. The program includes a joint team of data warehouse experts specifically trained in the migration of legacy systems; a documented methodology for legacy warehouse migration; and use of Informix's Advanced Solution Centers in which customers, together with Informix, HP and EMC engineers, can test their real-world migrated data warehouse applications. As a part of HP's proven experience in transitioning customers from proprietary mainframe environments, HP's Professional Services Organization's Open Warehouse Practice will provide consulting, training, and integration services to support the migration to the new data warehouse environment. In addition, key systems integrators will provide business process re-engineering See reengineering. (business) Business Process Re-engineering - (BPR) Any radical change in the way in which an organisation performs its business activities. BPR involves a fundamental re-think of the business processes followed by a redesign of business activities to consulting services. Bob Spalding, research analyst with the Meta Group's Open Computing and Server Strategies said, "The 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. data warehousing marketplace is in need of an integrated solution that combines best of breed technology with knowledgeable and experienced systems integration consulting. The teaming of Informix, HP, EMC and Sage is exciting because it combines a proven, scalable database server with high performance warehouse database software and, just as critical, high performance disk storage subsystems. Add to that mix an integration team with strong experience in VLDB migration and data warehouse design, and you have a winning combination." "Price Waterhouse believes that the alliance will be well received in the data warehouse market place as clients are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. standard, open systems that are both flexible and scalable," said Mike Schroeck, national data warehouse initiative leader with Price Waterhouse. "As a leader in client/server data warehouse integration, Price Waterhouse will complement this group by assisting clients in determining the overall scope and approach for large data warehousing projects including business process re-engineering." "Many companies are looking for an acceptable alternative that can move their existing legacy data warehouse to a more efficient and cost-effective technology platform," said Chris Horrocks, National Data Warehouse Practice partner with CSC Consulting & Systems Integration. "This alliance provides a best-of-breed solution for those clients wishing to migrate to open systems. With a broad range of experience in the design and implementation of data warehouses, CSC Consulting will be able to provide integration services to assure the success of this type of project." Solution Availability Informix and HP will be jointly marketing and selling the solution, but each will separately distribute and support their own products. Through its reseller agreement with EMC Corp., HP will be responsible for marketing and selling the EMC Symmetrix storage systems which are components of this program. About Informix Informix Software is the leading supplier of high performance, parallel processing database technology for open systems. The Company's database servers are the number one choice of computer hardware manufacturers for publishing the Transactions Processing Council (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 ) benchmarks for UNIX-based systems. Informix products also include application development tools for creating client/server production applications, decision support systems and ad hoc query A non-standard inquiry. An ad hoc query is created to obtain information as the need arises. Contrast with a query that is predefined and routinely performed. See query and ad hoc. interfaces, and connectivity software that allows information to be shared transparently from PCs to mainframes within the corporate computing environment. The company's headquarters are in Menlo Park, California Menlo Park is a city in San Mateo County, California in the United States of America. It is located at latitude 37°29' North, longitude 122°9' East. Menlo Park had 30,785 inhabitants as of the 2000 U.S. Census. . About HP HP is the world's leading supplier of open, client/server systems and is the second-largest computer supplier in the United States. HP has been delivering PA-RISC-based business computers since 1986 with high reliability, data integrity, data availability and systems availability. Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing, communications and measurement products and services recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 102,300 employees and had revenue of $31.5 billion in its 1995 fiscal year. About EMC EMC Corporation, based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, is a world leader in enterprise-wide information storage and retrieval information storage and retrieval, the systematic process of collecting and cataloging data so that they can be located and displayed on request. Computers and data processing techniques have made possible the high-speed, selective retrieval of large amounts of technology, designing systems for mainframe, midrange and open systems environments. With 1994 revenues of $1.38 billion, the company has offices worldwide and 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. About Sage Sage Communications Corporation comprises the largest independent knowledge base of decision support specialists with practical experience in very large database systems and data warehousing. The company, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, has grown over 300% in 1995 while establishing additional offices in the United States as well as in the United Kingdom. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: (2)PA-RISC (Precision Architecture-RISC) A proprietary RISC-based CPU architecture from HP that was introduced in 1986. It is the foundation of HP's 3000 and 9000 computer families. See IA-64. stands for Precision Architecture-reduced-instruction-set computing. Informix news releases are available at no charge through Business Wire's NewsOnDemand fax service. To immediately receive an index of available releases, call 1-800-356-0851. CONTACT: Informix Software, Inc. Jaye Prosser, (415) 926-6316 jprosser@informix.com or Hewlett-Packard Co. Jeannette Tollstrop, (408) 447-5333 or EMC Corporation Rick Lacroix, (508) 435-1000 or Sage Communications Steve Gordon, (602) 905-0480 |
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