PeopleSoft 8 Sets Record Performance Benchmarks On Sun Enterprise Servers Running Solaris 8; More Than 162,000 Paychecks Viewed Per Hour.Business/High-Tech Editors LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2000 PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:PSFT PSFT PeopleSoft (stock symbol) PSFT Progressive Saturation Fourier Transform PSFT Prosoft-Technology, Inc ) today announced record performance benchmarks for PeopleSoft 8 on Sun Enterprise(TM) servers running the Solaris(TM) 8 Operating Environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. with 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. Using PeopleSoft 8 Payroll, the benchmark simulated employees logging onto their systems to view their paychecks and logging off. At one paycheck per employee, more than 162,000 paychecks were viewed in one hour. These online benchmarks show that PeopleSoft's pure internet architecture gives customers a scalable, reliable, and high-performance platform on which to grow their eBusiness. The benchmarks were performed on Sun Enterprise 4500 and 6500 servers running the Solaris 8 Operating Environment with IBM DB2 Universal Database Version 6.1. As with all PeopleSoft pure internet applications, no software was installed on the client and the View Payment application was accessed simply via a standard web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . A single Sun Enterprise 6500 server was used for the database server, two Sun Enterprise 4500 servers were used for the web servers, and two Sun Enterprise 6500 servers were used for the application server. The database server averaged 50 percent CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. utilization, the web servers averaged 60 percent CPU utilization, and the application servers averaged 99 percent CPU utilization. The database consisted of a standard data composition model for 200,347 employees. "PeopleSoft and Sun deliver a winning combination for eBusiness," said Peter Gassner, vice president and general manager of the PeopleTools technology division at PeopleSoft. "PeopleSoft 8 on Sun Enterprise servers running Solaris 8 deliver an internet platform that large enterprises can fully leverage." "These record breaking benchmarks are evidence that PeopleSoft and Sun can deliver industry leading eBusiness solutions," said Doug Kaewert, vice president of market development for Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. "PeopleSoft 8 on Sun Enterprise servers running the Solaris 8 platform will enable companies to take full advantage of their information assets and transform themselves into highly scalable eBusinesses." The Solaris 8 Operating Environment is the industry's premier platform for availability, scalability, and security in the Internet age. With Solaris 8, Sun delivers a trustworthy, universal platform to meet the needs of .com businesses -- from small startups to large Fortune 1000 enterprises. PeopleSoft 8 is built on the PeopleSoft Internet Architecture, the industry's first server-centric, pure internet platform for eBusiness. The architecture eliminates client software installation entirely, allowing access to PeopleSoft 8 eBusiness applications through low bandwidth networks from any platform supporting a web browser, such as cell phones and internet appliances Also called "information appliance," "smart appliance," and "Web appliance," it is a device specialized for accessing the Web and/or e-mail. Designed for ease of use, it plugs into a telephone jack or LAN connection for Internet hookup. , as well 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). , Linux, Windows, and Macintosh terminals. About PeopleSoft PeopleSoft is a world leader in providing eBusiness applications that enable people -- customers, employees, and suppliers -- to power the internet. PeopleSoft's pure internet Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management, and Enterprise Management solutions provide the industry's most open and flexible e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. platform. PeopleSoft employs more than 7,900 people worldwide, including 2,400 eBusiness consultants. More than 4,600 organizations in 107 countries run on PeopleSoft eBusiness applications. PeopleSoft and the PeopleSoft logo are registered trademarks. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2000 PeopleSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Sun Enterprise, Solaris and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. |
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