Sun Announces Support of Intel's New Pentium II Xeon Processor for Servers.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 1998-- Growing OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and and ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. Support Indicate Market Consolidation Around Solaris as the Leading Enterprise 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. Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced support for Intel's new Pentium II Xeon (processor) Pentium II Xeon - The successor to Intel Corporation's Pentium II processor. The Xeon has the same P6 core as existing Pentium Pro/Pentium II units, but it supports a 100 MHz system bus and offers as much as 2 MB of level 2 cache. http://intel. Processor for Servers. Having worked closely with Intel throughout its development, Sun was on hand at the Pentium II Xeon Processor launch event, held at Intel headquarters today, to demonstrate the unique ability of the Solaris(TM) operating environment to unleash the power of Intel's new processor. Sun is furthering its mission to make the Solaris operating environment the leading choice for enterprise computing by continuing to enhance Solaris for the Intel architecture. Already a leader in commercial applications and the Internet, Sun is broadening its reach by making its world-class software available on Intel-based computers and is quickly garnering support from hardware system manufacturers and independent software vendors (ISVs) worldwide. "We believe that the future of enterprise computing will be Solaris running on the industry's leading computers, powered by SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill (TM) and Intel," said John McFarlane, president of Solaris Software, Sun Microsystems. "Solaris for Intel-based computers is picking up steam. In the last year, we've added five new system partners, we're averaging more than 100 new Intel applications a month, and we've created a number of programs for system partners and ISVs to help accelerate Solaris application development for Intel-based computing." In addition, Intel has joined Sun's Solaris System Partners Business Council to help guide future versions of the Solaris operating environment. Sun and Intel are also cooperating to optimize Sun's Solaris operating environment for Intel's future 64-bit processors. Solaris Market Momentum Accelerates "Over the years, Solaris has developed a stellar reputation as an extremely durable and high-performance operating environment," said Rich Green, vice president, Solaris Software. "By applying the same world-class technology to Intel-based computers, we believe Solaris will be the operating environment of choice for enterprise computing." According to key indicators, the market is consolidating around Solaris as the leading enterprise operating environment. For example, International Data Corp., reports that the Solaris operating environment lead 1997 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). (R) shipments with 29 percent of the market. Solaris recorded server unit volume growth of 43 percent in 1997, compared to 16 percent for the overall UNIX market. Toshiba Corp. recently joined the impressive list of Solaris for the Intel platform system partners that includes NCR (NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH, www.ncr.com) A technology company specializing in financial terminal transactions, retail systems and data warehousing. Until the late 1990s, NCR was heavily invested in the hardware side of the industry, known worldwide as a major manufacturer of computers Corp., Fujitsu Ltd., Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems AG, and Amdahl. In addition, Solaris system partners NCR, Siemens Nixdorf, Fujitsu and Toshiba have announced that they are launching initiatives aimed at Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs) and will offer Solaris on Intel Pentium II Xeon-based servers targeted at the ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. marketplace. These solutions will be based on Solaris(TM) for ISPs(TM), the newest extension offering for the Solaris operating environment, optimized to help ISPs deliver services better and faster to their customers. Gaining ISV Support Today, more than 3,400 enterprise applications, from ISVs such as Oracle, Informix, Lotus, SAS Institute, Tivoli and others, have enhanced their products for the Intel platform. During the last three months, a number of ISVs, including Daleen, E3, InConcert, Infoseek, Integral Solutions, NetPartners, Pioneer Technologies, and RMS have committed to porting their applications to the Solaris operating environment. To support its growing list of ISVs, Sun has created a number of developer support programs including: -- Solaris on Intel Architecture competency centers, to provide independent software and hardware vendors (ISVs and IHVs) that are tuning and optimizing Solaris on IA with access to engineers, specialized tools and advance copies of Sun software and system partner hardware -- The Sun(SM) Developer Connection(SM) program, to offer a single point of entry for all Sun developers -- Sun Software Technology Days, cosponsored with Siemens Nixdorf, designed to showcase Sun's software and technology for wide-ranging developer audiences About Sun Microsystems Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The Computer," has propelled Sun Microsystems, 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 : SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ), to its position as a leading provider of high quality hardware, software and services for establishing enterprisewide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $9 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com. Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, The Network is the Computer, Sun Developer Connection, Solaris and Solaris for ISPs are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing the SPARC trademark are based upon architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, exclusively licensed through X/OPEN A consortium of international computer vendors that was founded in 1984 to resolve standards issues. Incorporated in 1987 and based in London, X/Open merged with the Open Software Foundation in 1996 to become The Open Group. See Open Group. Company, Ltd. CONTACT: Sun Microsystems Cecilia Denny, 650/786-7970 cecilia.denny@eng.sun.com or GCI GCI Ground Circuit Interrupter GCI Getty Conservation Institute GCI Global Commerce Initiative GCI Green Cross International (non-profit international environmental organization) GCI Growth Competitiveness Index GCI Great Cities Institute Group Suzy Bauter, 415/975-6200 sbauter@gcigroup.com |
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