Unisys Decreases the Cost of Large-Scale Enterprise Computing.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2003

ES7000 scores 32-bit performance record, shrinks costs 35 percent with new Unisys modular server architecture and latest Intel "Gallatin" Xeon processors MP

Stretching performance and slashing costs in one stroke, the Unisys ES7000/540 server achieved the fastest TPC-C benchmark throughput ever recorded for 32-bit technology at the lowest cost in its power range, Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) said today. The test result further highlights the breakneck pace with which the compact, modular adaptation of the Unisys Cellular MultiProcessing (CMP) server architecture is rewriting the economics of enterprise computing.

The TPC-C benchmark is the computer industry's most widely consulted measure of server performance.

CMP combines mainframe attributes, including smooth scalability, enterprise reliability and simple administration with the economies of scale made possible by Intel's broad leadership in processor innovation and volume production. This in turn is enabling organizations to build their IT infrastructures for the first time on industry-standard platforms without sacrificing any of the performance or reliability that they need.

"The ability to do more with less is a key driver for any investment in information technology infrastructure in today's economy," said Kevin McHugh, vice president, Unisys Platform Marketing. "This latest benchmark confirms what has already been made plain by our long track record: Unisys with Intel and Microsoft technology can be relied on to continually break performance barriers that result in cutting customer costs to unprecedented levels."

This 32-way benchmark demonstrates the sort of real-world performance, and more importantly, price performance, that organizations can achieve today on the 32-bit applications that are used most widely throughout today's data centers.

The Unisys ES7000/540 32-way server with 64 GB of memory recorded 252,920.49 transactions per minute (tpmC) at $7.22 per tpmC, applying the power of the latest Intel Xeon processor MP at 2.8 GHz, each with 2 MB of Level 3 (iL3) cache and Microsoft's SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition database running on the Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition operating system. The system is available July 22, 2003.

"The 32-bit server environment is where the majority of enterprises run their most critical Windows-based solutions," said Gordon Mangione, corporate vice president for SQL Server at Microsoft. "It's clear that the effort Unisys and Microsoft have devoted to steady, significant performance improvements and cost reductions in this market is paying off for our customers handling the most demanding enterprise tasks."

The test was conducted using the Transaction Processing Performance Council's "C" methodology for measuring online transaction processing (OLTP) performance. The benchmark is modeled after actual transaction-intensive production environments and features multiple transaction types against a complex database structure typical of real-world, large-scale enterprise applications.

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