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To: rudedog who wrote (8454)	6/16/1998 6:38:00 PM
From: cheryl williamson	of 74651

Rudedog, Note especially the announcement on the Enterprise 450: 192.9.48.5 IBM Data Management Solutions for Sun Solaris Database/Server Solution Designed To Meet Today's Business Intelligence Needs IBM and Sun Microsystems, Inc. expand joint marketing and solution initiatives that strengthen their product lines and give customers powerful new ways to use business data and leverage the power of the Internet for competitive advantage. Now, in addition to DB2 Universal Database, users of Sun's servers and storage systems will have direct access to the full line of IBM data management and business intelligence software, including DB2 OLAP Server and Intelligent Miner. IBM customers with existing investments in DB2 infrastructure will now have a broader set of platform choices on which to build scalable business intelligence solutions. Under the initiative, IBM and Sun will expand their joint engineering team to optimize DB2 scalability on large Sun Enterprise server and Sun StorEd platforms. IBM plans to provide DB2 features on the Solaris operating environment at the same time they are released on other platforms. As part of the initiative, IBM and Sun will agree to undertake joint marketing and sales activities. Highlights of partnership: DB2 Universal Database support for Sun's Enterprise 10000 server (also known as the Starfire server). Sun's Starfire system offers unique management features such as Dynamic System Domains, making the combination of DB2 and Starfire server ideal for supporting mission-critical applications. Sun and IBM are working with Merisel and Infospace to offer customers a Web-based solution that optimizes database for business intelligence. Running on Sun's Enterprise 450 workgroup server, the solution provides a scalable alternative to those based on PC servers running

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