Gary & Intel Investors - PROOF POSITIVE that Intel is benefitting from Year 2000 (Y2K) problems.
Our very dear (and beloved) IRS has purchased Intel-based Sequent Transaction Servers for their Y2K compliance and performance.
Another vote of confidence in Intel by our Government !
Paul
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biz.yahoo.com
Monday March 15, 3:07 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Internal Revenue Service Selects Sequent NUMACenter Systems for Y2K Compliant Data Center
Sequent's NUMAcenter Identified as Offering Highest Levels of Performance and Availability in a Mixed-Mode Environment
BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 1999-- Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., the leader in Intel-based solutions for the data center, and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today announced that the IRS has replaced more than 40 non-Year 2000 compliant mini-computers with 11 Sequent NUMACenter(TM) servers. Sequent's NUMACenter environment was selected by the IRS to address existing Y2K issues, reduce system management costs and provide the agency with a hardware platform that will scale effectively into the next century.
After extensive analysis, an internal IRS study determined Sequent was the only system vendor that could meet all the agency's requirements. These requirements included large application support of both Microsoft Windows NT native operating system and reliable, highly scalable UNIX database application support in a single platform. Sequent competitors for the nearly $10 million contract to replace non-Y2K compliant minicomputer and midrange computers were Sun Microsystems and Pyramid.
''The Sequent upgrade addresses both Y2K compliance and cost reduction with lower system maintenance and administration expenses for those applications,'' said Paxton Baker, Chief of Distributive Systems Software for the IRS. ''The cost savings come as a result of consolidation and efficiencies provided in Sequent's NUMACenter framework optimized for the mixed mode environment.''
The NUMACenter systems are being installed at production sites in each of 10 IRS Service Centers across the United States, and at a disaster recovery and test & development system in the agency's Martinsburg Computing Center.
Another important aspect of the deal was Sequent professional services included as part of the contract. The Sequent Professional Services division will support the IRS efforts to fast track the application migration and system installation process.
As part of the contract Sequent will also re-sell Spectra Logic Alexandria software and StorageTek DLT tape libraries for system back-up requirements.
About Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Sequent Computer Systems (Nasdaq:SQNT - news), the leader in Intel-based solutions for the data center, is committed to the success of its end-user and system integrator customers. Sequent's platform architectures and services are optimized for the scalability, availability and manageability requirements of corporate and institutional data center environments leveraging industry-standard technologies and best-in-class partnerships.
Sequent supports more than 10,000 installations worldwide, including many of the world's largest and most sophisticated OLTP, DSS and RDBMS applications. For further information, phone Sequent at (503) 626-5700 or (800) 257-9044, or visit our Web site at www.sequent.com.
Note to Editors: Sequent is a registered trademark and NUMACenter is a trademark of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. All other brand and product names appearing in this release are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.
Contact:
Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Mike Fay, 212/317-5710 mikefay@sequent.com Chris McManus, 415/778-5225 chrismcm@sequent.com |
