BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1999--Sequent Computer
Systems (Nasdaq:SQNT.O), the leader in Intel(R) based data center
solutions, today announced it would deliver significant
price/performance increases across its NUMA-Q 1000 and NUMA-Q 2000
server lines, with the introduction of more powerful Intel Pentium(R)
III Xeon(TM)-based systems available immediately.
The aggressive move to deliver price leadership in UNIX servers
compared with HP and Sun brings an average price/performance gain of
50% over previous generation NUMA-Q(R) servers.
"Sequent today again demonstrated its commitment to delivering
products with leading price/performance versus our competitors in the
UNIX server marketplace," said Jeff Pancottine, vice president of
global marketing for Sequent. "Sequent offers a combination of
price/performance, scalability, reliability and data center
functionality that is unique to the industry. We will continue to
drive the price/performance characteristic of Intel-based products
into the midrange and high-end of the UNIX market."
The price performance gains span across Sequent's product line
including NUMA-Q 1000 four and eight processor servers and high-end
NUMA-Q 2000 bundles with sixteen, twenty and twenty-four processors.
Sequent also announced today plans to ship Intel Pentium III Xeon
550MHz processor-based systems later this year.
Price and Performance Leadership
Sequent's competitive list prices combined with the performance
improvements enabled by the Pentium III Xeon processor allow Sequent
to increase price performance for both the NUMA-Q 1000 and NUMA-Q 2000
by as much as 50%.
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System Processor List Price VS Competition
(US)
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NUMA-Q 4 Pentium III Xeon $77,683 Beats Sun UE
1000 processors @ 3500/4500, HP K Series
500MHz and N Series
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NUMA-Q 8 Pentium III Xeon $169,778 Beats Sun UE
1000 processors @ 3500/4500, HP K Series
500MHz and N Series
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NUMA-Q 16 Pentium III $645,000 Beats Sun UE10000
2000 Xeon processors @ and HP V Series
(scales to 64 500 MHz
processors)
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Unmatched Investment Protection
NUMA-Q 1000 and NUMA-Q 2000 systems with Pentium II Xeon
technology can be upgraded by simply replacing the processors with new
Pentium III Xeon processors. Pentium II Xeon and Pentium III Xeon
processors can be mixed in system environments allowing customers to
lengthen the life of their systems and fully leverage current
technology investments as they expand their data center. Upgrading to
Pentium III Xeon provides instant performance improvements of up to
25%.
In conjunction with the Pentium III Xeon processor release,
Sequent has doubled the amount of memory available on the NUMA-Q 1000
and NUMA-Q 2000 systems. Each four-processor building block can now
support up to 8GB of memory.
Growing the Data Center
NUMA-Q 1000 and NUMA-Q 2000 systems feature the same Intel-based
architecture, software stack, and storage and I/O fabrics, allowing IT
organizations to easily re-deploy applications running on NUMA-Q 1000
to NUMA-Q 2000from 4 to 64 Pentium III Xeon processors. High-end
architectures from other vendors often differ significantly from their
midrange counterparts, making software upgrades from one to the other
complex and time-consuming.
About Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Sequent Computer Systems (Nasdaq:SQNT.O), 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 large, growing
corporate infrastructures leveraging Internet technologies, database
technologies and best-of-breed partnerships.
Sequent supports more than 10,000 installations worldwide,
including many of the world's largest and most sophisticated
e-commerce, CRM and business intelligence environments. For further
information, phone Sequent at 503/626-5700 or 800/257-9044, or visit
our Web site at www.sequent.com.
Trademarks
Sequent and NUMA-Q, are registered trademarks and NUMACenter is a
trademark of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. All brand and product
names appearing in this release are registered trademarks or
trademarks of their respective holders.
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CONTACT: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Mike Fay, 212/317-5710
mikefay@sequent.com
or
Catherine King, 503/578-7820
kingcath@sequent.com
KEYWORD: OREGON
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED PRODUCT
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