...but it is inevitable I64 Intel presentation tomorrow:
it's sooner than two or three years. but no one questions the inevitability.
Intel tomorrow is hosting a live Webcast on 64bit migration (using MIGR.ob technology - same technology suite Dell and SUNW use):
developer.intel.com
November 15, 2000 - 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Pacific
For maximum speed and mimimum effort, MigraTEC's MigrationSuite* streamlines the process of porting IA-32 applications to the Itanium™ processor. This class covers both Windows* and Unix* applications, detailing the tool and process for porting, with demonstrations and case studies. It should interest persons who are considering or are already porting to the Itanium™ architecture.
* Third-party brands and names are property of their respective owners
once the playing field is leveled, and very possibly, tilted to Dell, let's see where the ball rolls then. so much, then, for those who bad mouth the model
dell.com
Alliances
Dell is working with leading ISVs as they port their software solutions over to the IA-64 architecture. Listed below are the participating vendors that have commited to work with Dell to create industry solutions based on this new technology.
Applix
Ariba
Computer Associates
Extricity
IBM
Informatica
INTERSHOP
SAP
Selectica
VERITAS
webMethods
Applix, Inc. enables interactive and collaborative eBusiness processes throughout web based communities. Applix delivers a comprehensive community for planning functions (iPlanning) including budgeting, financial, customer and operational analysis with real-time Business Intelligence/OLAP technology provided by Applix iTM1.
Applix and Dell are working together to bring the power of Intel® Itanium™ processors to iTM1 and Dell™PowerEdge™ servers. iTM1 is the world's most scalable OLAP product for enterprise planning, analysis, modeling and reporting applications. iTM1 achieves its multidimensional calculation performance by holding all the data in RAM and performing the complex calculations on demand. While a surprising amount of data can be included in the 4GB RAM that is the maximum addressable with 32 bit processing, the move to 64 bit architecture will enable iTM1 and Dell's customers to work on the sort of data sets required to analyze and model today's eBusiness data volumes. iTM1 is one of the most widely deployed OLAP products and is used by 50% of the Fortune 2,000, 72% of the Fortune 50. - applix.com
Ariba is the leading provider of B2B services and solutions to leading companies around the world, including more than 20 of the Fortune 100. With the most complete set of Internet-based tools for organizing and automating processes, Ariba continues to be the industry's leading enabler of B2B.
Ariba is committed to working closely with strategic partner Dell, to enable its solutions to most effectively utilize the new Intel® Itanium™ processor available later this year on Dell workstations and servers. By migrating its solutions to the Intel® Itanium™ architecture, Ariba expects to take advantage of higher computing performance, more efficient delivery of rich Web content, increased system scalability and increased acceptance by the general marketplace for Itanium™ processor-based enterprise systems. - ariba.com
Computer Associates International. Inc. (CA) is committed to delivering its comprehensive eBusiness Applications, Management, Platform, and Intelligence solutions to organizations that implement solutions on the Intel® Itanium™ processor and architecture in their corporate IT infrastructure. CA is working with Dell and Intel® on development of software applications such as Unicenter TNG, Jasmineii, and Arcserve on the Intel® Itanium™ processor and IA-64 architecture.
To enable the power of the Itanium architecture in today's business environment depends on the availability of effective enterprise-wide IT solutions. Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) and Dell Computer Corporation (Dell) are working together to help you achieve this goal. CA has been working closely with Intel and Dell for several years to prepare our products and technologies for the release of Intel's newest processor. For more information go to - ca.com
Extricity provides a complete, flexible B2B platform to power and manage the full spectrum of interactions among businesses and marketplaces over the Internet.
Dell and Extricity are working together to enable Intel® Itanium™ processor-based solutions and to help optimize computing performance on future Dell PowerEdge servers. As Dell focuses on expanding its leadership in the large enterprise server market with Intel® Itanium™-based solutions, Extricity will be one of the first software vendors to work with Dell to develop, test, and optimize performance for this market leading solution. Extricity and Dell customers will benefit by having immediate access to this new high performance computing solution. - extricity.com
IBM DB2 is working in conjunction with Dell and Intel® on development of DB2 database software applications on the Intel® Itanium™ processor and IA-64 architecture.
At the heart of any e-business data center are the database services. As businesses replace phones, fax machines and people with highly customized automated services, this places considerable burden on database and data warehouse servers. End user populations grow, applications become increasingly personalized, and the reliance on database services becomes even more critical.
The Itanium architectural foundation, based on the Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC) technology along with 64-bit addressability, provides the power to meet the e-business challenge at the highest ends of the enterprise. The 64-bit version of DB2 combined the EPIC architecture and platform availability features (i.e. MCA, ECC, enterprise class operating systems) and 64 bit memory addressability means DB2 will be able to deliver outstanding performance. - www-4.ibm.com
Informatica Corporation is a leading provider of integrated analytic solutions and services that enable many of the world’s largest companies to radically change the way they use information to make more informed business decisions. Informatica’s products are an integrated suite of analytic applications that for the first time gives e-businesses the ability to evaluate the performance of their entire web of customer, partner and supplier relationships and act upon the results to achieve optimal business performance.
Informatica and Dell are working together to enable Intel® Itanium™ processor-based solutions. The integration of the Itanium architecture with Informatica's analytical application and enterprise data integration infrastructure products line will allow companies to utilize the power of Dell and Informatica's combined solution for their enterprise environment. - informatica.com
INTERSHOP offers electronic commerce software applications that enable businesses to sell goods and services over the Internet. INTERSHOP's solutions are built to support multiple business models, and are flexible enough to accommodate changing business environments.
INTERSHOP enfinity is specifically designed for the extreme demands of Internet commerce and emerging marketplaces. With the Intel® Itanium™ processor, we can greatly enhance and extend the capabilities of our customers commerce platform. Together, Dell and Intershop are well positioned to serve the sophisticated and expanding Web business systems, integrating our capabilities and supporting a broad range of applications. - intershop.com
As the market leader of inter-enterprise software solutions, SAP™ (Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing) is leveraging its strength in industry-focused business software and the world's largest enterprise software customer base to deliver mySAP.com™ . mySAP.com provides an open collaborative business environment of personalized solutions on demand. This enables companies of all sizes and industries to fully engage their employees, customers and partners to capitalize upon the new Internet economy.
SAP, Intel® and Dell are working together to help SAP benefit from the technological features of Intel's latest 64-bit Itanium® processor generation. mySAP.com is being ported to the Itanium processor to take advantage of this architecture on Linux. - sap.com
Selectica, Inc. develops, markets, and supports a packaged Internet Selling System (ISS) solution that enables companies to sell and buyers to purchase complex products and services across multiple sales channels. Selectica ISS is specifically developed to help global 1000 companies transform their sales channel to successfully meet the demands of B2B or B2C e-Commerce.
Intel's Itanium processor will provide new levels of performance and scalability for the ACE application suite. Selectica teamed up with Dell and Intel will deliver significant performance gains for customers using Selectica's Internet Selling System running on both Windows 2000 and Linux operating systems.
Selectica ACE enables businesses to easily develop and rapidly deploy an Internet sales channel that interactively assists their customers, partners and employees through the selection, configuration, pricing, quoting and fulfillment processes. ACE is a comprehensive, 100 percent Java Internet Selling System that meets the needs of companies looking to efficiently sell complex products and services across multiple sales channels. This easy-to-use and install application suite seamlessly integrates with existing applications, reducing deployment time. - selectica.com
VERITAS® Software Corporation is a leading provider of enterprise-class application storage management software, VERITAS products ensure the continuous availability of business-critical information by delivering integrated, cross-platform storage management software solutions. VERITAS solutions manage the explosion of data and the growing complexity and scalability of the networked environments that exist today.
VERITAS Software and Dell Computer have a long standing strategic relationship and we are pleased to be extending this partnership with the introduction of the new Intel® Itanium™ processor within Dell servers. Since backup software is a critical component within any departmental or enterprise-class solution we are honored that Dell has selected VERITAS Backup Exec, the leading WINTEL backup solution as a joint Itanium architecture development partner. VERITAS' award-winning Backup Exec product line offers the most complete backup solution for mixed platform workgroups needing protection for Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Novell environments. This joint partnership ensures that Dell customers will have full confidence in their data availability with the new Dell Itanium-based solutions by ensuring that their data is protected with VERITAS Backup Exec. - veritas.com
webMethods, Inc. is the leading provider of software solutions for business-to-business integration (B2Bi). webMethods and Dell are teaming to develop a B2B solution on Intel® Itanium™ -based architecture. Leveraging the open standards of the Internet, the award-winning webMethods B2B™ family of products provides the B2Bi infrastructure that enables Global 2000 companies and B2B marketplaces to connect customers, suppliers and partners to form real-time B2B trading networks. webMethods B2B allows companies to create new revenue opportunities, strengthen relationships with customers and substantially reduce supply chain inefficiencies. This joint effort allows webMethods to expand its portfolio of customer offerings/solutions through the support of the Itanium architecture. - |
