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To: Joseph Pareti who wrote (2790)	11/15/2001 9:59:30 AM
From: The Duke of URL©	Respond to of 2818

This seems to be pretty much why Scott has been trying to stop MS in the pc market, a market in which SUNW does not compete.

To: Joseph Pareti who wrote (2790)	10/11/2002 12:06:52 AM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2818

Oh my gosh, I almost forgot the annual post to this tread: From ZDNet Unisys, ISS offer threat-protection service By Peter Judge ZDNet (UK) October 10, 2002, 11:47 AM PT PARIS--Services vendor Unisys is marketing a new threat protection service from Internet Security Systems (ISS). According to the duo, the deal provides a way to use general engineering skills to deliver such services more cheaply--although the companies were reluctant to quote a price. The Dynamic Threat Protection Service monitors intrusion detection systems within the user company and raises an alert within ten minutes if there is an attack. The service is intended for users who require more than five IDS systems, typically on five sites. It was launched at RSA Security in Paris on 9 October and will be offered worldwide. Unisys staff will monitor unusual events that are picked up by the IDS systems, and alert the user if the activity is malicious. Typically, customers will ask for an alert rather than handing over the responsibility for blocking traffic, said Terrence Peters, European security services practice director for Unisys. "Our clients are sensitive about giving control over," he said. "If something is blocked overnight which is needed for the transfer of $100 million (£64m), it will not go down well." ISS has offered security services for some time, but Unisys has a longer experience with outsourcing and its service level agreements are mature, said Xavier Juredieu, marketing director, EMEA for ISS. Unisys is also able to bring to bear general-purpose grades of engineer, so that staff who are simply plugging in boxes are not overqualified, which would make the overall service more expensive. "The security expertise is in the design, not in the deployment," said Peters. However, Unisys would not quote a price for the service, suggesting it is just for large companies. Like the chic clothes boutiques in the lower floors of Paris' Palais des Congres, where the RSA Conference is taking place, Unisys has no need of price tags, because if you have to ask, you can't afford it. The service is also put together differently for different customers, said Peters. Intriguingly, the service may also have an element like an insurance company's "no-claims bonus". "If activity is lower than expected, we will reward the customer with other services," said Peters. Both companies are open to other partners. "We have chosen ISS, as it has global presence and technology, but we are sensitive to our clients. If they choose a different system, we will go with that," said Peters. "We have a few in mind, but so far have only worked with ISS." ========================================================= Note this is of course more significant than one would suspect on first blush.....jsut whom did RSA jsut enter a joint venture with, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

To: Joseph Pareti who wrote (2790)	11/26/2002 4:32:13 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Respond to of 2818

And for our next number....... Unisys ES7000 Tops all Windows-based Servers in Two-Tier SAP Standard Application Benchmark 18 Nov 2002, 08:00am ET - - - - - BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 2002-- ES7000 16-way Beats Nearest Competition by 250% With Intel Itanium 2, Windows .NET Server 2003 Datacenter Edition, and SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) The Unisys ES7000 beat the best recorded performance of all Microsoft- and Intel-based servers ever tested under the SAP Standard Application Sales and Distribution (SD) Benchmark for "two-tiered" configurations -- those running the application and the database on the same server. The Unisys ES7000 topped its nearest Windows-based competitor, an IBM x440 supporting 520 SAP SD Benchmark users, by over 250%.(1) The result is the best two-tiered configuration performance ever achieved by a server -- Unix or Windows -- with fewer than 24 processors. For enterprises relying on large-scale SAP solutions, the test shows the ability of the Unisys ES7000, combined with Microsoft and Intel technology, to outperform larger and more expensive Unix/ RISC- based servers. Equipped with 16 Intel Itanium 2 processors, the 64-bit Unisys ES7000 Aries 130 server supported 1,340 concurrent SAP Standard Application SD users, the best performance ever delivered by a non-clustered server using Intel Itanium 2 processors. It ran the Windows .NET Server 2003 Datacenter Edition operating system and SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) database. The benchmark, an industry-standard measure of server performance, was conducted at the Unisys performance laboratory in Mission Viejo, Calif, and has been certified by SAP AG. "These outstanding results surprised even our engineers," said Mike Thomas, vice president of Unisys Global Solution Partners Program. "Seeing a 16-way Unisys ES7000 triumph over Unix/RISC servers with 50 percent more processors is truly satisfying. This achievement validates our ability to deliver clear value to our clients by lowering IT infrastructure costs while increasing capabilities through our mainframe-class technology." The SAP Standard Application SD Benchmark simulates the maximum number of concurrent users supported by a system within response times of less than two seconds. The simulated user workload was achieved with an average dialog response time of 1.84 seconds and is equivalent to 135,670 fully business processed order line items per hour. The results were derived using the SAP Standard Application SD Benchmark methodology, an industry standard measurement. More information on the benchmark is available at www.sap.com/benchmark or upon request from Unisys and SAP AG. "This benchmark clearly shows the performance gains that customers can expect with Windows .NET Server 2003 Datacenter Edition and SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition," said Bob Ellsworth, director, Windows Server Division, Microsoft Corp. "Impressive results like this on a server running both the application and the database prove that businesses can consolidate resources without sacrificing performance." The Unisys ES7000 Aries 130 was configured with 16 Intel Itanium 2 1.0-GHz processors with 3 Mbytes of level-three cache and 64 GB of main memory. The server ran Microsoft Corp.'s Windows .NET Server 2003 Datacenter Edition operating system, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) database, and SAP R/3 Release 4.6C. CPU utilization on the central server was 96%. Total disk space was 1.15 Tbytes. Unisys has been a certified SAP Platform Partner and certified SAP Software Partner since 1997. Unisys operates competency centers in Sulzbach, Germany, and McLean, Virginia, dedicated to sizing and tuning SAP applications for peak performance on ES7000 server platforms. (1) IBM achieved 520 SAP Benchmark users with 1.85 average dialog response time and 158,000 fully processed line items per hour. This was achieved on the IBM eServer xSeries Model 440 running Windows 2000, DB2 UDB 7.2 and SAP R/3 Release 4.6C. The configuration utilized the 8-way SMP, Pentium Xeon processor at 1.6 GHz with 1 MB of L3 cache, March 11, 2002. About Unisys Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions company. Our people combine expertise in systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, server technology and consulting with precision thinking and relentless execution to help clients, in more than 100 countries, quickly and efficiently achieve competitive advantage. For more information, visit www.unisys.com