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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (149844)	11/27/2001 2:16:34 PM
From: AK2004	Respond to of 186894

Ten I said pretty much the same last night :-)) Regards -Albert

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (149844)	11/27/2001 2:20:14 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

biz.yahoo.com Tuesday November 27, 11:15 am Eastern Time Press Release SOURCE: Intel i2, Intel and Siemens Business Services Collaborate On Global Supply Chain SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2001--i2 Technologies, Inc., Intel Corporation and Siemens Business Services (SBS) today announced a new software and service solution for electronic supply chain management. Known as the ``E-Managed Service Chain,'' the solution combines procurement, logistics, customization, transportation, installation and integration tools into one highly integrated package. The solution uses i2's supply chain management tools and runs on Fujitsu Siemens Primergy(1) four- and eight-way, Intel® Pentium® III Xeon(TM) processor-based servers. Intel-based servers were chosen for this solution because of their open, scalable and easy-to-implement architecture. SBS is implementing the multi-million dollar solution globally within Siemens AG. The solution is replicable and is currently available to corporate customers in Europe, and it is expected to be available to US-based customers starting in 2002. Solution Specifics The E-Managed Service Chain brings together the skills and areas of competency of three major players in the IT marketplace: i2's market-leading solutions for dynamic value chain management, which help increase visibility from suppliers to customers for better decisions and faster action. Products from i2 include Global Logistics Monitor, Factory Planner, Customer Management, along with the i2 Platform. Intel's best-in-class enterprise technology such as Pentium III Xeon processor-based servers. Intel® Solution Centers, high-tech testing facilities for e-Business, are also intended to play a crucial role in the project, hosting pre-testing of future demanding scenarios. Siemens Business Services' expertise as a managed service provider for procurement and rollout services as well as a system integrator. The combination of the tools into one supply chain is expected to shorten lengthy procurement cycles and costly inefficiencies, and will ultimately provide better service to customers. The joint project has greatly benefited from the e-Business alliance between Intel and i2 announced in February. The alliance is aimed at accelerating the deployment of the i2 SCM solutions powered by Intel-based servers. About the Companies For more than a decade, i2 has been a leader in supply chain management. i2 has extended its technology and expertise to Dynamic Value Chain Management -- solutions to help companies collaborate on decision-making processes not only across functions within a single company, but across multiple companies. i2 solutions span the value chain interactions, including customer relationship management, supply chain management and supplier relationship management. Established in 1988, i2 is the only software solutions provider that measures, audits, and reports total value provided to its customers, with a mission to deliver $75 billion in value by 2005. Learn more at www.i2.com. Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom. Siemens Business Services is one of the world's leading providers in the area of electronic and mobile business. With its comprehensive know-how and specific sector knowledge, SBS offers solutions and services from a single source -- from consulting through system integration to responsibility for the customers' entire business processes, and management of IT infrastructures. In fiscal 2000 (30 September), SBS achieved sales of EUR 5.8 billion. The company has 33,500 employees worldwide. Further information at: sbs.siemens.com. Note to Editors: i2 is a registered trademark of i2 Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Intel, Xeon and Pentium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. (1)Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Intel Seth Walker, 503/264-2190 seth.walker@intel.com Orietta Sutherberry, +44 (0) 1793 403426 (Europe) Orietta.Sutherberry@intel.com or i2 Sue LaDow, 469/357-3027 Susan_LaDow@i2.com or Siemens Business Services Andreas vom Bruch, +49 89 636-44374 andreas.vom-bruch@mch.siemens.de Email th

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (149844)	11/27/2001 2:20:45 PM
From: fingolfen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

I doubt it. If there is no need for 64-bit on the desktop, why should Intel risk its Itanium strategy and introduce an x86-64-like extension for Pentium 4? Good point... Of course, Intel could ultimately bring IA-64 to the desktop as well... although I don't foresee that until after 2005.