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To: Elmer who wrote (35791)	8/11/1998 1:36:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573130

Elmer - Re: "More Xeon servers shipping...That makes Compaq, Dell and now DataGeneral." Looks like you can now add Unisys to this list. Paul {================================} newsalert.com -UNISYS: Tests show Unisys 4-Way Windows NT server doubles price/performance advantage Presswire - August 10, 1998 14:08 M2 PRESSWIRE-10 August 1998-UNISYS: Tests show Unisys 4-Way Windows NT server doubles price/performance advantage offered by leading UNIX/RISC systems (C)1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD -- Unisys Aquanta QS/2 provides the lowest price per transaction ever measured by industry-standard TPC-C tests Taking another broad stride forward in propelling Intel-based Windows NT technology into the market currently dominated by UNIX/RISC systems, Unisys Corporation today announced that its Aquanta QS/2 Server achieved 18,154.00 transactions per minute (tpmC) and a price per transaction of $25.49/tpmC. This is the best price/performance recorded for any system tested under the Transaction Processing Council's "C" benchmark methodology, the computer industry's standard method of measuring transaction processing performance. Not only is the QS/2, equipped with four Intel Pentium II Xeon microprocessors, faster by substantial margins than leading four-processor UNIX/RISC servers, but its price per transaction is less than half. TPC test results posted for comparable UNIX/RISC systems as of July 31, 1998 were 11,559.70 tpmC at $56.60/tpmC for the Sun Microsystems Ultra Enterprise 450 and 9,853.13 tpmC at $64.22/tpmC for the IBM RS/6000 Workgroup Server F50. "Until now, UNIX/RISC architectures were comfortably entrenched in the market for the large-scale, high-performance applications that run today's enterprises," said Don Johnson, vice president and general manager, Windows NT Server Business, Unisys Computer Systems. "The tests give customers clear, overwhelming, and indisputable evidence of the enormous price/performance advantages offered by Unisys servers based on Intel processors and the Windows NT operating environment. The results prove conclusively that customers have a viable alternative to UNIX for large-scale enterprise applications." For the test, the QS/2 server was configured with four GBytes of memory and eight SCSI RAID controllers. It ran the Microsoft Windows NT Server Enterprise Edition 4.0 operating system and the Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition 7.0 database management system. "These tests are early evidence of our success in applying decades of Unisys experience in large-scale, mission-critical computing to the challenge of boosting the enterprise capability of Intel and Microsoft technology," said Leo C. Daiuto, group vice president and general manager, Enterprise NT Systems and Product Development & Technology, Unisys Computer Systems. "Our momentum in realizing the goals of our enterprise Windows NT business is only beginning to build. It will realize its fullest potential when servers built on our mainframe-class Cellular MultiProcessing architecture bring mainframe-class partitioning, scalability, resilience, and manageability to the market." About Unisys Unisys is an information technology solutions provider that has a portfolio of information services, technologies and third-party alliances needed to help clients capitalize on their information asset to enhance their competitiveness and responsiveness to customers. Unisys expertise is founded on the strengths of three global businesses: Information Services, providing consulting, application solutions, systems integration and outsourcing; Computer Systems, providing industry-leading technologies; and Global Customer Services, delivering comprehensive services and products supporting distributed computing environments. Access the Unisys home page on the World Wide Web -- unisys.com -- for further information. Unisys is a registered trademark and Aquanta is a trademark of Unisys Corporation. All other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Steve Holzman, Unisys Tel: +1 215 986-5098 e-mail: stephen.holzman@unisys.com M2 COMMUNICATIONS DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY FOR INFORMATION PROVIDED WITHIN M2 PRESSWIRE. DATA SUPPLIED BY NAMED PARTY/PARTIES.