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To: Ed Flynn who wrote (1172)	5/3/1999 9:30:00 AM
From: Rob C.	Respond to of 1229

Look's like we finally are waking up. BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 1999--Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. today launched its first global advertising campaign including print and online ads in national business and computer trade publications. The roll-out includes a corporate Web page redesign and a new tagline to re-inforce Sequent's data center leadership. The multi-million dollar ad campaign was created by EURO RSCG/DSW Partners, best known for its work with Intel's "Intel Inside" and Iomega's "Because It's Your Stuff" campaigns. The ads will run primarily in the US, UK and France. According to Craig Aramaki, DSW Partners Account Director, the campaign takes the theme and tagline: "Can Your Data Center Do This?(TM)" to high level IT decision-makers and corporate executives as they face major e-commerce infrastructure decisions. "Today's Internet-driven business models demand a new data center. It should scale easily with unpredictable Web application traffic, leverage commodity components for standard environments and reliably support a 24 x 7 business operation without failure. That's the Sequent value proposition. It's time to turn the volume up and build the Sequent brand," said Jeff Pancottine, VP global marketing for Sequent. "We have implemented some of the biggest transaction systems in the world using Intel processors, UNIX, Windows NT and Internet technologies. The challenge is to expand our marketing efforts and rise to the occasion." The initial three ads are aimed at differentiating Sequent from its competition with a focus on technology advances that are unique to Sequent, backed by proven customer successes. Sequent's new Web site will reflect the new branding created by DSW Partners. Can Your Data Center Do This? Central to the campaign is a new tagline that conveys Sequent's lead in the data center. The tagline reads, "Can Your Data Center Do This?" and is part of the three initial print ads as well as the new Web site. About Sequent ComputerSystems, 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 corporate and institutional data center environments leveraging industry-standard technologies and best-in-class partnerships. Sequent supports more than 10,000 installations worldwide, including many of the world's largest and most sophisticated OLTP, DSS and RDBMS applications. For further information, phone Sequent at (503) 626-5700 or (800) 257-9044, or visit our Web site at www.sequent.com. About DSW Partners Gold Pencil winner for integrated branding, DSW Partners serves as a lead agency and West Coast presence for EURO RSCG Worldwide at its offices in Salt Lake City and San Francisco. EURO RSCG Worldwide, one of the world's largest advertising networks, is comprised of 140 agencies in 65 countries located throughout Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia with more than 7,000 employees. -0- Note to Editors: Sequent is a registered trademark and Can Your Data Center Do This? 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. --30--crd/sf* CONTACT: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Chris McManus, 415/778-5225 chrismcm@sequent.com or Mary Kay Lazarus, 801/328-8899 mary.kay.lazarus@mklpr.com KEYWORD: OREGON CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED PRODUCT Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com Copyright 1999, Business Wire

To: Ed Flynn who wrote (1172)	5/4/1999 2:24:00 PM
From: Rob C.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1229

BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 1999--Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SQNT.O), the leader in Intel-based data center solutions, today announced that it will deliver enhancements to its NUMACenter enterprise application delivery platform including a Windows NT data base server option and features for improved Storage Area Network (SAN) management. NUMACenter is a framework for deploying large-scale Windows NT applications that addresses data center requirements for performance, availability and management. "NUMACenter is the next step in the evolution of the Windows NT data center," said Jeff Pancottine, vice president of global marketing at Sequent. "Sequent is committed through NUMACenter and our professional service offerings to enabling levels of service that surpass the value of the predominant commodity Windows NT platform marketplace. We believe a data center focus has become more critical in anticipation of the expanded capability of Microsoft Windows 2000." Data Center Windows NT Sequent's NUMACenter with the Windows NT database server option supports up to eight Pentium III Xeon processors in the database tier with up to 24 application servers. It is optimized for Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management and Data Mart applications. The highly scalable mixed mode NUMACenter supports a UNIX database server with up to 64 processors and 24 Windows NT application servers. To ensure performance and reliability the all Windows NT NUMACenter platform, like the mixed-mode NUMACenter, provides customers an environment that is pre-integrated and characterized across enterprise-level peripheral and software stacks. SMP Utilization Manager TM provides processor affinity enabling efficient workload management and resource distribution. Heterogeneous Server and SAN Management All NUMACenter platforms ship with Sequent's Advanced Detection Availability Manager (ADAM) a single point for management and control of an integrated mixed vendor hardware environment. The enhanced ADAM console now includes an intelligent host, delivering a more efficient and friendly device management subsystem. The intelligent host enables dynamic reconfiguration of devices on the ADAM LAN and ADAM components, auto-discovery, and integration of phone home and lights out capabilities. In addition, a web-based browser interface has been added, enabling system administrators to view status of NUMACenter devices including connected SAN elements like the 16 port fibre channel switch. Sequent's switch-based SAN implementation allows multiple Windows NT servers to efficiently share high-end storage devices, increasing availability and reducing costs associated with deploying large-scale applications. The SAN is centrally monitored and managed through ADAM and typically includes NUMACenter with UNIX and NT quads, Brocade's SilkWorm Fibre Channel switches and a high-end EMC storage and StorageTek tape back-up facilities. Investment Protection and TCO NUMACenter provides consolidated management of resources, hardware investment protection and a lower cost of applications delivery compared with a pure UNIX environment. NUMACenter extends the price/performance advantage of Windows NT to large-scale applications, supporting large numbers of users and large amounts of data. NUMACenter offers rapid deployment and risk reduction capability through proofing, characterization and best practices. It integrates Windows and UNIX resources in the data center where they can be most effectively managed. The NUMACenter framework also can be up-graded to leverage the latest Intel processors, new integration and management tools and is configurable for an all Windows or UNIX environment. Availability The all Windows NT NUMACenter and enhanced ADAM begins shipping in Q3, 1999. About Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Sequent Computer Systems (Nasdaq:SQNT.O), the leader in Intel-based solutions forthe 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 corporate and institutional data center environments leveraging industry-standard technologies and best-in-class partnerships. Sequent supports more than 10,000 installations worldwide, including many of the world's largest and most sophisticated OLTP, DSS and RDBMS applications. For further information, phone Sequent at (503) 626-5700 or (800) 257-9044, or visit our Web site at www.sequent.com. Trademarks Sequent is a registered trademark and NUMACenter is a trademark of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. SMP Utilization Manager is a trademark of NCR Corporation. All brand and product names appearing in this release are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. --30--ap/sf* CONTACT: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Mike Fay, mikefay@sequent.com (212) 317-5710 Catherine King, kingcath@sequent.com (503)578-7820 KEYWORD: OREGON INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED PRODUCT Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com Copyright 1999, Business Wire