DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 1999--Sequent Computer Systems,
Inc., the leader in Intel-based data center solutions, today announced
it has jointly developed a workload management tool with Microsoft
Corp., to be incorporated in Windows 2000 Data Center Server.
The tool, called Process Control, enables customers to achieve
better operational control and to consolidate multiple applications on
a single server for lower cost of operations. Process Control was
announced and demonstrated today as part of a keynote address by Brian
Valentine, vice president of Microsoft's Business Enterprise Division
at the Tech Ed-99 Conference.
An integrated part of the Windows 2000 Data Center Server
operating system, Process Control enables an administrator to manage
multiple applications across available system resources. Process
Control utilizes Microsoft's new underlying Job Object technology to
manage application process affinities with specific system resources.
Sequent developed the Process Control technology to meet customer
requirements for high availability, performance optimization and
manageability in their core data center environments.
"Microsoft is thrilled to collaborate with Sequent on the
development of the Process Control Tool, which will be part of Windows
2000 Data Center Server," said Edmund Muth, group product manager at
Microsoft Corp. "Using the Windows 2000 Job Object infrastructure, the
Process Control Tool makes it straightforward for system managers to
control the resources assigned to heterogeneous enterprise workloads
hosted on large, powerful SMP servers in the data center. Customers
will benefit from this technology both in server consolidation
projects, and in settings where there are service level agreements in
force with clients, and where resources need to be assigned to
specific workloads and applications."
Jeff Pancottine, vice president, global marketing at Sequent,
said: "Windows 2000 Data Center Server allows customersto take
advantage of the expertise that Sequent brings to highly scalable data
center class systems. Sequent is excited about the joint development
we have been able to do with Microsoft that resulted in the Process
Control feature. We look forward to expanding on that collaboration in
the future to ensure we exceed customer expectations in key business
critical areas like e-commerce and customer relationship management."
Tech Ed-99 Demonstration
At Tech Ed-99, Microsoft and Sequent demonstrated the new Process
Control utility and its ability to consolidate multiple applications
running on Windows 2000 Data Center Server. The demonstration was
conducted on a prototype Intel Pentium III Xeon eight processor server
with 8GB of main memory. In addition, Microsoft showed on the same
hardware the ability to run multiple instances of Microsoft SQL Server
using the new greater than 4GB Physical Address Extensions (PAE)
kernel support available in Windows 2000 Data Center Server. These
demonstrations showed some of the key features being incorporated into
Microsoft Windows 2000 Data Center Server to take advantage of large
memory, management tools, and enterprise class hardware to consolidate
workloads.
Process Control
Process Control will be a standard function of Microsoft Windows
2000 Data Center Server. Process Control utilizes the Windows 2000 Job
Object technology to give a system administrator the ability to assign
system resources to specific applications, and finely tune the
resources used by those applications, whether or not they were
designed to operate in a data center environment.
This ability to map processes to processors becomes increasingly
important as servers are consolidated and one server runs multiple
applications.
About Microsoft Windows 2000 Data Center Server
Windows 2000 Data Center Server is a specialized high-end version
of Windows 2000 Server, supporting up to 32-way SMP and up to 64 GB of
physical memory. Like Windows 2000 Advanced Server, it provides both
clustering and load balancing services as standard features. In
addition, Windows 2000 Data Center Server is optimal for large data
warehouses, econometric analysis, large-scale simulations in science
and engineering, online transaction processing, server consolidation
projects, and for large-scale ISPs and Web-site hosting.
About Sequent and Microsoft in the Data Center
Sequent is a major proponent of delivering Microsoft's rich
application environment and price/performance into the data center.
Sequent provides solutions based on its NUMACenter platform and
services for organizations deploying large-scale Microsoft NT-based
applications. The Intel-based NUMACenter combines Sequent technology,
including interconnects, its high availability Storage Area Network
and Advanced Detection Availability Manager (ADAM) in an integrated
framework with best in class middleware, databases, storage, back-up
and management tools. NUMACenter is a framework through which
customers can quickly deploy enterprise Windows NT-based applications
and add new capacity and functionality over time, to protect their
infrastructure investment.
About Sequent Computer Systems, 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 large, growing
corporate infrastructures leveraging Internet technologies, database
technologies and best-of-breed partnerships.
Sequent supports more than 10,000 installations worldwide,
including many of the world's largest and most sophisticated
e-commerce, CRM and business intelligence environments. For further
information, phone Sequent at 503/626-5700 or 800/257-9044, or visit
our Web site at www.sequent.com.
Note to Editors: Sequent is a registered trademark and NUMACenter
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.
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CONTACT: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
Mike Fay, 212/317-5710
mikefay@sequent.com
Catherine King, 503/578-7820
kingcath@sequent.com
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