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To: HoodBuilder who wrote (1196)	6/1/1999 9:26:00 AM
From: Rob C.	Respond to of 1229

BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 1999-- Global Competency Center and Deployment Manual Maximize Performance of Large Scale Siebel Application Deployments Sequent Computer Systems, the leader in Intel-based data center solutions, today announced a global competency center and a Deployment Manual for the Siebel 99 application suite to ensure rapid, successful implementation in complex, large-scale environments. Part of Sequent's Contact Advantage(TM) program, the competency center and Deployment Manual offer performance, sizing and workload testing services and configuration guidelines that take the guess work out of Siebel 99 application deployment. Last month, Sequent unveiled a performance guarantee for Siebel 99 backed by up to $5 million in products and services. The competency center and the Deployment Manual facilitate end-to-end deployment of Siebel 99 on the Sequent NUMACenter(TM) platform. Whether it be 24x7 availability for a multi-site call center or sales force automation for tens of thousands of sales executives around the globe, the competency center can provide configurations that meet the exacting requirements that true enterprise wide solutions demand. "Sequent's Global Competency Center and Deployment Manual demonstrate their strong commitment to delivering leading CRM infrastructure solutions for the enterprise," said Bruce Cleveland, vice president, Alliances of Siebel Systems. "Sequent's extensive system characterization testing allows customers to even more rapidly implement Siebel's industry leading front office applications, with an infrastructure that can accommodate substantial growth , high availability, and outstanding performance." "Siebel Systems is the clear leader in front office software solutions," said Jeff Pancottine, vice president global marketing for Sequent. "The expertise Sequent has available through the competency center and Deployment Manual allow us to provide and guarantee infrastructure requirements that under-pin it." Global Competency Center Services: -0- T -- Infrastructure architecture design and sizing: ensures that the solution will support extreme work loads in a production environment and deliver the desired levels of application performance, availability and scalability. -- Architecture validation: demonstrate that the solution design will be compatible with the client's existing data center environment and system management infrastructure. -- Demonstrations: dedicated testing environment proving the performance of the Siebel 99 in a variety of large-scale configurations. -- Benchmarks and proof of concept: delivers customer-specific proofing activities to address performance, scalability and integration issues. T -0- Deployment Manual The Sequent Deployment Manual for Siebel 99 includes proven best practices together with system architecture, sizing and configuration guidelines based on extensive testing. The Guide also assists in integrating complementary products, including system management solutions. The Guide provides information in the following key areas: -0- T -- System Sizing -- Thin client vs. connected client guidelines -- Network bandwidth -- Central vs. distributed database guidelines -- Database synchronization -- High availability -- Backup, recovery and disaster resilience -- Quality assurance and development environments T -0- A Guaranteed Solution Sequent has a strong track record of providing solutions for complex CRM infrastructure requirements. Sequent, through its unique Siebel performance guarantee, will contractually commit to call throughput, user load and user response times of Siebel 99 Call Center on NUMACenter. If the NUMACenter platform is unable to meet the agreed targets Sequent will upgrade the system at no charge to the customer. 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: Trademarks Sequent is a registered trademark and NUMACenter and Contact Advantage are trademarks of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. All brand and product names appearing in this release are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. --30--slt/sf* CONTACT: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Mike Fay, 212/317-5710 mikefay@sequent.com Chris McManus, 415/778-5225 chrismcm@sequent.com 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

To: HoodBuilder who wrote (1196)	6/8/1999 9:14:00 AM
From: Rob C.	Respond to of 1229

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- June 8, 1999-- Sequent Delivers Data-Center Strength Backup and Recovery with VERITAS NetBackup VERITAS(R) Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS.O), the industry's leading enterprise-class application storage management software provider, and Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SQNT.O), the leader in Intel-based data center solutions, today announced an extended OEM partnership to provide VERITAS NetBackup(TM) across Sequent UNIX and Windows NT platforms, including its mixed-mode NUMACenter(TM) systems. This combination of VERITAS NetBackup and Sequent NUMA-Q(R) and NUMACenter systems enables centralized storage management for heterogeneous environments from a single console dramatically reducing the cost of backing up large environments and delivering continuous availability of data. The agreement between VERITAS Software and Sequent extends their long-standing OEM partnership upon which customers depend for one-stop product-and-services solutions for e-commerce, customer relationship management and business intelligence environments. "VERITAS Software storage management solutions meet the most demanding customer data center requirements and are capable of supporting e-commerce environments in which data volumes and back-up demands can be enormous," said Jeff Pancottine, vice president of global marketing for Sequent. "The centralized solution we provide with VERITAS meets this criteria and is backed by extensive best practices for implementation and operation by the Sequent Professional Services organization." "This expansion of our Sequent partnership helps VERITAS Software continue to propagate its products into the UNIX and NT markets, furthering its position as the industry standard in storage management," said Steve Colman, vice president of OEM operations, VERITAS Software. "The delivery of VERITAS NetBackup across open-systems platforms suchas Sequent DYNIX/ptx(R) and Windows NT provides a powerful solution that promotes the scalability of heterogeneous environments expanding data availability of the most critical user applications." Sequent Computer Systems has been a VERITAS Software partner since becoming one of the first VERITAS Software OEMs to embed VERITAS Volume Manager and VERITAS File System, which it did in its Sequent DYNIX/ptx operating system. About VERITAS NetBackup VERITAS NetBackup is the industry's leading enterprise data protection solution that provides centralized control from a single management interface. The multi-tier architecture of VERITAS NetBackup provides customers with a fast, reliable, data-center strength backup and recovery solution that can protect environments that span terabytes to petabytes in size. Key features in VERITAS NetBackup include the industry's most advanced media management, disaster recovery support, and intuitive Java and Windows NT administrative interfaces. In addition to protecting data in a mixed UNIX, Windows NT and Novell NetWare environment, VERITAS NetBackup provides advanced, "database aware" solutions for all leading databases such as Oracle, Informix, Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server. About VERITAS Software For enterprise customers who demand the continuous availability of business critical information, VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS.O), the industry's leading enterprise-class application storage management software provider, ensures information availability from business-critical applications by delivering integrated, cross-platform storage management software solutions. The Company's products enable Business Without Interruption(TM) and are designed to protect, access and manage business-critical application information. VERITAS Software products are delivered through a global end user sales force and a worldwide network of enterprise VARs, resellers and OEM partners. The Company's corporate headquarters is located at 1600 Plymouth Street, Mountain View, CA 94043. Telephone: 650/335-8000. Fax: 650/335-8050. Email: vx-sales@veritas.com. WWW site: veritas.com. 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. This press release may include estimates and forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the timely development and market acceptance of products and VERITAS' ability to appropriately distribute its products, that could cause actual results the Company achieves to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. For more information regarding potential risks see the "Risk Factors" section of our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q on file with the SEC. VERITAS is a registered trademark of VERITAS Software Corporation in the US and other countries. The VERITAS logo and VERITAS NetBackup are trademarks of VERITAS Software Corporation in the US and other countries. Sequent, NUMA-Q and DYNIX/ptx are registered trademarks and NUMACenter is a trademark of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Other product names mentionedherein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. --30--RYG/se* CONTACT: VERITAS Software, Mountain View Erin Jones, 805/783-4528 (Public Relations) erin.jones@veritas.com Rebecca Glenn, 805/782-4148 (Public Relations) rebecca.glenn@veritas.com Marge Duncan, 650/526-2508 (Investor Relations) marge@veritas.com or Sequent Public Relations Mike Fay, 212/750-9300 mikefay@sequent.com KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA 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

To: HoodBuilder who wrote (1196)	6/11/1999 9:52:00 AM
From: Rob C.	Respond to of 1229

www.rfgonline.com June 10, 1999 Intel's GHz Chip Needs NUMA RFG believes that the Intel architecture, as currently designed, will yield diminishing returns as processor speeds approach and exceed the gigahertz (GHz) barrier. The long-touted advantages of Intel's 64-bit gigahertz processors are still years away and will only achieve success with features such as EPIC or NUMA. CIOs who are counting on larger, more powerful Intel processors and clusters to alleviate the operational morass created by today's rapidly growing systems should be talking to their vendors of Intel-based hardware and software to understand both the impacts to their business and the alternatives. Business Imperatives: · Intel is on a strategy of trying to satisfy two masters with the same solution. It is attempting to provide a common chip architecture and family of 64-bit products for servers and desktops. To meet the cost constraints of the entry level servers and desktops, Intel has chosen uniprocessor chips as its design point. Hence the high-performance systems anticipated by CIOs are being viewed as secondary markets. · High-end servers must have a balanced system architecture with equally good performance in the processor, memory, and input/output (I/O) subsystems. Memory, bus speed and bandwidth are not keeping pace with the processor speeds. Additionally, Intel intends to continue with its slow Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) interface. CIOs may need to seek NUMA-based hardware solutions to achieve the desired performance levels. · New software will also be required to realize the performance objectives of the 1 GHz processors. Not only must the operating system and Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) software be 64-bit enabled but optimized for the new processors. CIOs should be prepared to redesign and/or recompile all existing programs with the new Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing (EPIC) compilers or for Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) optimization. Moore's Law continues apace as processor speeds are doubling every 12 to 18 months. By the end of 2001, gigahertz (GHz) 64-bit processors will be available from Intel. The common view is that these high-speed engines will allow CIOs to scale them to enterprise-class servers. Hence through consolidation or clustering, CIOs hope to reduce the administration costs associated with existing Intel server farms. Unfortunately, achievement of this goal may not be as easily attained as hoped. CIOs need to understand that processors speed alone does not determine a server's performance. Bus structure and bandwidth, memory size and proximity, and I/O bus widths and speeds impact a Central Processing Unit's (CPU) effectiveness. If it cannot be fed fast enough, it is forced to waste cycles – or idle – and thereby appears to perform at a slower speed. Chip designers have developed solutions to some of the above problems, but not all. Intel is aware of the options and tradeoffs and has chosen the uniprocessor model as its 64-bit Merced and McKinley processor design point. This is good news for entry level servers and client systems as it keeps the price point low. However, it is not good news for CIOs hoping to scale up their existing Intel servers. High-performance servers, to be effective, require a carefully balanced system architecture. Memory, including all levels of cache, must be strategically placed as close to the CPU as possible. The internal bus and the I/O subsystem should have the broadest possible bandwidth. In Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) and clusters this balancing act becomes more difficult to achieve. Since Intel did not choose to optimize to this architectural target, it has opted to utilize an untested methodology called EPIC to achieve the desired results.

To: HoodBuilder who wrote (1196)	6/14/1999 8:46:00 AM
From: Rob C.	Respond to of 1229

BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1999-- Solution Links Customer Interaction System With Existing Operational Systems Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. and Oracle Corp. today announced a customer relationship management (CRM) alliance aimed at delivering customer centric call center systems for effective CRM solutions that tie into existing enterprise resource planning (ERP) and data warehousing systems such as Oracle ERP and SAP ERP. Oracle CRM 3i applications running on Sequent's data center servers leverage tight integration between Oracle CRM and ERP applications. The initiative is an extension of a larger Oracle-Sequent alliance that boasts over 400 joint customers over the last three years. The solution includes Sequent's Contact Advantage(TM) framework, a collection of tools and professional services that help integrate applications with data warehouses and legacy systems and Oracle CRM 3i. Oracle CRM 3i provides customer-responsive companies with comprehensive solutions for marketing, sales, service, call center and electronic commerce and offers out-of-the-box integration between Oracle and SAP ERP systems. By leveraging integrated back-end ERP and CRM systems, companies can identify and act upon customer opportunities to create incremental revenue. Oracle CRM 3i compliments Sequent's Contact Advantage framework for customer relationship management by providing an integrated CRM environment that ties together front office operations, such as a call center, with existing customer data systems for a 360 degree view of an organization's customers. "Customer relationship management presents one of the biggest opportunities facing CIOs and business line managers today -- the ability to grow incremental revenue through existing customers. This requires a system that fully leverages ERP in the back end," said Jeff Pancottine, vice president of global marketing for Sequent. "Oracle's integrated architecture provides an ideal CRM solution for the large installed base of customers who have already implemented Oracle ERP applications." "Sequent and Oracle have always had a strong relationship enabling the two companies to meet demanding customer needs in large data center environments," said Mark Barrenechea, senior vice president of CRM products, Oracle Corp. "By combining Sequent's underlying architecture with our applications, customers will have a comprehensive solution that will enable them to leverage information for profitable customer relations." About Oracle CRM 3i Oracle offers the broadest span of integrated customer relationship management products, including solutions for marketing, sales and service, and delivery channels such as call center and electronic commerce. Oracle's Customer Relationship Management Applications leverage Oracle's core competencies of databases, tools and integration with back-end ERP applications to provide comprehensive customer intelligence. Additionally, Oracle is the only CRM vendor that leverages the Internet for complete lead to loyalty customer management. About Contact Advantage Sequent has an excellent track record in helping its customers to re-orient their business, and the systems that support it, from being product-driven to customer-driven. Customer interaction systems such as call centers are often a key component of these systems, providing a 'one to one' customer interface. Sequent works with the customer and often system integrator partners to fully integrate legacy systems into the call center environment, mapping product information records onto customer records. 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. --30--RYG/se* CONTACT: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Mike Fay, 212/317-5710 mikefay@sequent.com or Chris McManus, 415/778-5225 chrismcm@sequent.com KEYWORD: OREGON INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED PRODUCT INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET 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