Microsoft/Unisys Support Large Web-Based Enterprises

Microsoft Corp and Unisys Corp have just demonstrated that the largest Web-based enterprises can run their ERP applications with power and speed -- without paying a UNIX-premium price. In an industry-standard benchmark, www.unisys.com/news/releases/2001/feb/02267066.asp, a 16-processor Unisys e@ction Enterprise Server ES7000 system, running Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, simulated a workload of 10,400 mySAP.com users with an average response time of 1.83 seconds.

"This result shows that with the Unisys ES7000, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server and SQL Server 2000, everything needed to meet the requirements of the most demanding SAP installations is in place and proven," said Gordon Mangione, vice president for SQL Server. "It offers enterprises further assurance that they no longer have to pay the UNIX premium for high-performance SAP solutions or be locked into proprietary platform technology."

Microsoft, together with its Windows Datacenter Partners such as Unisys, is providing customers with the best value and alternative to existing proprietary UNIX solutions by delivering the highest levels of reliability, scalability and serviceability for line-of-business, e-commerce and data warehousing solutions. SQL Server 2000 is the first database certified for use on Windows 2000 Datacenter Server.

Contact Eleanor Davis of Waggener Edstrom, 503-412-3663, or eleanord@wagged.com for Microsoft Corp.