SCO AND LEADING ENTERPRISE SYSTEM VENDORS BRING NEW
ERA OF VOLUME ECONOMICS TO THE DATA CENTER
SCO and industry-leading enterprise partners have introduced the beginning of new era in data center computing that delivers the benefits of "volume economics." Driving this change are the latest generation of Intel multiprocessor-based servers and the new UnixWare 7 Data Center Edition, offering advanced data center capabilities for IA-32 systems and compatibility with the forthcoming "Monterey 64" UNIX operating system.
The volume economic model derives benefits from the pervasiveness of commodity hardware and software platforms. With the arrival of high-powered, high-volume enterprise servers and operating systems, this model is moving up into the enterprise and data center.
"The high-volume model is a pragmatic approach that delivers what's important to customers, such as improved performance, higher quality, better affordability and wider application availability," said Doug Michels, president and CEO of SCO. "That's why we're seeing such a strong push for this model to move up-market into the enterprise and data center. SCO and its OEM partners drive a huge portion of a worldwide UNIX business that totals billions of dollars every year. Their support clearly indicates that the move to a high-volume model continues to gain momentum."
Many of today's midrange and high-end systems that run data center and "glass house" operations require custom-built applications, tools and other components. Businesses today are seeking to control costs, increase flexibility, and adopt new technologies, while still maintaining the stability and reliability of their systems.
"Large organizations depend upon standards-based, interoperable, scalable, manageable operating environments," said Dan Kusnetzky, director of operating environment and serverware research at International Data Corporation (IDC). "As these organizations adopt today's high end Intel-based systems and tomorrow's IA64-based systems, these operating environments become even more important. After all, over 50% of all UNIX server operating environments ran on Intel-based systems in 1998."
According to IDC, the UnixWare operating system is currently the fastest growing UNIX server operating environment in the industry. By 2002, IDC predicts the UNIX market for Intel processor-based systems will double in volume and triple in revenue.(1)
"The UnixWare platform takes advantage of the power of our new Pentium III Xeon processors," said John Miner, vice president and general manager of Intel's Enterprise Server Group. "Leading systems vendors are delivering bigger, faster and more reliable Intel Architecture-based servers than ever before. With the availability of clustering and 8-way systems, Intel-based platforms running UnixWare 7 will further penetrate large enterprises and data warehouses."
SCO Delivers Solid Roadmap for the New Millennium
The new UnixWare 7 Data Center Edition is a direct result of the data center initiative announced in February 1998, between SCO, Compaq, Data General, ICL and Unisys. This release enables large enterprises to deploy high-powered, volume Intel systems immediately, with a solid 32-bit and 64-bit roadmap to the future. The new UnixWare release is an integral component of "Project Monterey", a joint project of SCO, IBM, Intel, and Sequent to deliver a single UNIX product line for current and future 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
"Today, our work on Project Monterey with SCO is building momentum, especially for the available 32-bit UNIX on Intel-based server solutions," said Rajiv Samant, general manager of UNIX, IBM. "Looking forward, we will leverage our key technologies and enhancements in the development of Monterey 64."
Enterprise Backing
The UnixWare platform is backed by more leading enterprise OEMs than any other UNIX System on the market, including Compaq, Data General, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, ICL, Siemens, Unisys and others. Their widespread support enhances the UnixWare value proposition for customers by delivering the economic benefit of a volume operating system that runs across multiple hardware platforms.
Application Support
UnixWare runs applications from the leading enterprise application vendors, including Oracle, IBM (DB2, Tivoli, MQSeries), Computer Associates, Informix, BEA, and many others. The ISV community recognizes and welcomes the penetration of high-volume UNIX based Intel systems in the enterprise and beyond.
Proven Service and Support
Key to deploying any enterprise and data center environment is world-class service and support, and SCO and its partners work together to deliver just that. In addition to leveraging the proven enterprise service and support expertise of its enterprise OEM partners, SCO rolled out enhanced Professional Services offerings designed to provide top-level support for SCO's growing enterprise and data center customers.
See http://www.sco.com/unixware/product_family for more information in the UnixWare 7 Data Center Edition and http://www.sco.com/monterey for more information on Project Monterey.
About SCO
SCO is the world's number one provider of UNIX server operating systems, and the leading provider of network computing software that enables clients of all kinds -- including PCs, graphical terminals, NCs, and other devices -- to have Webtop access to business-critical applications running on servers of all kinds. SCO designed Tarantella software, the world's first application broker for network computing. SCO sells and supports its products through a worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. For more information, see SCO's WWW home page at: http://www.sco.com.
(1) Source: International Data Corporation/IBM, 1998.