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Unisys Delivers First Models of Next-Generation ClearPath Mainframes Based on Intel® ProcessorsUnisys begins transition to next-generation server architecture designed to help clients create more agile IT infrastructure and implement SOA more easily
BLUE BELL, Pa., May 15, 2007 – Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today unveiled the first models of its next-generation ClearPath family of mainframe-class enterprise servers based on multi-core Intel® Xeon® processors. The new models are the first major milestone in Unisys previously announced plans to deliver a common platform architecture, leveraging advanced Intel processor technology, for all Unisys enterprise servers.
The new ClearPath Dorado Model 400 and Libra Model 400 series support advanced releases of the Unisys OS 2200 and MCP operating environments, respectively. These releases provide optimized support for ClearPath systems using Intel or proprietary processor technology. Both operating environments provide full compatibility of applications written on earlier-generation ClearPath systems based on CMOS processors.
“Transitioning the proven OS 2200 and MCP environments onto the multi-core Intel platform is a major technical achievement,” said Bill Maclean, vice president, ClearPath programs, Unisys. “More importantly, it’s a huge step toward realizing Unisys vision for enterprise computing – an advanced architecture that enables clients to take advantage of emerging open standards while preserving and extending their long-term investment in strategic applications.”
Unisys visionary next-generation server architecture will be the first in the market enabling four operating environments – Microsoft Windows and Linux as well as Unisys OS 2200 and MCP – to run concurrently on the same computer system in a single virtualized partition. Unisys integrated virtualization and management capabilities will enable server resources to be shared dynamically, with business services from any combination of those operating environments able to address the client’s business requirements.
Unisys enterprise servers based on the multi-core Intel Xeon processors are core components in a real-time infrastructure (RTI). A mature RTI environment is driven by key performance indicators tied to strategic business processes, including customer satisfaction, business growth and competitiveness. This enables dynamic management of a real-time IT ecosystem that can sense business changes and respond immediately.
New ClearPath Models Provide Superior “Pay For” Pricing, Cost-Efficiencies and Availability
The ClearPath Libra Model 400 is the first Unisys mainframe system based on the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor 5300 Series processors. Doubling the single- processor performance of its predecessor Libra Model 300, the new Libra Model 400 offers capacity on-demand options that help clients handle dynamically changing workloads. These capabilities allow clients to compensate for unanticipated spikes in performance requirements and invoke reserve capacity to support disaster recovery.
The basic ClearPath Dorado Model 400 Series, including software, is priced from about $200,000. A ClearPath Libra Model 400 for basic workloads is also priced from about $200,000. However, a number of pricing options are available for the Libra Model 400, providing entry points as low as $32,000. Storage and other facilities for the ClearPath Dorado and Libra systems are separately priced.
The new release of the MCP operating environment includes Java software enhanced to run in the ClearPath environment based on Intel Xeon processors. The new OS 2200 and MCP releases provide capabilities that enable clients to optimize Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs), creating application environments that permit interoperability between existing application components and new business services based on open standards and open source software.
“The new ClearPath architecture shows Unisys commitment to delivering innovations that benefit enterprise customers,” said Marian Ritland, chairperson of UNITE, the independent Unisys users group, and development and operations manager at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. “These next-generation mainframes enable Unisys ClearPath customers to protect our IT investments while gaining access to new levels of openness to address current computing challenges. Longer term, they position us to benefit from the further architectural innovations that Unisys plans for the future.”
“Unisys continues to innovate using multi-core Intel Xeon processor technology as the foundation for its advanced enterprise servers,” said Boyd Davis, general manager of Intel Server Platform Group Marketing. “Unisys is taking advantage of the power of Intel multi-core technology to help end-users transform their enterprise computing infrastructure.”
New Disaster Recovery Options for Mixed Server Environments
The Safeguard solution helps clients protect heterogeneous IT infrastructures through use of remote back-up sites located at unlimited distances. Unlike many data replication solutions, the Safeguard solution enables primary and secondary sites to use different storage technologies. This affords clients the capability to use high-performance storage at production sites and less expensive storage at disaster recovery sites. That approach allows the Safeguard solution to significantly reduce implementation time and risk. It also provides a long-distance disaster recovery solution for ClearPath customers that can reduce network bandwidth requirements and associated costs by as much as a factor of 10.
Using the Unisys 3D Visible Enterprise (3D-VE) modeling approach, Unisys expects to extend the benefits of the new multi-core Intel architecture with software tools and its rich suite of consulting, implementation and management services for optimizing real-time infrastructure, consolidating IT, and extending and modernizing application environments.
Market research firm IDC has published a white paper, sponsored by Unisys, analyzing the direction of the ClearPath platforms and Unisys next-generation server architecture. The white paper, “Unisys ClearPath: Building on a New Platform,” focuses on key market-driven server technology trends, such as virtualization and policy-based workload management, which address key emerging customer requirements. About Unisys Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions company. We provide consulting, systems integration, outsourcing and infrastructure services, combined with powerful enterprise server technology. We specialize in helping clients use information to create efficient, secure business operations that allow them to achieve their business goals. Our consultants and industry experts work with clients to understand their business challenges and create greater visibility into critical linkages throughout their operations. For more information, visit www.unisys.com.
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