HP and Intel co-developed EPIC (Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing), the technology foundation for IA-64. The announcement further strengthens Unicenter TNG`s position as a leading enterprise-management platform and will enable Jasmine to exploit the performance and scalability of the IA-64 architecture for database applications.
"The CA and HP relationship continues to build on both companies` strengths and core competencies to deliver solutions that give their mutual customers significant competitive advantages," commented CA-Africa Channel Manager, Mark Knight. "When CA introduced Unicenter on UNIX systems in 1993, it selected HP-UX as the development platform. When HP required a solution that would enable customers to integrate management of mainframe and other systems, CA helped meet that need.
"Now, the two companies are co-developing solutions that provide enterprise customers with the increased performance, scalability and manageability they need to meet their mission-critical processing requirements."
These solutions enable organisations to incorporate a wider range of technologies into their IT infrastructures, including business and management objects, Java language-based applications, network computers and manageable non-IT devices. HP and CA believe that customers will also experience compelling boosts in performance and scalability with the combination of IA-64-based systems and CA software.
"By being among the first to support HP`s IA-64-based systems, we will be able to provide our clients with a clear roadmap for the evolution of their Unicenter TNG and Jasmine installations well into the future," Knight added. "HP`s co-development work with Intel on EPIC makes it the ideal partner for IA-64 systems."
Ian White, Manager: Strategic Alliances at Hewlett-Packard South Africa, said: "We are excited to see all the major software companies taking a significant step towards the IA-64 architecture. CA specifically with their mainframe heritage see the value of moving to an architecture which will be pervasive. IA-64 offers a software company the opportunity to develop only once and then reap the benefits of this across a mass market chip architecture."
In collaborating to engineer IA-64 technology into both Unicenter TNG and Jasmine, CA and HP are bringing the following significant benefits to their customers:
- Customers who license Unicenter TNG on either HP-UX or Windows NT can be assured that the application will run on HP`s future IA-64 systems. HP`s commitment to compatibility will enable those running Unicenter TNG on either platform to transition seamlessly to HP`s next-generation IA-64 systems.
- Customers gain the flexibility to choose between Unicenter TNG on HP-UX or Windows NT without concern for potential platform limitations, enabling them to deploy system platforms appropriate to their needs.
- Customers can consider a broader range of applications because of the availability of 64-bit computing, including such Jasmine-based object-oriented applications as multimedia, Internet, full-motion video and audio.
- Customers will continue enjoying the high performance and scalability of today`s HP 9000 Enterprise Servers and HP NetServer systems, and HP`s future IA-64-based systems will move to an even higher level of performance. By supporting IA-64, Unicenter TNG and Jasmine will experience breakthrough performance as they take full advantage of 64-bit processing.
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