In a local follow through of a joint alliance announced in 1997 to combine Microsoft`s software with Unisys information services, technologies and global support, Unisys SA will be opening a scaled down version of its international centers of excellence next.
Together, the two companies will focus on customers` escalating demand for business critical enterprise-class solutions:scalable, available, manageable, secure and interoperable solutions running core business processes on Windows NT.
This will address the NT migrations and critical vertical market solutions need for a synergy between Microsoft`s enterprise platform and SQL Server 7.0 data management system and Unisys servers and applications.
Enterprise NT manager for Unisys SA, Stuart Eveleigh, says the " intention will be to use SQL Server 7.0 as a linchpin in the company`s application solutions and services for data mining and data warehousing, as well as for database-intensive vertical solutions in financial services and other strategic market sectors like government."
He added that the new centre will demonstrate the readiness of SQL Server 7.0 to serve as a basis for enterprise-class applications and Unisys will be debuting its Customer Behavior and Profitability Application. This solution exploits the advanced features of SQL Server 7.0 to help retail banks identify the products and services used by their most profitable customers and make better decisions about developing and marketing products and services to improve the profitability of their customer base. The application uses the multi-terabyte database capabilities of SQL Server 7.0 in an enterprise-class environment using Microsoft Windows NT Server.
In addition, he says Unisys will use the envisaged center to make support for SQL Server 7.0 an integral feature of a variety of solutions, ranging from customer service applications in financial services to image-based document and item processing systems. SQL Server 7.0 will also be supported on Unisys line of enterprise servers running Windows NT Server 4.0 and forthcoming Windows 2000 operating environments
According to Bruce Weber, business manager for Unisys at Microsoft the relationship established between the two companies is proving to bear early fruit as NT starts to make some hard gains in the enterprise space, "As Microsoft evolves NT to the high volume arena, we need partners who can provide enterprise knowledge. Unisys with its strength in the enterprise area of solution provision brings this capability to NT, Exchange and SQL Server." he says.
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