"Adding UNIX to Seagate Crystal Info`s architecture will provide flexibility and choice when deploying the system across the enterprise, allowing corporations to use existing UNIX platform hardware investments and employee expertise," says Vivek Thomas, channel manager for Middle East and Africa at Seagate Software Information Management Group (IMG).
Using Windows NT, and now UNIX server hardware, Seagate Crystal Info`s architecture on NT continues to deliver unrivaled scalability, with the top 50 Seagate Crystal Info customers each averaging more than 2500 integrated users. Current large Windows NT implementations include: Pepsi, Bankers Trust, Aetna, Tektronix and TCI.
"When solutions this size are deployed across the enterprise, it is crucial that they work within a company`s existing infrastructure and with core skill sets," said Donald MacTavish, senior research analyst with META Group`s Application Delivery Strategies Service.
"Products, such as Seagate Software`s suite of products, that integrate with an organisation`s existing infrastructure can take advantage of all data, no matter where it`s stored or what operating platform is in place."
"By supporting the UNIX environment for processing services, customers can take advantage of existing UNIX equipment and platform functionality and build enterprise scalable solutions."
Defining Enterprise Scalability
"The new UNIX components of Seagate Crystal Info demonstrate Seagate Software`s commitment to developing a suite of Business Intelligence tools for growth across the enterprise," says Thomas.
"Enterprise scalability is a complex problem and not well defined by most vendors. Customers need to look harder at claims of growth and investigate more deeply the issues with deploying an integrated system to hundreds or thousands of users."
Seagate Crystal Info has the following critical items necessary for enterprise-scalable Business Intelligence solutions:
- Connecting hundreds or thousands of users via a single integrated system.
- Sharing managing, storing, and backing up all types of business intelligence information.
- Proactively monitoring and protecting network and database server activity.
- Ability to place affordable and easy-to-use tools on user desktops - depending on usage requirements.
"With the availability of Seagate Crystal Info Server for the Solaris operating environment, enterprises of all sizes can now harness the reliability and high performance of Sun Enterprise servers for their business intelligence computing needs," says Karen Richards, director Enterprise Business Solutions of Sun Microsystems.
"The Sun platform, together with the Java computing model, enables businesses to easily and cost effectively analyze and distribute business intelligence information across the enterprise no matter where it is stored."
"Seagate Software`s support for IBM`s UNIX-based AIX platform responds to market demands for facilitating secure access to information from anywhere in an organisation," said David V. Gelardi, Program Director, Business Intelligence Solutions, IBM RS/6000.
Enterprise scalability is part of Seagate Software`s Enterprise Information Management (EIM) solution to develop a suite of technology products designed to help businesses bring together their two most important assets: people and information. It addresses three core needs that are essential for leveraging critical information throughout the enterprise: information delivery, information analysis, and information availability.
By adding UNIX Info Servers, Seagate Software broadens UNIX support across its entire business intelligence product line; Seagate Holos, Seagate Software`s sophisticated development environment for large-scale business intelligence applications, is currently available on 20 operating platforms including cross-platform UNIX support.
For more information about Seagate Software, contact the company`s regional office on (011) 448-2080.
Editors note
About Seagate Software
Seagate Software, a subsidiary of Seagate Technology, Inc., develops tools and applications for Enterprise Information Management (EIM); the solution for the growing need of corporations for superior information delivery, analysis and availability. Seagate Software`s diverse technology and breadth of leading products including the award-winning Seagate Backup Exec, Seagate Crystal Info, Seagate Crystal Reports, Seagate Desktop Management Suite, Seagate Holos and Seagate WinINSTALL make it uniquely qualified to deliver EIM with an integrated infrastructure. Seagate Software has established strategic relationships with Compaq, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM, Informix, Microsoft, Netscape, Novell, Oracle, PeopleSoft and other industry leaders, and markets its products worldwide, through distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators, retailers, and OEMs. Seagate Software`s home page address on the World Wide Web is http://www.seagatesoftware.com.
Seagate Technology, Inc. (NYSE:SEG) is a leading provider of technology and products enabling people to store, access, and manage information. The company is committed to providing best-in-class products to help people get their information when, where and how they want it. Seagate is the world`s largest manufacturer of disc drives, magnetic discs and read-write heads, an innovator in tape drives, and a leading developer of Enterprise Information Management software. Seagate can be found around the globe and on the World Wide Web at http://www.seagate.com.
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