Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, Paderborn, the leading European manufacturer of Intel-based PCs, workstations and servers, has now established two "Applications Solutions Centers (ASC)" in Munich and Paderborn respectively. The function of these ASC laboratories, which will be supported and regularly checked by Intel Corporation, of Santa Clara, USA, is to optimize Windows NT-based software for use on computers with Intel Architecture (IA), and speed up its roll-out. The Munich laboratory will concentrate on applications for workstations, while the Paderborn establishment focuses on applications in the server field. The opening of the two laboratories will give new impetus to European software development in particular. The services offered by the ASC laboratories, among the first such establishments in Europe, are directed at both Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and companies and institutions which develop their own software. In Siemens Nixdorf`s ASCs, their applications undergo "tuning", carried out in close cooperation with the developers of the software, allowing optimization of its performance. The optimization procedure for Intel`s 32-bit architecture (IA-32) already takes account of executability on future 64-bit architecture (IA-64). Siemens Nixdorf provides the premises, software tools and of course its own computers. The powerful Scenic Celsius workstations in the Munich laboratory primarily serve to optimize applications in the scientific-technical sector, while Paderborn`s highly-scalable Primergy servers are first and foremost intended to boost the performance of server applications. Siemens Nixdorf brings to the partnership its many years of experience in Intel-based technology, while Intel contributes special tools for software tuning and code optimization. The specialists working in the ASC laboratories undergo intensive Intel training to prepare them for their duties. The founding of the two ASC laboratories underscores the importance of the longstanding cooperation between Intel and Siemens Nixdorf. This cooperation will enable Siemens Nixdorf to further improve its leading technological position in the server and workstation sectors, and to speed the latest developments in microprocessor technology to software developers and customers even more rapidly.
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