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2001-0188
Fujitsu Introduces PRIMECLUSTER Solution for
Mission Critical Businesses Worldwide
- New Server Cluster Product Suite Optimizes
IT Infrastructure for 24 x 7 e-Commerce -
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Tokyo, October 9, 2001---Fujitsu Limited today announced the global
introduction of its new PRIMECLUSTER product suite offering
enterprises a powerful and more cost effective solution for linking
servers together to maximize the availability and scalability of their
IT infrastructure.
Jointly developed by Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Siemens Computers,
the PRIMECLUSTER suite of software and service products will be
provided by Fujitsu Limited in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region,
Fujitsu Siemens Computers in EMEA and Fujitsu Technology Solutions
in North America. To match the demands of both regional and global
companies, Fujitsu is setting up common training concepts, common
service packages and a worldwide support structure. Its dedicated
development operations in Japan, Germany and the United States
enable the group to provide immediate support around the clock.
PRIMECLUSTER will be available from December on Solaris release 8
in EMEA, North America and Asia-Pacific, with Japan rollout to follow
in 2002.
"By consolidating Fujitsu Limited's and Fujitsu Siemens Computers'
strengths in the field of cluster technology to create the
PRIMECLUSTER product suite, we are poised to significantly expand
our business in the worldwide server market," said Takashi Aoki,
Group President of Fujitsu Limited's Computer Systems Group.
"Both companies have long-standing experience in this area, and the
synergy of our group-wide joint development, support and sales
resources has already resulted in an outstanding, full-scale product
suite today and offers excellent business opportunities for the
future."
- Redefining availability
Developed with enterprise customers' total business critical computing
needs in mind, PRIMECLUSTER redefines the meaning of availability to
encompass not only server uptime but the entire hardware infrastructure
of network and storage devices that surround and work with the server
cluster. PRIMECLUSTER provides a variety of mechanisms to implement
high availability and scalability at all layers of redundancy possible
with today's multi-tier enterprise applications.
The new PRIMECLUSTER product suite can be purchased in a range of
solution-oriented server variants, including services such as cluster
fail-over, cluster-wide data and file management, protection from
network errors and sets of wizard tools to ease implementation, plus
support for parallel databases and dynamic load balancing.
- Overcoming complexity
PRIMECLUSTER addresses several key issues critical to enterprises
seeking to establish the right IT infrastructure to compete in today's
competitive Internet economy. These include the fast and reliable
implementation of complex infrastructure as well as the need to cluster
across hardware platforms.
"PRIMECLUSTER works across all layers of multi-tier applications so
that customers can optimize the use of their Solaris servers by
allowing them to operate within a single cluster," explained Jens-Peter
Seick, Executive Director, Line of Business UNIX at Fujitsu Siemens
Computers. "This ability to work with different layers brings obvious
benefits in terms of reducing total cost of ownership and maximizing
availability across the infrastructure. PRIMECLUSTER also offers
cluster-enabled data management components, which allow scalable and
load-balanced data access from multiple nodes - a vital feature for
companies selling via the Internet."
The new solutions offered by PRIMECLUSTER can also dramatically reduce
the set-up time necessary for specific applications such as SAP R/3.
Customers will save time and money during the implementation phase,
and also on an ongoing basis, as the increased reliability of the
overall system is easier and cheaper to maintain.
* All company/product names mentioned may be trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective holders and are used for identification
purpose only.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of Internet-focused information technology solutions for the global marketplace. Its pace-setting technologies, best-in-class computing and telecommunications platforms, and worldwide corps of systems and services experts make it uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the Internet to help its customers succeed. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.48 trillion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001.
Internet: http://www.fujitsu.com/
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