Maarssen, woensdag 21 april, 2004 - Fujitsu Siemens Computers heeft zich aangesloten bij de Enterprise Grid Alliance (
http://www.gridalliance.org), een consortium van partijen als HP, Sun en Intel die intensief samenwerken aan grid computing. Grid computing wil zeggen dat een aantal computers samen één grote computer vormen en zodoende hun krachten kunnen bundelen. Niet zoals bij clients en servers om verschillende gebruikers op verschillende locaties goed te kunnen laten samenwerken, maar vooral om de computerkracht te kunnen verkopen aan de markt (on-demand computing).
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The Enterprise Grid Alliance (EGA) has been established to support quick adoption of grid, and focus resources on clear directions for industry standards. Fujitsu Siemens Computers and the Fujitsu Group have been investing considerable resources into advanced grid technology to ensure that its products are not only grid-ready, but under the umbrella of Business Critical Computing, have implemented an early incarnation of grid technology with the introduction of FlexFrameTM for mySAP Business Suite and its PRIMECLUSTER technology. Joining the EGA allows Fujitsu Siemens Computers to bring its existing, customer-proven expertise to the organization.
The ground basis for grid-type computing is clear: reduce complexity and increase flexibility. To achieve this, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, on behalf of the Fujitsu Group, has developed FlexFrame for my SAP Business Suite, the first complete realization of server virtualization and dynamic component provisioning for business applications available today. This architecture has become a reference blueprint for the realization of grid in one box.
As an integral part of Fujitsu Siemens Computers' vision on grid computing, PRIMECLUSTER offers enterprises a powerful solution linking servers to maximize the availability and scalability of their IT infrastructures. PRIMECLUSTER provides easy to use mechanisms to implement high availability and unmatched scalability for any application in today's multi-tier enterprise. It also offers grid capabilities to enable efficient pooling of server resources in data centers and in this way significantly increase today's usually very low utilization rate of application-specific server configurations.
"Fujitsu Siemens Computes has a long tradition of supporting and promoting open systems standards in order to continuously create customer value", said Dr. Bernd Kosch, Vice President Alliances, Fujitsu Siemens Computers. "We have pioneered the grid approach with our FlexFrame concept for infrastructure consolidation and we are determined to keep pushing towards innovation that drives real customer benefit. We make sure that business challenges are solved."
The EGA is an open, independent and vendor-neutral community focused on meeting the unique requirements of enterprise grid deployments, not previously addressed by scientific or academic grids. The Alliance will identify obstacles organizations face in using enterprise grids and will promote open, interoperable solutions to overcome these challenges. By focusing exclusively on the needs of enterprise users, the EGA will enable businesses to realize the many benefits of grid computing.
"Although grid computing is already well-established in the academic, research and technical sectors it has yet to gain significant traction throughout the enterprise," said Donald Deutsch, President, Enterprise Grid Alliance and Vice President, standards strategy and architecture, Oracle Corp. "In close coordination, the members of the EGA will create open, interoperable enterprise grid computing solutions and increase the adoption of enterprise grid computing."
Representing a broad cross-section of leading technology companies, Fujitsu Siemens Computers will join additional founding members, EMC, HP, NEC, Network Appliance, Oracle and Sun Microsystems to drive adoption of grid computing. Specifically, the board of directors will participate in and chair committees and vote to approve the consortium's output and core capabilities.
Over Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is een van de grootste computerbedrijven van Europa. Het bedrijf opereert op alle belangrijke markten in Europa, het Midden-Oosten en Afrika, en telt zowel grote tot kleine zakelijke klanten als consumenten onder zijn afnemers. Het productaanbod omvat hoogwaardige computertechnologie en innovatieve oplossingen voor de IT-infrastructuur. Het strategisch beleid is gericht op mobiliteit en bedrijfskritisch computergebruik als de belangrijkste aanjagers van het informatietijdperk in de 21ste eeuw. Het bedrijf kan alles leveren wat een onderneming nodig heeft, van eersteklas Intel- en Unix-servers tot mainframes en enterprise storage solutions. Bedrijfskritische processen worden zeker gesteld met deze oplossingen van Fujitsu Siemens Computers' Business Critical Computing. Daarnaast is Fujitsu Siemens Computers een van de grootste aanbieders van notebooks, PDA's, workstations en PC's voor zakelijke klanten, en de grootste leverancier van computers voor thuisgebruik in Europa. Kijk voor meer informatie op http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com.
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