Unisys services and solutions offer Smead Manufacturing Company

and other enterprises record-setting performance for business-critical

applications

BLUE BELL, Pa.–(EMWNews)–Unisys Corporation (NYSE:UIS) announced today that It has extended its

position as a leader in the market for high-performance solutions that

maximize the power of Microsoft SQL Server 2008, which was released to

manufacturing today. Unisys High Performance SQL Server solution offers

clients record-setting speed and power to drive their critical

applications across their enterprise today. It also provides a

foundation for the future support of other technologies such as

Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization platform in a real-time infrastructure

that dynamically supports emerging business demands.

Smead Manufacturing Company, a Minnesota-based manufacturer and

worldwide distributor of office supplies, is looking forward to taking

advantage of the Unisys and Microsoft powered solutions. “We’ve

been using Unisys ES7000 Enterprise Servers and Microsoft SQL Server for

many years to support our critical PeopleSoft applications,”

says Joseph Vossen, vice president of information services at Smead. “With

the release of SQL Server 2008, we expect to see a significant

improvement in performance and reliability. As our data requirements

grow, we know that we can rely on Unisys and Microsoft to provide a

scalable platform for our business operations.”

A key Microsoft alliance company, Unisys has more than 15 years of

experience in deploying Microsoft technology for high-volume,

mission-critical applications. Unisys is also one of the largest

enterprise users of Microsoft technologies, benefiting clients with its

deep understanding of Microsoft’s software

solutions. With SQL Server 2008 now progressing to general availability,

Unisys is expanding its already-extensive portfolio of Microsoft

services and solutions to help customers quickly capitalize on the

benefits of new features introduced in SQL Server 2008, such as enhanced

security, data compression, Resource Governor and support for new data

types. Additionally, Unisys is building on the leadership SQL Server

2008 extract, transform, load (ETL) benchmarking already established.

Best Practices for SQL Server 2008

In delivering services to assist customers in deploying SQL Server 2008

in high transaction environments, Unisys has compiled a number of best

practices for optimizing the loading and storage of data. These best

practices give many enterprises a head start in maximizing their

investments in Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

“Microsoft is delighted to continue its close

work with Unisys to deliver enterprise performance on the SQL Server

2008 data platform,” said Dan Neault, general

manager of SQL Server at Microsoft Corp. “Performance

benchmarks like the ETL benchmark demonstrate the benefits that our

joint customers will enjoy when deploying Microsoft and Unisys

technologies together.”

Broad Testing with Hyper-V

As part of its ongoing joint engineering development with Microsoft –

especially in its Bellevue, Wash. Solutions Alliance Technology Center –

Unisys virtualization experts have been extensively testing Hyper-V

across Unisys line of enterprise servers. Many Unisys customers have

already announced plans to conduct testing with SQL Server 2008 and

Hyper-V on their ES7000 servers.

“Unisys believes that SQL Server 2008 and

Hyper-V present a cost-effective platform for most Microsoft

applications,” said Mark Feverston, general

manager, Microsoft Solutions, Unisys. “It’s

extremely encouraging to hear many of our customers’

intentions to use SQL Server 2008 and Hyper-V in a virtualized

environment as part of a real-time infrastructure. We will continue to

help them maximize their business objectives.”

For more information about Unisys services and technologies and its

strategic relationship with Microsoft please visit http://www.unisys.com/services/microsoft__solutions.htm.

Record-Breaking Benchmark

Earlier in 2008, Unisys and Microsoft presented benchmark test results

that demonstrate the strength of the joint Unisys and Microsoft

solution. Using a 64-core Unisys ES7000 Enterprise Server system, Unisys

and Microsoft engineers successfully loaded one terabyte of data using

SQL Server 2008 Integration Services in less than 30 minutes — a new

record (and 33 percent faster than previous/other results). Overall, the

extract, transform, load (ETL) tools included in SQL Server 2008

performed better than comparable tools from other database vendors in

similar workloads.

In addition to this ETL benchmark, Unisys and Microsoft also announced

earlier this year the results of a performance and scalability test of

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 on the Unisys ES7000 Enterprise Server

platform. As part of the testing, computers were configured using

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 to simulate

an environment consisting of 24,000 concurrent users executing more than

169,000 transactions per hour. The benchmark results from this study

demonstrated that a single Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 instance on the

Unisys ES7000 platform can achieve sub-second response times with a

heavy workload against a large, complex database.

These results remain unmatched by any other vendor. Results like these

illustrate that Unisys highly scalable line of enterprise servers is one

of the world’s fastest performing database

platforms for SQL Server 2008, and is optimized for business

intelligence and other data-intensive applications.

About Unisys

Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions

company. We provide consulting, systems integration, outsourcing and

infrastructure services, combined with powerful enterprise server

technology. We specialize in helping clients use information to create

efficient, secure business operations that allow them to achieve their

business goals. Our consultants and industry experts work with clients

to understand their business challenges and create greater visibility

into critical linkages throughout their operations. For more

information, visit www.unisys.com.

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