Unisys Xeon-based Server Vaults Over Itanium Systems to Set TPC-H Benchmark Record

Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today announced that its newest enterprise server, the ES7000 Model 7600R, has set a new record for price/performance in the Transaction Processing Performance Council’s (TPC) TPC-H benchmark test. The performance of the Unisys server, which uses the latest Intel Xeon 6-core processors, shows the increasing superiority of Xeon-based systems for mission-critical applications such as business intelligence over those based on Intel Itanium processors.

The TPC-H benchmark is widely recognized as a standard measure of system performance for decision support and business intelligence in a commercial data-center environment. It shows performance by decision support systems that examine large volumes of data, execute queries with a high degree of complexity, and provide answers to critical business questions.

The ES7000 Model 7600R delivered stellar results, achieving performance of 80,172.7 QphH@10,000GB and price/performance of $18.95 per QphH@10,000GB. Performance in the TPC-H benchmark test is measured as composite queries per hour against a database of 10,000 gigabytes (QphH@10,000GB), while economic efficiency is shown as price/performance expressed in dollars per QphH@10,000GB.

The Unisys system delivered 26 percent better performance and more than 50 percent lower price/performance than a comparable HP Integrity Superdome server based on the Intel Itanium processor.(1) In addition, the Unisys ES7000 Model 7600R has a three-year total cost of ownership (TCO) that is nearly 40 percent lower than the HP server's.

“The TPC-H performance of our ES7000 Model 7600R server demonstrates Unisys superior capability to provide enterprise computing solutions that help clients capitalize on the increasing power and economy of the Intel Xeon processor family,” said Colin Lacey, vice president, Systems and Storage, Unisys Systems and Technology. “Now more than ever it is critical for clients to explore alternative architectures to lower their IT costs and gain a new range of options for virtualization, application and database deployment as they transform their data centers to support a real-time infrastructure that responds dynamically to changes in the business environment.”

The results also vault the ES7000 Model 7600R, which was tested running Microsoft SQL Server 2008, into leadership in multiple categories in the TPC-H benchmark:

• Best price/performance at 10,000GB by any system, either non-clustered or clustered;
• Best and only performance at 10,000GB yet recorded for a server based on the Intel Xeon processor;
• Best performance at 10,000GB by a server using a Microsoft SQL Server database;
• Best performance at 10,000GB by a server using the Intel and Microsoft Windows environment.

“With Microsoft SQL Server 2008 at the core, Microsoft continues to make high-scale data warehousing affordable for enterprise customers.” said Dan Neault, general manager of SQL Server product marketing at Microsoft Corp. “The results Unisys achieved show how a powerful enterprise server platform based on the Intel Xeon processor and powered by Microsoft technology can enhance the value and economy of solutions.”

For a full view of the benchmark results, click on the following link: http://www.tpc.org/tpch/results/tpch_price_perf_results.asp

For more information on the ES7000 Model 7600R Enterprise Server, click on the following link: http://www.unisys.com/products/enterprise__servers/high_d_end__servers/models/index.htm

About the TPC

The Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) is a non-profit corporation founded to define transaction processing and database benchmarks and to disseminate objective, verifiable TPC performance data to the industry. The TPC was established in August 1988 by eight leading software and hardware companies. The TPC currently has 25 full members: AMD, Bull, Dell, Exasol, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Siemens, Fusion IO, Greenplum, HP, Hitachi, IBM, INGRES, Intel, Kickfire, Microsoft, NEC, Netezza, Oracle, ParAccel, Sun Microsystems, Sybase, Teradata, Unisys, Vertica, and VMware. Benchmark results and further information can be accessed via the TPC home page at www.tpc.org.

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.

(1)Note to Editors:

As reported by the Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC), a Unisys ES7000 Model 7600R Enterprise Server powered by 16 Intel Xeon X7460 six-core processors operating at 2.66GHz, with four active cores in each socket for a total of 64 active cores and threads in the configuration, achieved performance of 80,172.7 QphH@10,000GB at $18.95 per QphH@10,000GB. The Unisys server (configuration currently available) ran Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition x64 operating environment and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition database. The 32-socket HP Integrity Superdome server, using dual-core Itanium processors with 32 sockets for a total of 64 active cores and threads in the configuration and running Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (availability 8/30/08), achieved 63,650.9 QphH@10,000GB at $38.54 per QphH@10,000GB.

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