Hardware Benchmark

What’s All This Benchmark Stuff, Anyway?

by R. Krause ... first place. To help you combat BMS (Benchmark Misapplication Syndrome), here are some questions you can ask of hardware vendors: ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2002/06/research_notes/TU_HW_RAK_06_10_02_1.asp - 36k - 2002-06-10 Summary: Vendors love to quote benchmarks in their product literature, press releases, and any place they think someone will use the numbers to make a buying decision. But what do the benchmarks mean, and which ones really matter?

IBM’s DB2 Tops TPC Benchmark List

by R. Krause ... ÿþIBM's DB2 Tops TPC Benchmark List R. Krause - July 26, 2000 ... From a hardware standpoint, IBM's Netfinity can claim the TPC-C crown by a stunning margin. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/07/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_07_26_00_1.asp - 8k - 2000-07-26 Summary: Leapfrogging the rest of the transaction-processing world, IBM has posted TPC-C results more than tripling the highest current transaction-per-minute figure.

IBM Continues RS/6000 Performance Focus

by R. Krause ... M80 also outperformed Sun Microsystems offerings on the SPECsfs97 .v2 benchmark, becoming the ... Although IBM has a compelling hardware story, their Unix story (ie ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/06/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_06_21_00_1.asp - 9k - 2000-06-21 Summary: IBM has just released benchmark results for its mid-range Unix server, the RS/6000 M80, showing it to be a top performer in transaction processing and Web serving.

IBM Aims Renamed UNIX Server at Sun

by R. Krause ... is exemplified by their publishing a wide range of performance benchmark data (see Table ... High performance; IBM's hardware reliability; IBM's breadth of products. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/11/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_11_02_00_1.asp - 11k - 2000-11-02 Summary: In the latest phase of its campaign to unseat Sun as the dominant Internet server brand, IBM has released a slew of performance benchmarks for its 'eServer pSeries' UNIX server.

IBM Taking on Sun in Web Infrastructure?

by R. Krause ... On the hardware side, IBM has made a point of going after Sun, especially in ... off of Sun's E10000 "Starfire" performance on the TPC-C benchmark, especially when ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/05/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_05_19_00_1.asp - 9k - 2000-05-19 Summary: IBM has decided to take on Sun in the Internet infrastructure arena. What do they bring to the table? And who will win the war of words?

A Tectonic Shift in Communications Customer Life Cycle Management

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... To that end, the ICM Benchmark Service will facilitate creation of an ICM ... existing operations in areas such as bill cycle time, hardware performance, error ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/CRM/2005/08/research_notes/VN_CR_PJ_08_04_05_1.asp - 18k - 2005-08-04 Summary: Amdocs recently announced a complete revamp of its marketing philosophy and its offering to its customers, which it believes to be the most important shift since the company's initial public offering in 1998.

Hewlett-Packard’s NetServer Division – #3 to Get Ready, or #4 ...

by R. Krause ... the two or three companies which can supply computing hardware and software ... A typical example is the transaction-processing benchmark of $/tpmC - HP's previous ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/03/research_notes/VN_HW_RAK_03_00_1.asp - 25k - 2000-03-27 Summary: Hewlett-Packard is one of the leading computer companies in the world, but they have fallen to fourth place in the Intel-based server market. Will they move back to being a key player, or remain an also-ran?

IBM Netfinity Server Division

by R. Krause ... its revenues from a variety of sources, but the key areas are hardware (43%), services ... servers that take the top scores in any/all relevant benchmark testing. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/05/research_notes/VN_HW_RAK_05_15_00_1.asp - 19k - 2000-05-15 Summary: IBM’s Intel-based Netfinity servers currently hold third place in the server wars with Dell and Compaq. What are their chances for improving their position?

More Vendors Bail on Oracle in Favor of IBM

by M. Reed ... Additionally, IBM will provide the required hardware, database licenses, and expert level ... IBM's DB2 Universal Database in the latest TPC-C benchmark tests that ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/08/news_analysis/NA_DW_MFR_08_07_00_1.asp - 7k - 2000-08-07 Summary: Oracle’s focus on software application markets is impacting its Database business. Recently SAP AG and Siebel Systems, i2 Technologies, Inc., and PeopleSoft have also chosen IBM’s DB2 Universal Database as their preferred database for developing current and future applications, and as their preferre

Navision Enhances Its e-Vision And Looks To Expand Vertically

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... The benchmark showed 3,600 simultaneous standard users of Navision Axapta with an ... out in collaboration with Compaq and Oracle, with all hardware and software ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2001/11/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_11_28_01_1.asp - 14k - 2001-11-28 Summary: By posting a profitable year while delivering different flavors of products to satisfy many fastidious tastes and by offering an attractive value proposition to its channel, Navision could be telling us that the appropriate offering might be the recipe to thrive even during difficult economic climate.