Itanium Solutions Alliance
An Overview of the Alliance
Joan Jacobs
President and Executive Director
Andrew Masland
Marketing Committee Chairman
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What is the Itanium Solutions Alliance?
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• The Itanium Solutions Alliance is a global community of hardware,
operating system and application vendors dedicated to accelerating
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the adoption and ongoing development of Itanium -based solutions.
Formed in September 2005, the Alliance comprises some of the
most influential companies in the computing industry with a shared,
strategic commitment to delivering mission-critical computing
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solutions based on the Intel Itanium architecture
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What Led to the Formation of the Alliance?
• Common processor vendor: Intel
• Common goals: Increase application availability, improve market
perception
• Common software partners
(Microsoft, Novell, Red Hat, SAP, Oracle and others)
• Common competitors
• Common desire to leverage individual marketing investments
• Common desire for expanded application ecosystem
on Windows and Linux
• Common need for increased momentum for chip technology
on a global basis
• Opportunity for leadership, influence, and increased visibility
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What are the benefits of Itanium-based
computing solutions?
• Enterprise-class scalability and availability
• Industry-standard computing architecture
• More flexible and affordable than proprietary RISC and mainframe
architectures
• Itanium-based systems are the ideal platform for:
– Mission Critical Computing / Database Warehousing
– Mainframe Modernization
– Computationally Intensive applications
• Expanding ecosystem with nearly 14,000 applications available and
trusted OEMs
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Global Momentum
• Recent commitments to Itanium from such ISVs as Oracle, Sun (for
its Java platform), Microsoft (for its .Net Framework), Sybase,
Symantec (for its CSP critical system protection), Sophos (for
antivirus security) and others to support their applications on the
Itanium platform.
• Itanium-based solutions are offered by global server system vendors
with deep experience in delivering mission-critical server solutions,
and supported by nearly 14,000 applications and 10 operating
systems, including Microsoft Windows Server and multiple versions
of Linux.
• Cumulative Itanium server systems shipped to date is more than
224,000.
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Itanium -based Platform Revenue vs. RISC
Itanium System Revenue Compared to RISC Architectures
Itanium
$5 Itanium System Revenue
achieves
% of all SPARC* System Revenue
solid market
80%
% of all POWER* System Revenue
$4
acceptance
Q3’08
*Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly
60%
Itanium is
$3 Server Tracker, Q4’07 and Q3’08
Billions $US
99% of
SPARC and
71% of
40%
$2 POWER*
20%
$1
0%
$0 20
07 2008**
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
**As of Q308, Revenue not final
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What are the Itanium Solutions Alliance
Innovation Awards?
• The Itanium Solutions Alliance Innovation Awards recognize and
reward end users and developers of Itanium-based solutions for
outstanding use of Itanium-based servers in their applications.
• For the 2009 Innovation Awards, individuals or organizations may
enter in one of four categories: Mission-Critical Data, Data Center
Modernization, Computationally Intensive Applications, and
Humanitarian Impact.
• Each award winner receives international industry publicity and
acclaim, a chance to network with top Alliance executives, an
attractive trophy and professionally produced materials to promote
their winning solution. The Humanitarian Impact category also
includes a $50,000 cash award.
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What the Sponsors Say
“The Alliance helps to drive a broader ecosystem of both
infrastructure applications as well as actual end user
applications, and that viability is critical for customers
who are going to adopt an SGI system based on Itanium.”
“I think one of the biggest benefits we get from the Alliance
is the whole ecosystem, and the ecosystem is about
application software solutions.”
“The Alliance provides NEC a vehicle for us to communicate
our shared common goals with the other Alliance members
as well as a vehicle for us to communicate our unique value-
add attributes.”
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For More Information
For more information, please visit our Web site and blog:
• www.itaniumsolutions.org
• blog.itaniumsolutions.org
Or please contact us by email at:
• admin@itaniumsolutionsalliance.org
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