NEW DELHI: HCL Infosystems Ltd., the information enabling company, has
launched its Infiniti Silver Line - Radium server based on Intel's 64-bit
Itaniumä Processor.
The Silver Line branding commemorates 25 years of HCL Insys' IT leadership in
the country. HCL Insys is a key OEM partner in India for Intel Corporation. HCL
Insys is also under a Country Leadership Program (CLP) with Intel. Under this
program, the company has been working on the Beta version of this server with
Intel and other leading software vendors in the HCL Insys Labs for the past
several months.
The Intel Itaniumä architecture is based on EPIC technology(its credit
ratings out of junk status), a new design philosophy going beyond the RISC and
CISC processors that are available today. EPIC technology enables greater
instruction level parallelism than previous processor architectures, supporting
higher levels of performance in targeted application segments. EPIC is based on
a unique combination of innovative features such as predication, speculation and
explicit parallelism enabling world-class performance for the high-end
enterprise class of computing.
HCL Infosystems head marketing George Paul said, "The HCL Infiniti range
of servers are based on building blocks from the Intel Labs and are a huge
success with the corporates. These products backed by HCL Insys' direct support
on hardware and server software are designed to meet the mission critical needs
of the Indian enterprise. The Silver Line is an important milestone and also an
emotional launch as we continue our leadership role in bringing out the latest
in technology to Indian customers".
"Server applications such as large databases, business intelligence, and
supply-chain management/ ERP/ CRM will benefit from the 64-bit capability.
Additionally, the EPIC features delivered by the Intel Itaniumä processor will
provide higher availability, performance, and improved transaction
throughput", George elaborated.
"As companies come to rely more heavily on business processes done in
real time, the need for next-generation computing power will continue to
grow," said Amar Babu, GM - Channels, Intel. "The Intel Itanium
Architecture signals the birth of a new era by providing a world-class platform
for enterprise and technical computing. We share the pride & privilege of
associating with HCL Infosystems, especially as this launch also coincides with
their Silver Jubilee year".