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“Integratedsystemsarecombinationsofserver,storageand

networkinfrastructure,soldwithmanagementsoftwarethat

facilitatestheprovisioningandmanagementofthecombined

unit...Throughappropriateplanning,configurationanalysisand

consultationwiththevendor,theuserispromiseddeliveryof

aself-sustainingandsupportedsystemthatrequireslittle

ongoingmaintenanceandoperationsmanagementbyIT.”

See how Gartner positions Forward! and other integrated systems here.*

– Gartner;GartnerMagicQuadrantforIntegratedSystems;AndrewButler, GeorgeJ.Weiss,PhilipDawson;June16,2014.

* Gartnerdoesnotendorseanyvendor,productorservicedepictedinitsresearch publications,anddoesnotadvisetechnologyuserstoselectonlythosevendors withthehighestratings.Gartnerresearchpublicationsconsistoftheopinions ofGartner’sresearchorganizationandshouldnotbeconstruedasstatements offact.Gartnerdisclaimsallwarranties,expressedorimplied,withrespecttothis research,includinganywarrantiesofmerchantabilityorfitnessforaparticularpurpose.

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ESGSummarizes“TheBiggerTruth”

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•“Thex86virtualizationrevolutionhascertainlychangedtheITexperienceforthebetter.Consolidating

multipleWindowsandLinuxapplicationswithvirtualserverscandefinitelysavemoneyonequipment

andmanagement.Andtheabilitytomoveworkloadsaroundletsorganizationsbemoreflexible,

respondtobusinessconditionsmorequickly,andimprovetheirROI.”

•“Despitethesebenefits,however,manyorganizationshavecontinuedtoholdbackonvirtualizing

mission-criticalapplicationsfortworeasons:1)Theyarewaryofsecurityvulnerabilitiesinoperating

systemsandsharedenvironments,and2)Consolidatedvirtualmachinescompetingforphysical

resourcescanbedeniedtheperformancetheyrequirewhenotherVMsgetbusy.”

•“Forward!byUnisyswithNetAppStoragebringsthesetwoworldstogether.Itdeliversformission

criticalapplicationsthesamehardened,secure,predictable-performanceenvironmentofdedicated

physicalservers,butwiththelowercosts,scalability,andflexibilityoftoday’svirtualmachines.”

– EnterpriseStrategyGroup(ESG);ESGLabValidationReport:Forward!byUnisyswithNetAppStorage;Choinski,V., Dolan,K.,andGarrett,B.,May2014.Seemore.

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ItalianServiceProviderLowersTCOwithUnixtoLinuxMigration

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“WehavebeenveryimpressedwithForward! byUnisysasapowerfulengineforourmission-critical

applications.TheForward! platformshowedAspasielacost-efficientwaytobenefitfromthe

poweroftheUnisyssecurepartitioningtechnologyonanindustry-standardIntelplatformwhile

retainingthesecurityandpredictableperformancewe’vecometoexpectfromourRISC-Unix

system.Inaddition,theForward! platformhelpssetthestageforafuturetransitiontotheSAPHANA

environmentsowecanrealizethebenefitsofbigdataforourbusiness.”

–M.Battistoni,CEO,Aspasiels.r.l,Terni,Italy.Seemore.

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inteL® Xeon® Processors

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LargeU.S.StateGovernmentAgencyBoostsPerformance240%

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cUstoM aPP/dataBase

red hat enterPrise LinUX, windows server 2008

inteL® Xeon® Processors

dataBase

iBM aiX

iBM Power 750 MainFraMe

cUstoM aPP

win server 2003

vMware2X deLL servers

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AnagencyofalargeU.S.stateincreasedperformance240%

andthroughput200%whenitmigratedfromUNIXtoForward!

TheagencyprojectssignificantCAPEXandOPEXreductions

throughserverconsolidation.

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saP 40% Faster

MicrosoFt windows 2008enterPrise edition

Forward! Partitioning on inteL® Xeon® Processors

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MicrosoFt windows 2008enterPrise edition

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“Wecouldn’thavebeenmoreimpressedwiththeimprovementsinperformanceandpredictable

executionthatForward!byUnisysdeliveredfortheapplicationsmostcrucialtoourbusinessoperations.

WebelievethatForward!coulddeliversignificantvalueasaplatformforfuturemission-criticalworkloads

aswetransitionourERPenvironmenttoSAPHANAandotherbig-dataapplications.”

–BillKempert,DirectorofITInfrastructure,JMCSteelGroup.Seemore.

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TheForward!fabriccapitalizesonarangeofIntel’shigh-performance,availabilityandsecurity

innovationsfortheIntel®Xeon®processorfamily,includingPCIExpressGeneration3(PCIe3.0)

forenhancedI/Oandbandwidth,TurboBoostTechnology2.0forpower-efficienthighperformance

andAdvancedEncryptionStandardNewInstructions(AESNI)forhigh-volumeencryption.

Forward!enablesmission-criticalworkloadstorunonastandardIntelXeonprocessor-basedx86

environmentwithoutsacrificinganyofthepredictabilityorsecurityofmission-criticalmainframes.

TheForward!x86environmentevensurpassestheperformanceoflegacymainframesystems.It’s

notjust“asgood,”it’sbetterthanwhatmanycustomershavetoday,atalowerpricepointand

withmoreroomtogrow.

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PartneringwithIntelBuildsonProcessorStrengths

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Forward!withNetAppconvergedinfrastructurereducesrisk,lowerscosts,improvessupportandspeeds

timetovalue.NetAppstoragestreamlinestestanddevelopmentcyclesbyupto50%becauseitenables

near-instantcreationofspaceefficientvirtualcloneswithnoproductionimpact.Otherbenefitsinclude:

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PartneringwithNetAppCutsTimetoValuebyUpto50%

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1 EstimatesbasedonUnisysengineeringmodels.Actualbenefitsmayvarydependentonspecificclientimplementations.2 OliverWymanreport:GrowingImportanceofDevelopmentandTestSolutionsinSAPEnvironments3 OliverWymanreport:SAPTotalCostComparison4 NetAppVirtualizationGuarantee*Program5 MercerandOliverWymanTCOstudies

•Reduceservercountsbyupto75%1

•Speedupinterconnectsby4-5x1

•Improveperformance20-30%1

•AccelerateSAPdeploymentsandupgradesby

25%to40%2,3

•Use50%lessstorage4

•ReduceTCOby30-55%forOracle,SAP,Exchange,

fileservices,archive5

•Reducerackspace,powerandheatby50-52%5

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LookwhathappensinthisexamplewhereSAPismigratedfromUNIXtoSUSELinux.Thetotalcostof

ownership(TCO)drops90%.

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PartneringwithSUSELinuxLowersTCOby90%

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SAPServerHardware/SoftwareAnnualCosts

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InsideStory:HowForward!isDifferent

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“WithForward!,wehaveanintegratedsolution.We’vetakens-Par®technology,

interconnectsaspartofafabricinfrastructure,andindustry-leadingserverplatforms

tocombinethebestintermsofperformance.Attheplatformlevel,we’reusingthe

latestandgreatesttwo-socketandfour-socketofferingsthatareavailablefromIntel.

TheinterconnectsrunonInfiniBandat56gigabitspersecond,whichisthefastest

availableintheindustry.Ands-Partechnologyisolateseachapplicationfortruly

predictableperformancewithbest-in-classperformancecapabilities.Forward!brings

theverystrongattributesthatcustomersareusedtoinmission-criticalenvironments

intoanindustry-standard,affordablemission-criticalenvironment.”

–RobCashman,VPMissionCriticalSolutionsandServices,Unisysinthisvideoblog

RobCashman

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“What’sthedifferencebetweenpartitioningandvirtualization?Bothtechnologiesdivide

acomputingplatformintopieces,butpartitioningcreatesasecurecontainer,that

can’tbepermeatedbyotherelementsofthesystem.Italsoactslikeastandalone

server.What’shappeningintherestofthesystemdoesn’taffecttheperformance

ofanindividualpartition.

“Invirtualizedenvironments,theperformanceofonevirtualmachinecanaffectthe

performanceofanothervirtualmachine,becauseyoutendtodefinemorevirtual

machinesthanyouhavehardware.Inthatenvironment,it’squitecommonfora

heavilyusedvirtualmachinetostarveotherelementsofthesystembydesign.In

apartitionedenvironment,assetsarereservedforthepartition’suse,andcan’tbe

impactedbytheworkloadaroundthem.”

–JimThompson,EngineeringVPandCTO,Unisysinthisvideoblog

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“Unisyss-Par®technologyinForward!createsamorepredictiveandsecurecomputing

environmentbyworkingwiththeInteltechnologyandvirtualizationtechnologyoffered

byIntelandphysicallyallocatingordedicatingresourcestoapartition.Eachpartition

getsaprocessororasetofprocessors,asetofmemory,IOcapacity,andthoseassets

areallocatedexclusivelytothatpartition.They’renotsharedbyotherpartitions.By

doingthat,yougetdeterministicperformance.Ifyourapplicationusesaprocessor,

ortwocoresonthatprocessor,youwillalwaysgetthatfullcapacity.”

–ValerieBowe,EngineeringProgramDirector,Unisysinthisvideoblog

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