A Rarity? Say what..?!
First of all, I’m new to the Itanium Solutions Alliance blogsphere. Looking forward to blogging and engaging with you.
That said…
Anyone happen to read the recent article from Windows IT Pro magazine, “NEC Enters the North American Server Market?”
Certainly, I appreciate the write-up and acknowledgment from the reputable and well regarded reporter with respect to the tremendous SQL performance of NEC’s Express5800/A1160 Enterprise Server, also affectionately known as our Monster Xeon Server. However, the little poke in the rib about having Itanium processor-based systems, such as our NEC Express5800/1320Xf server, as being “something of a rarity these days,” caught my attention.
A rarity?? Not according to my sources at IDC. I checked this out and they say, as of the end of calendar year 2008, Itanium processor total worldwide revenue and shipments are approaching 80% or 90% of equivalent Power and SPARC processors. No disrespect intended for the companies that produce those processors, but I just thought the statement was a little off.
It just could be that NEC Itanium /1320Xf server tends to be a higher end, mission-critical system that is excellent for hosting Windows based operating environments in the datacenter, yet Windows IT Pro magazine covers a lot on higher volume Xeon/midrange platforms. Anyway, the article is still a nice read if you’d like to know what’s going on with NEC. Check the article out and let me know what you think…