Sixty-four-bit computing systems are poised to remake the enterprise network, offering dramatic increases in performance and scalability by virtue of faster computing speeds and increased memory. And it's none too soon, as the deployment . . .
Sixty-four-bit computing systems are poised to remake the enterprise network, offering dramatic increases in performance and scalability by virtue of faster computing speeds and increased memory. And it's none too soon, as the deployment of web-based, processor-intensive enterprise applications drives the need for improved performance across all parts of enterprise LAN and WAN boundaries.

Though now in the minority of the installed base of systems, 64-bit servers with x86-64 capability are showing strong market growth, according to an IDC study. Some units, including AMD's Opteron processor, showed an 81 percent growth over the first quarter of 2004. John Humphreys, research manager of IDC's Global Enterprise Server Solutions unit, believes that the recent introduction of Intel's x86-64-based chips will result in robust 64-bit server sales for next year.

Unisys recently reported that 52 percent of its business-intelligence customers who purchased high-end Windows servers last year chose Intel Itanium-2-based Unisys ES7000 servers. "Big data volumes, access to more data sources, and the need for real-time information are creating growing demand for the processing power of 64-bit based servers," said Michael Thomas, vice president of global solutions partners at the firm.

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