IA-64 processors will be found only in machines such as workstations and servers.
Workstations and servers are on their way to becoming generic boxes, waiting for the customer to install their operating system and applications of choice.
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The contract assembly segment, which produced 7% of first-quarter revenues, assembles IT systems such as workstations and servers primarily for OEMs. SNX offers cost-effective assembly services that minimize inventory risk for the customer.
DEC's high-end workstations and the servers that use its blazingly fast Alpha 64-bit microprocessor and run on the Unix operating system open up new markets for Compaq.
Sun is betting that the cable companies will use Sun servers and workstations.
The answer is to sell hardware-- its servers and workstations in particular.
Its product lines include legendary Think-branded commercial PCs and Idea-branded consumer PCs, as well as servers, workstations, and a family of mobile internet devices, including tablets and smart phones.
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By getting cable companies to use its Java OS for Consumers, Sun is betting that the cable companies will use Sun servers and workstations when it comes time to upgrade their infrastructure.
And since Oracle software runs on a variety of platforms, it is well positioned at a time when many large customers are "rightsizing"--that is, attempting to find the most productive mix of mainframes, minicomputers, workstations, PCs and servers on which to run the company.
NT, Microsoft's operating system for workstations and corporate-network servers.
The Fusion ioSphere management system included with the ioFX allows studio IT managers to monitor and manage all Fusion ioMemory products deployed throughout the infrastructure from a single interface, including Fusion ioFX in workstations and Fusion ioDrives in servers.
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