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application server or in a heterogeneous environment as a front-end to a
pSeries or zSeries database server.
Key SCM software vendors include i2 Technologies, SAP, International
Business Systems (IBS), JD Edwards, and PeopleSoft.
Customer relationship management
Customer relationship management (CRM) is an information-industry term for
methodologies, software, and usually Internet capabilities that help an
enterprise manage customer relationships in an organized way.
With the Intel Xeon Processor MP and the IBM XceL4 cache, the x440
provides a performance-based foundation upon which customers can build
and deploy CRM solutions. The x440 will most likely be implemented as an
application server and/or a database server. In addition, the x440's
partitioning capabilities will help to build a partitioned CRM environment,
allowing customers to maximize server utilization while simplifying overall
management of the deployment.
Key CRM software vendors include: Siebel Systems, Baan/Invensys, Onyx,
PeopleSoft, and SAP.
Business Intelligence
Business intelligence (BI) is a broad category of applications and
technologies for gathering, storing, analyzing, and providing access to data to
help enterprise users make better business decisions. BI applications include
the activities of decision-support systems, query and reporting, online
analytical processing (OLAP), statistical analysis, forecasting, and data
mining.
The recent move of BI solutions into smaller enterprises has led to the strong
positioning of Windows on Intel processor-based servers within this market.
The x440 brings scalability and performance to handle compute-intensive BI
applications. The highlights of the x440 are its XceL4 cache, which will help
speed up data-intensive BI applications that help companies to increase the
productivity of their employees.
Key BI software vendors include SAS, Cognos, Business Objects, Hyperion,
and Crystal Decisions.