MARLBORO, Mass. and TOKYO, Japan— May 16, 2006 —Egenera Inc., a global leader in utility computing, today announced that Daiwa Securities, one of the largest securities firms in Japan, has adopted the Egenera® system as the infrastructure for its strategic information systems. Software, including mission-critical Daiwa Securities applications, is running on the Egenera-based infrastructure, which was provided by Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd., a think tank for Daiwa Securities Group providing research, system solutions and consulting services, and Hitachi, Ltd., an experienced player in systems integration with blade servers.
The Egenera system was selected based on its superior capabilities in:
- Virtualization
- Server consolidation
- Scalability
- Provisioning and administration
- High availability
"We are gratified that a financial institution of Daiwa Securities' caliber has chosen the Egenera system as its next-generation infrastructure, and welcome them to our growing roster of customers in the Asia/Pacific region," said Mike Thompson, chief operating officer, Egenera.
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Gillian Farquhar
Egenera, Inc.
508-858-3262
gfarquhar@egenera.com
Egenera is a global leader in delivering computing solutions that simplify datacenter operations and infrastructure. The Egenera product family simplifies the datacenter with an innovative server architecture specifically designed to reduce complexity and enable IT to respond rapidly to business requirements. Market-leading enterprises around the world trust the Egenera system to run their most important business applications and achieve higher resource utilization, faster application time to market and lower total cost of ownership. Headquartered in Marlboro, Mass., Egenera has offices worldwide. For more information visit www.egenera.com, call 508-858-2600 or send email to info@egenera.com.
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