Showcases Industry's First Intel® Itanium 2® Processor Based System Fully Leveraging EFI Framework Technology
INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23, 2005— Insyde, a major provider of system software, BIOS, and engineering services, today announced that Egenera Inc., a leader in utility computing, will ship the InsydeH2OTM product on their forthcoming two-way Egenera® Processing BladeTM configuration based on the Intel® Itanium® 2 processor.
The InsydeH2O "Hardware-2-Operating System" firmware solution is a complete implementation of Intel's Platform Innovation Framework for EFI ("the Framework") and represents the next-generation of BIOS technology being used on Server, Desktop, Mobile and Embedded PC architected platforms.
The Egenera® BladeFrame® 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 BladeFrame system to run their most important business applications, and achieve higher resource utilization, faster application time-to-market, and lower total cost of ownership.
"Egenera has an impressive track record of being first to market with blade servers based on the latest Intel technology," said Ben Sprachman, Vice President of Hardware Engineering at Egenera. "Insyde's product and expert engineering services enable us to introduce new offerings quickly and efficiently while implementing a common firmware development environment that will allow us to quickly port this differentiated value across future Egenera products."
At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) being held this week in San Francisco, CA, Insyde and Egenera will co-present 'Session Track EFIS002' entitled: EFI Framework for Servers: A Utility Computing Customer's Report Card. Insyde will put the Egenera Processing Blade on exhibit as well as other desktop, notebook and embedded PC products shipping with InsydeH2O (Booth #644) as part of IDF Technology Showcase.
Egenera selected the InsydeH2O firmware over a traditional BIOS solution because it offers a number of key technical benefits including:
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Modular firmware architecture that incorporates Egenera's value-added functionality and makes it easy to move it to new platforms.
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A common firmware development environment that leverages open source components.
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An architecture that allows for the effective outsourcing of critical firmware components and device drivers leading to improved time-to-market.
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Accessibility to fully functional reference hardware, which facilitates an improved debug environment.
"The adoption of InsydeH2O by Egenera demonstrates the true feature and developer productivity benefits of our EFI Framework solution," said Brian Gosselin, Vice President of Engineering for Insyde Technology. "With this technology and our engineer-to-engineer support, Egenera can focus on delivering innovative blade systems architecture and maintain their leadership position in utility computing."
Contact
Stephen Gentile
Insyde
508-983-0938 x11
sgentile@insydetech.com
Insyde Software (www.insydesw.com.tw) is a leading global provider of BIOS, firmware and consulting services for companies in the desktop, mobile, server and embedded computing industries. Founded in 1998, the company is publicly held and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. In the United States, Insyde Software is represented by its affiliate Insyde Technology (www.insydetech.com) that markets firmware, software, and engineering services to the embedded systems and server computing markets in the Americas and in Europe. The company's customers include Acer, Compal, Fujitsu, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Inventec, Lenovo, NEC, Nokia, Quanta, Sony, Toshiba, ViewSonic and Wyse.
Insyde and InsydeH2O are trademarks of Insyde Software. Egenera, BladeFrame and Processing Blade are trademarks or registered trademarks of Egenera, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Other company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
