64-bit Itanium-based System Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)

The following OEMs offer qualified server hardware running Windows Server 2003 editions for Itanium-based Systems. Visit the vendor Web site of your choice for more information, including purchasing option.

Bull
For many years, Bull and Microsoft have been in cooperation to provide outstanding solutions for the enterprise. Bull works closely with Microsoft engineering to maximize the benefits of Windows Server System technologies running on Bull NovaScale servers—a new generation of open, modular, and mainframe-class servers designed for high performance and low cost of ownership. The combination of Bull NovaScale architecture and Intel Itanium technology provides unique scalability and manageability differentiators.

Fujitsu
Businesses today are constrained by the inflexibility of older technology and its high maintenance costs. Breaking out of this trap will help businesses free IT budgets for strategic entrepreneurial opportunities, while creating a modern foundation that can sustain growth over the long term. Fujitsu Primequest servers running Microsoft Windows provide a perfect pairing of power and agility for enterprise business.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European IT company, is working very closely with Microsoft to address the needs of their mutual customers. Fujitsu Siemens has developed a set of combined IT offerings for areas of special interest to both companies. Based on industry standard architectures, PRIMERGY servers are the best answer to the do-more-with-less challenge. By helping organizations improve operational efficiency, PRIMERGY servers pay for themselves over and over again.

Hitachi
The BladeSymphony 1000 system takes maximum advantage of the built-in performance and reliability characteristics of the dual-core Intel Itanium 2 processor. With a 19” rack-compatible chassis, BladeSymphony supports up to eight blades. The eight blade slots accommodate a total of up to 16 Itanium 2 CPU sockets, or 32 cores, with 16 cores per SMP. Hitachi’s pairing of Microsoft Windows for Itanium-based servers offers enterprise class servers complete with enterprise-level software for today’s business.

HP
HP and Microsoft continue to revolutionize the economics of enterprise computing with highly reliable industry-standard solutions. Microsoft used the HP ProLiant platform to develop, test, and deploy Windows 2000. Now with HP's 64-bit Itanium-based systems running Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition, you can now scale up to unprecedented levels and simplify your IT environment to consolidate, cluster, or interoperate with ease.

NEC
NEC is building on its strong reputation and experience in enterprise-class systems to deliver up to 32-way Itanium 2-based servers running Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition. These systems meet the requirements of the most demanding enterprise customers. The Express5800/1000 series is NEC's data center offering, available in the North American and Japanese markets.

Unisys
The Unisys ES7000 family of servers leverage the advanced enterprise capabilities of Windows Server 2003 Datacenter x64 Edition. Based on the innovative Cellular MultiProcessing (CMP) server architecture, ES7000 servers provide an array of computing capabilities well known to users of large-scale computers, now available using industry-standard technology. Designed for the power of both Intel Xeon MP (x86 32-bit and x64 64-bit) and Itanium 2 (64-bit) processors, the ES7000 family of servers offers flexibility and investment protection in a Windows–based enterprise server.