64-bit Windows-based Applications for Itanium-based Systems

Several thousand applications are now available for Itanium-based systems. An extensive list of vendors and applications can be seen at the Itanium Solutions Alliance.

The following is a list of several key vendors who provide native 64-bit applications for use with Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems.

BMC Software, Inc.
BMC Software is a leader in enterprise management. The company focuses on assuring business availability for its customers by helping their businesses improve service, reduce costs, and increase value. BMC Software solutions span enterprise systems, applications, and databases. Founded in 1980, BMC Software has offices worldwide, and is a member of the S & P 500, with fiscal year 2002 revenues of approximately $1.3 billion.

Computer Associates International, Inc.
Computer Associates (CA) delivers the software that manages e-business. CA solutions address today's most critical e-business process, information, and infrastructure management challenges, enabling customers and partners to gain and sustain competitive advantages. The company's field-proven and critically acclaimed e-business software portfolio is focused on six areas: enterprise management, security, storage, application life cycle management, data management and application development, and portal and business intelligence. More than two decades of continuous innovation and unwavering commitment to quality make CA the technology partner of choice for the next generation of e-business.

IBM DB2
The IBM DB2 database software is a multimedia, Web-ready relational database management system that delivers leading capabilities in manageability, reliability, performance, and scalability. DB2 is the database of choice for customers and partners developing and deploying critical solutions. Today, more than 60 million DB2 users from 400,000 companies worldwide rely on IBM data management technology. With 17 certifications on Windows Server 2003, including Windows Server Datacenter Edition, as well as .NET Connected certification, Premier membership in the Visual Studio .NET Integration Program, and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Software Products status, DB2 delivers the platform integration you need to successfully manage all your information assets.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager is a storage software solution that addresses the challenges of complex storage management across a distributed environment. It helps to manage a broad range of data storage, recovery, and availability functions across a computing infrastructure and across multiple platforms. From the enterprise file servers in a datacenter, to the storage peripherals throughout an organization, to the mobile computers in remote offices, Tivoli Storage Manager can help ensure data availability for all users, regardless of their location.

Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (64-bit enabled in SQL Server Enterprise Edition and SQL Server Standard Edition) provides full database management services for the 64-bit version of the Windows Server 2003 operating system. Optimized for the Intel Itanium 2 processor, SQL Server 2005 delivers exceptional performance and scalability for the most demanding workloads.

Oracle Corp.
Oracle is a leading database provider for 64-bit architecture, offering an early release of their database technology for Itanium-based systems since December 2001. Oracle enables customers to improve the performance, scalability, and availability of their databases on demand through Oracle9i Real Application Clusters. With database clustering, Oracle customers can run any packaged application and gain superior scalability and reliability across multiple computers. Together, the Oracle9i Database and Itanium-based systems provide a highly scalable, cost-effective, stable platform on which customers can build and deploy enterprise-class applications.

SAP AG
SAP is the recognized leader in providing collaborative e-business solutions for all types of industries and for every major market. Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the world's largest inter-enterprise software company and the world's third-largest independent software supplier overall. SAP has leveraged its extensive experience to deliver mySAP.com, the definitive e-business platform for today's economy. A collaborative e-business platform, mySAP.com allows employees, customers, and business partners to work together successfully—anywhere, anytime.

SAS Institute, Inc.
SAS provides software and services that enable customers to transform data from all areas of their business into intelligence. SAS solutions help organizations make better, more informed decisions and maximize customer, supplier, and organizational relationships. Solutions from SAS, the world's largest privately held software company, are used at more than 37,000 business, government, and university sites around the world. Customers include 98 of the top 100 companies on the Fortune 500, and 90 percent of the Fortune 500 overall. For 25 years, SAS has been giving our customers The Power to Know™.

Siebel Systems, Inc.
Siebel Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of e-business applications software, with which corporations can sell to, market to, and serve customers across multiple channels and lines of business. With more than 3,500 customer deployments worldwide, Siebel Systems provides organizations with a proven set of industry-specific best practices, customer relationship management (CRM) applications, and business processes, so that they can consistently deliver superior customer experiences and establish more profitable customer relationships. Siebel Systems has sales and service facilities located in more than 28 countries.

Symantec Corp.
Symantec, a world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security software and appliance solutions to individuals, enterprises, and service providers. Symantec offers client, gateway, and server security solutions for virus protection, firewalls and virtual private networks, vulnerability management, intrusion detection, Internet content and e-mail filtering, and remote management technologies and security services. Their award-winning Norton brand of consumer security products is a leader in worldwide retail sales. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Symantec has worldwide operations in 36 countries.