Quote Sheet
Industry Support For 64-Bit Momentum
Quote Sheet
November 2005
Customers and Analysts
“By deploying Microsoft® Active Directory® on a single Windows® 64-bit Global Catalogue, we were
able to prove that the server (ProLiant DL385 server equipped with dual 2.2 GHz Opteron CPU and
14GB of RAM) could handle the load of 11 32-bit Global Catalogues that supported 20,000 Exchange
mailboxes. In production environments, we think that we can consolidate 32-bit Active Directory
servers by a ratio of 4:1 and achieve the necessary degree of resilience. We look forward to being
able to achieve the same level of consolidation with 64-bit Exchange.”
— Tony Redmond
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
HP Services
"IDC's server operating environments forecast calls for a modest uptake of 64-bit editions of Windows
leading up to the Longhorn release of Windows Server™. We then expect the release of Windows
Longhorn Server to initiate a more dramatic adoption ramp of 64-bit Windows server operating
systems. We believe customers will benefit from Microsoft Corp's articulation of its intentions for 64-bit
support moving forward, allowing those customers to develop their own technology adoption road
maps."
— Al Gillen
Research Director, System Software
IDC
“The same application running on x64 Edition processed 300% more messages per second than it
could on the 32-bit platform, a performance improvement that exceeded our expectations.”
— John Ryan
Director of Technology Architecture
International Securities Exchange
“In moving from 32-bit software architecture to 64-bit, we have experienced, first hand, an
acceleration in the processing throughput by two to ten times, even when compared to high-end 32-bit
systems. Processing NASA satellite imagery has gotten a phenomenal boost by leveraging the
combination of 64-bit hardware and 64-bit software technology. By making just a few tweaks to our
32-bit software apps, we’ve been able to quickly reap some of the dramatic benefits offered with 64-bit
architecture. Makes me wonder just how much more juice is in there. ”
— Patrick Hogan
Program Manager for World Wind
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA)
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“64-bit systems have long been used on our ERP environments and the availability of 64-bit systems
for the Exchange messaging environment is timely. We expect this will remove a number of limitations
inherent with the current 32-bit technology today. As we continue to optimise our global landscape,
64-bit will facilitate further cost improvements meeting our needs for greater number of users/server,
larger inboxes, increased user local stores, and most importantly enhanced security.”
— John Minnik
Manager, Technology Development SE&A
Siemens
Partners
“Together with our partners, CA is dedicated to helping move the industry forward with 64-bit
computing solutions that increase the efficiency and effectiveness with which customers can collect,
process, and distribute information. 64-bit technology, combined with and supported by CA’s
enterprise management, security and database tools, provide the superior performance and scalability
customers need to fulfil their increasingly challenging and complex business computing requirements.
As 64-bit technology becomes more pervasive, our customers will reap ongoing gains in IT service
levels and IT value.”
— Vince Re
Senior Vice President and Chief Architect
CA
“By collaborating with both software and hardware vendors, Citrix is committed to the industry’s
adoption of 64-bit technology. For enterprise customers looking for enhanced IT infrastructure and
agility while decreasing operating expenses, we feel that 64-bit is the logical growth path. Our
partnership with Microsoft on the Windows x64 platform allows customers to increase the
performance of, and maximise the investments in, their current systems. Since we are seeing up to
3X user density per server when running Citrix Presentation Server x64 on top of Windows Terminal
Services, our joint customers will achieve new levels of ROI from their IT infrastructure.”
— Scott Herren
Group Vice President and General Manager,
Access Management Group
Citrix Systems Inc
"Dell works extensively with Microsoft to drive development of standards-based x64 solutions that
deliver superior price/performance and seamlessly integrate into customers' IT environments. We are
particularly excited about the new capabilities x64 applications such as SQL Server™ 2005 deliver —
in fact Dell is the first company to break the $1 barrier with SQL Server in TPC-C benchmarks.”
— Paul Gottsegen
Vice President of Worldwide Enterprise
Marketing
Dell
“At Fujitsu Siemens Computers, delivering world-class, mission-critical computing technology is a key
priority that helps us to meet the needs of our broad enterprise customer base. 64-bit computing is
becoming more pervasive in the industry and is a major part of our Dynamic Datacenter approach,
addressing the increasing demands for automation, virtualisation and integration. Customers can truly
benefit from the power of 64-bit computing with our PRIMERGY and PRIMEQUEST Server Family.
More computing capacity and higher reliability lead to greater data security without compromising
business continuity. We collaborate with Microsoft through the Microsoft Enterprise Qualification
Program to ensure that our servers meet the highest possible standards for 64-bit computing as
mission-critical application platforms.”
— Dieter Herzog
Executive Vice President Enterprise Products
Fujitsu Siemens Computers
“At Heartland Technology Solutions, we understand the unique IT demands of small businesses. No
matter what size their business, customers want software with the performance and feature set that
big businesses use. As the industry moves to 64-bit computing, including the future plans for Microsoft
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Windows Small Business Server to support this move, we will be able to offer products and services
to meet our customers’ evolving business requirements in such areas as performance and value.”
— Arlin Sorensen
President
Heartland Technology Solutions
"HP and Microsoft are committed to helping our customers and developers reap the benefits of
increased productivity, accessibility and scalability that are quickly becoming the hallmarks of 64-bit
computing. HP's 64-bit portfolio is the broadest in the industry, from select HP commercial desktop
PCs and personal workstations to HP BladeSystems and ProLiant servers to the highly reliable and
scalable Integrity servers. The innovation and engineering successes that HP and Microsoft have
achieved together, as demonstrated by our recent server benchmarks, offer customers a compelling
64-bit offering."
— Rich Marcello
Senior Vice President and General Manager,
Business Critical Servers
HP
“IBM and Microsoft both have strategic commitments to 64-bit computing. Beyond our broad range of
64-bit Intel and AMD-based servers, we launched the IBM X3 architecture in February to provide
customers an advanced platform for 64-bit computing. The X3 family of pay-as-you-grow, Intel-based
servers supports both 32-bit and 64-bit applications on the same platform, so clients can migrate to
64-bit as needed, with protection and security.”
— Leo Suarez
Vice President and Business Line Executive,
xSeries Division
IBM Systems and Technology Group
“At Janimation, the biggest benefit to working in 64-bit is the additional time it gives our 3D artists to
work on the creative elements of our projects. When we use native 64-bit SOFTIMAGE|XSI v.5.0
software, we have full access to the additional RAM, which means we no longer have to split large
scenes into chunks, we simply render them in their entirety. This also saves us valuable time during
the final compositing stage. When working with very tight deadlines, 64-bit technology helps to
streamline our workflow, and that's good for our business.”
— Greg Punchatz
Senior Creative Director
Janimation
“We see 64-bit computing as a growing trend in the industry that delivers significantly more
capabilities and ease-of-use for database technology infrastructure. Combined with Windows Server
x64 Editions, Oracle Database 10g fully leverages the power of 64-bit and provides an affordable and
easy to deploy solution for customers as they make the transition to 64-bit computing. For enterprise
customers looking for significantly increased speed, scalability and reliability, this platform is the right
growth path.”
— Prem Kumar
Vice President of Server Technologies
Oracle
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"Quest has seen a lot of hardware upgrades as part of the natural refresh cycle that came with
migration to Exchange 2003. The majority of this new hardware has been 64-bit ready. We talk with
thousands of customers as we’re helping them better manage the performance and storage of their
Exchange Server systems, and we’re seeing growing momentum that will support their move to
Exchange 12 when it is available. We are also on track to deliver 64-bit compatible versions of our
Exchange management products, including Quest MessageStats, our product for Exchange
reporting.”
— David Sengupta
MVP and Quest Product Manager
Quest Software
“At SAP, we’re finding that, increasingly, today’s companies are called upon to handle greater and
greater stores of heterogeneous data. In order to maintain efficiency and maximum customer
satisfaction, companies must have the ability to query and access millions or even billions of records
in minimal time. Industry adoption of 64-bit computing, along with our continued work with partners
such as HP and Intel, is driving innovation across the enabling technologies underlying the SAP
solution set — delivering tangible benefits to customers today, while building on a scalable platform
for future business growth. Our experience has been that customers are not only welcoming but
embracing the paradigm shift of 64-bit computing and all the benefits it brings to address their needs.”
— Klaus Kreplin
Member of the Extended Management Board
SAP
"Sun has long evangelised the value of 64-bit server architectures and with our industry-standard Sun
Fire x64 servers, we've set a new standard for performance, efficiency and reliability. Together with
partners such as Microsoft, we're driving 64-bit computing into the mainstream and providing
customers with maximum choice, including Windows Server 2003 x64 edition, Microsoft SQL Server
2005 and frontline support for Windows on our Sun Fire x64 systems. Through our collaboration, our
entire software portfolio including the Java Enterprise System will also be available on the Windows
x64 platform."
— John Fowler
Executive Vice President, Network Systems
Sun Microsystems Inc
"As applications become more memory intensive, consumers and enterprises will gain substantial
performance improvements using Windows 64-bit systems and servers. Symantec is supporting the
64-bit ecosystem to ensure that customers have the necessary security and availability solutions.”
— Rob Clyde
Vice President, CTO Office
Symantec Corp
“Exchange is a key component of the hosted solutions we provide to our customers. With the 32-bit
systems in place today, we are only able to use approximately 20 per cent of the space on our
storage area networks. We expect the move to 64-bit server to increase utilisation significantly,
resulting in a tremendous cost savings.”
— Dan Wills
Vice President of Operations
USA.NET Inc
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