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Rescued from Weybridge offices when they closed
Sequent was bought by IBM in 1999. IBM marketed Sequent technology and subsequently used it in IBM hardware.
Sequent's Technology
- NUMA (non-uniform memory access) architecture
o Advanced hardware and software to allow large numbers of processors to operate as a single system
o Maintain ease of programming and manageability of a small system
o Up to 64 Intel processors, plans to 256
o e-Business related apps, e.g. data warehousing, business intelligence. o Many world’s largest Oracle databases and application environments on Sequent servers
- Quick scalability to manage unpredictable workloads and spikes in online traffic
- Sequent helps UNIX & NT to interoperate on a single system with single point management
IBM & Sequent
- IBM & Sequent announced a merger agreement 12th July 1999
- IBM planned to sell Sequent’s product line worldwide immediately and provide middleware support
- IBM’s business partner network to market and sell Sequent’s current products
- IBM planned to integrate Sequent technology into IBM products
- Designed to support the IBM strategy to develop leadership solutions for e-Business
- Development teams from both companies to accelerate their work on Project Monterey |
