Unisys' Dylan to take spotlight
C|Net | at | by Mike
Unisys is betting big on Windows Server 2003, and will release a new version of a server that will run up to 32 Intel processors to showcase the new operating system. Code-named Dylan, the Unisys ES7000/500 server comes little more than two weeks before Microsoft's official launch on April 24 of Windows Server 2003. Last month, the Redmond, Wash.-based company released final, or gold, code of the software, clearing the way for the release of new systems running Windows Server 2003.
For Unisys, Dylan marks the revival of the ES7000. The Blue Bell, Pa.-based company unveiled the mainframelike 32-way server in mid-1999, rapidly winning deals with other computer manufacturers to carry the product. In 2000, Compaq Computer, now owned by Hewlett-Packard, and Dell Computer agreed to sell the server. But Compaq dumped the ES7000 about a year later. Dell followed suit in early 2002.