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Linux-Announce Digest #537
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Linux-Announce Digest #537, Volume #4 Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:13:03 EDT
Contents:
[SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings (Paul M Foster)
InterSystems and HP Announce New Scalability Record for Epic (Kate Jones)
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Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 23:53:22 CST
Subject: [SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings
From: Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
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* Suncoast Linux Users Group (SLUG) *
* Meeting Schedule *
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SARASOTA/BRADENTON ***************************************
17 September 18:00-21:00 Sarasota
(third Wednesday of each month)
Honeywell
8323 Lindbergh Court
Sarasota, FL
See http://www.bish.net/directions/
DUNEDIN **************************************************
27 September 10:00-12:00 Dunedin
(usually fourth Saturday of each month)
Dunedin Public Library,
223 Douglas Ave.,
Community Room A.
Dunedin, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#dunedin for directions.
ST PETERSBURG ********************************************
29 September 19:00-21:00 St Petersburg
(usually last Monday of each month)
St Petersburg Public Library, Main Branch
Auditorium
3745 Ninth Ave North
St Petersburg, FL 33713
727-893-7724
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#stpete for directions.
BRANDON **************************************************
2 October 20:00-22:00 Brandon
(first Thursday of each month)
Brandon Barnes & Noble
Brandon Town Center
Brandon, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#Brandon for directions.
NEW PORT RICHEY ******************************************
4 October 13:00-15:00 New Port Richey
(first Saturday of each month)
New Port Richey Public Library
(second level meeting rooms)
5939 Main St.
New Port Richey, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#npr for directions.
TAMPA ****************************************************
8 October 19:00-21:00 Tampa
(second Wednesday of each month)
Humanities Bldg, Room 301 (note change of room)
Hillsborough Community College
Dale Mabry Campus
4001 Tampa Bay Blvd
Tampa, FL
See http://www.hccfl.edu/pollock/Docs/DM-Map.htm for directions.
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ACTIVITIES:
Meetings include:
1) Presentation: As indicated.
2) Question & Answer Session.
3) Raffle and free stuff!
Bring your boxes, questions, problems, and plenty of good cheer!
(And don't forget to start your installs early!)
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Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:27:42 CST
From: Kate Jones <kjones@shoorpr.com>
Subject: InterSystems and HP Announce New Scalability Record for Epic
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InterSystems Corporation and HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced results of a
benchmark designed to test real-world performance and scalability of
enterprise-wide healthcare systems. For more information, please contact
Sabrina Kidwai of Shoor & Company at 803.699.0710 or by email at
skidwai@shoorpr.com. Press release follows.
=============================================================================
Editorial Contacts
Sabrina Kidwai
Shoor & Company
(803) 699-0710
skidwai@shoorpr.com
Maureen Flaherty
InterSystems
(617) 621-0600
flaherty@intersystems.com
InterSystems and HP Announce New Scalability Record for Epic
Applications
CACHÉ Post-Relational Database Exceeds 500,000 DBAPS
_____________________________________________________________________________
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— September 15, 2003—InterSystems Corporation and HP
(NYSE:HPQ) today announced results of a benchmark designed to test
real-world performance and scalability of enterprise-wide healthcare
systems.
The benchmark was a collaborative effort of the Cleveland Clinic, one of
the most respected hospitals in the United States and consistently
ranked in U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s best hospitals,
Epic Systems Corporation, supplier of the suite of applications used by
the Cleveland Clinic, InterSystems Corporation, supplier of the CACHÉ
post-relational database used to run Epic software, and HP, supplier of
the servers used by the Cleveland Clinic.
The Cleveland Clinic, which currently has approximately 5,000 concurrent
Epic users, expects to more than double over the next few years. This
test was designed to ensure that no bottlenecks would impede this
aggressive growth plan. In order to make the results as accurate as
possible, the benchmark used a full-production version of the Epic
software, running a mix of electronic medical record, scheduling and
registration users, and operating on a realistic database.
Results Double Expectations, Scalability to Nearly 15,000 Users
The results significantly exceeded the initial benchmark parameters by
handling 14,600 simulated users, while meeting stringent response time
requirements. The tests were conducted on a 24-processor HP Superdome
server with 128GB of memory running CACHÉ version 5. The database engine
delivered sustained throughput of 540,000 database accesses per second
(DBAPS).
According to Paul Grabscheid, InterSystems vice president of strategic
planning, “With the rapidly growing sophistication of leading healthcare
applications, plus expanding user populations as they are rolled out
across the enterprise, platform and database vendors are under enormous
performance pressure. Our aim, with every new release of CACHÉ, is to
deliver measurably better performance and scalability. We test this
continuously, not with artificial benchmarks, but with real-world
applications such as Epic’s suite of applications. These results
demonstrate that the latest version of CACHÉ 5 is meeting our
performance commitment.”
"This benchmark included an IT topology where performance and
scalability are critical in order to handle future demand. The platform
tested represents not only the capabilities of today's requirements for
the Cleveland Clinic, but also provides price performance and growth for
the Clinic for years to come," said Paul Gerrard, vice president of
healthcare sales at HP. "The results are well beyond the current needs
of most sites. Since this system allows for at least two more
in-the-system upgrades, it certainly shows scalability to handle all of
the growth a client might want to put on a single system."
About InterSystems
Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., InterSystems Corporation
(www.InterSystems.com) is a leading provider of low-maintenance, high
performance database systems for Web applications, with over four
million users worldwide. InterSystems' flagship product, CACHÉ, is a
post-relational database that uniquely offers three integrated data
access options: a robust object database, high performance SQL and rich
multidimensional access. CACHÉ enables rapid Web application
development, extraordinary transaction processing speed and real-time
queries against transactional data. InterSystems is the leading database
provider in healthcare, with CACHÉ in use at the majority of major
hospitals and labs around the world, including America’s 10 best
hospitals as rated by U.S. News and World Report.
A free, fully functional, no-time-limit copy of CACHÉ can be downloaded
or requested on CD from the InterSystems Web site.
How To Write with an Accent: Press and hold ALT and enter 144 on the
numeric keypad to put the accent on CACHÉ.
About The Cleveland Clinic
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a
not-for-profit multi-specialty academic medical center that integrates
clinical and hospital care with research and education. The Cleveland
Clinic was founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians with a vision of
providing outstanding patient care based upon the principles of
cooperation, compassion and innovation. U.S. News & World Report
consistently names The Cleveland Clinic as one of the nation's best
hospitals in its annual "America's Best Hospitals" survey. In 2003, The
Cleveland Clinic was ranked fifth overall.
Approximately 1,200 full-time salaried physicians at The Cleveland
Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Florida represent more than 100 medical
specialties and subspecialties. In 2002, there were nearly 2.5 million
outpatient visits to The Cleveland Clinic and more than 52,000 hospital
admissions. Patients came for treatment from every state and from more
than 90 countries. The Cleveland Clinic website address is
www.clevelandclinic.org.
About HP
HP delivers vital technology for business and life. The company's
solutions span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices,
global services and imaging and printing for consumers, enterprises and
small and medium business. For the last four quarters, HP revenue
totaled $70.4 billion. More information about HP is available at
www.hp.com.
Trademark Notes: CACHÉ is a trademark of InterSystems Corporation. Other
trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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InterSystems Corporation and HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced results of a
benchmark designed to test real-world performance and scalability of enterprise-wide
healthcare systems. For more information, please contact Sabrina Kidwai
of Shoor & Company at 803.699.0710 or by email at skidwai@shoorpr.com.
Press release follows.
<center>
<p>=============================================================================</center>
<p>Editorial Contacts
<br>Sabrina Kidwai
<br>Shoor & Company
<br>(803) 699-0710
<br>skidwai@shoorpr.com
<p>Maureen Flaherty
<br>InterSystems
<br>(617) 621-0600
<br>flaherty@intersystems.com
<center>
<p><b>InterSystems and HP Announce New Scalability Record for Epic Applications</b>
<p><i>CACHÉ Post-Relational Database Exceeds 500,000 DBAPS</i>
<p>_____________________________________________________________________________</center>
<p><b>CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— September 15, 2003—</b>InterSystems Corporation
and HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced results of a benchmark designed to test
real-world performance and scalability of enterprise-wide healthcare systems.
<p>The benchmark was a collaborative effort of the Cleveland Clinic, one
of the most respected hospitals in the United States and consistently ranked
in U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s best hospitals, Epic
Systems Corporation, supplier of the suite of applications used by the
Cleveland Clinic, InterSystems Corporation, supplier of the CACHÉ
post-relational database used to run Epic software, and HP, supplier of
the servers used by the Cleveland Clinic.
<p>The Cleveland Clinic, which currently has approximately 5,000 concurrent
Epic users, expects to more than double over the next few years. This test
was designed to ensure that no bottlenecks would impede this aggressive
growth plan. In order to make the results as accurate as possible, the
benchmark used a full-production version of the Epic software, running
a mix of electronic medical record, scheduling and registration users,
and operating on a realistic database.
<p><b>Results Double Expectations, Scalability to Nearly 15,000 Users</b>
<p>The results significantly exceeded the initial benchmark parameters
by handling 14,600 simulated users, while meeting stringent response time
requirements. The tests were conducted on a 24-processor HP Superdome server
with 128GB of memory running CACHÉ version 5. The database engine
delivered sustained throughput of 540,000 database accesses per second
(DBAPS).
<p>According to Paul Grabscheid, InterSystems vice president of strategic
planning, “With the rapidly growing sophistication of leading healthcare
applications, plus expanding user populations as they are rolled out across
the enterprise, platform and database vendors are under enormous performance
pressure. Our aim, with every new release of CACHÉ, is to deliver
measurably better performance and scalability. We test this continuously,
not with artificial benchmarks, but with real-world applications such as
Epic’s suite of applications. These results demonstrate that the latest
version of CACHÉ 5 is meeting our performance commitment.”
<p>"This benchmark included an IT topology where performance and scalability
are critical in order to handle future demand. The platform tested represents
not only the capabilities of today's requirements for the Cleveland Clinic,
but also provides price performance and growth for the Clinic for years
to come," said Paul Gerrard, vice president of healthcare sales at HP.
"The results are well beyond the current needs of most sites. Since this
system allows for at least two more in-the-system upgrades, it certainly
shows scalability to handle all of the growth a client might want to put
on a single system."
<p><b>About InterSystems</b>
<p>Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., InterSystems Corporation (<a href="http://www.intersystems.com">www.InterSystems.com</a>)
is a leading provider of low-maintenance, high performance database systems
for Web applications, with over four million users worldwide. InterSystems'
flagship product, CACHÉ, is a post-relational database that uniquely
offers three integrated data access options: a robust object database,
high performance SQL and rich multidimensional access. CACHÉ enables
rapid Web application development, extraordinary transaction processing
speed and real-time queries against transactional data. InterSystems is
the leading database provider in healthcare, with CACHÉ in use at
the majority of major hospitals and labs around the world, including America’s
10 best hospitals as rated by U.S. News and World Report.
<p>A free, fully functional, no-time-limit copy of CACHÉ can be
downloaded or requested on CD from the InterSystems Web site.
<p><font size=-1><b>How To Write with an Accent:</b> Press and hold ALT
and enter 144 on the numeric keypad to put the accent on CACHÉ.</font>
<p><b>About The Cleveland Clinic</b>
<p>The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, located in Cleveland, Ohio, is a not-for-profit
multi-specialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital
care with research and education. The Cleveland Clinic was founded in 1921
by four renowned physicians with a vision of providing outstanding patient
care based upon the principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation.
U.S. News & World Report consistently names The Cleveland Clinic as
one of the nation's best hospitals in its annual "America's Best Hospitals"
survey. In 2003, The Cleveland Clinic was ranked fifth overall.
<p>Approximately 1,200 full-time salaried physicians at The Cleveland Clinic
and Cleveland Clinic Florida represent more than 100 medical specialties
and subspecialties. In 2002, there were nearly 2.5 million outpatient visits
to The Cleveland Clinic and more than 52,000 hospital admissions. Patients
came for treatment from every state and from more than 90 countries. The
Cleveland Clinic website address is <a href="http://www.clevelandclinic.org">www.clevelandclinic.org</a>.
<p><b>About HP</b>
<p>HP delivers vital technology for business and life. The company's solutions
span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services
and imaging and printing for consumers, enterprises and small and medium
business. For the last four quarters, HP revenue totaled $70.4 billion.
More information about HP is available at <a href="http://www.hp.com">www.hp.com</a>.
<br>
<p><font size=-1>Trademark Notes: CACHÉ is a trademark of InterSystems
Corporation. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners.</font>
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