Nissan Diesel Motors Selects IBM over HP to Speed Employee Payroll

Business Wire,  Sept 16, 2003  

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ARMONK, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2003

Scalable Intel-Based Servers from IBM Process Paychecks 10 Times Faster, Cost 70 Percent Less than HP

IBM today announced that Nissan Diesel Motors Company Ltd., has selected scalable IBM eServer systems to power the company's personnel accounting and payroll system. The IBM Intel-based servers offer 10 times the performance of the existing HP servers, while reducing Nissan's costs by up to 70 percent.

Nissan will use IBM eServer x440 systems, which can scale to 16 Intel Xeon Processors, to replace PA-RISC based servers from HP.

"We are migrating to IBM Intel based eServer systems with DB2 to help reduce IT costs by up to 70 percent annually," said Takashi Sasaki, assistant director of the information system planning division at Nissan Diesel. "With this migration, Nissan Diesel's new system has produced epic-making results, showing about 10 times performance. The IBM eServer systems can process the payroll in only 50 minutes, verses eight hours for the old system."

The eServer x440 systems provide capacity that can be expanded to meet Nissan's future needs. Utilizing open standards, the IBM eServer x440 and DB2 allow for a seamless migration in the Nissan datacenter from HP to IBM.

"Nissan is a perfect example of the demand we are experiencing from customers for scalable Intel Xeon-based servers, a technology where IBM provides a clear advantage over HP and Dell,' said Leo Suarez, vice president, IBM eServer xSeries. "The scalability of the IBM eServer x440 enables customers to add capacity in building blocks of four processors as their business expands."

About Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd

Nissan Diesel Motor Co., Ltd., established in 1935, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks and buses. Nissan Diesel has developed and marketed a wide range of light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles as well as buses and bus chassis, engines, vehicle components, and special-purpose vehicles. Nissan Diesel has steadily expanded and reinforced its worldwide sales as well as its parts supply, service, and communication networks. Today, the company has ties with distributors in nearly 70 countries around the world with 3,166 employees.

For further information, please visit the Nissan Diesel Motor website at: http://www.nissandiesel.co.jp/

About IBM

IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key IBM Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to take full advantage of the new era of e-business. For more information about IBM eServer is available at http://www.ibm.com/eserver. For additional information, see: http://www.ibm.com.

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