The writing was on the wall for Dell and Itanium once Intel started aiming the processor at large multiprocessor systems.
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Oracle will expand its support for Hewlett-Packard's Itanium-based Unix servers, bringing a version of its E-Business Suite to market by the end of the year, the software giant said on Thursday.
Intel has begun selling its dual-core "Montecito" version of Itanium.
Hewlett-Packard launched a new version of its operating system for Intel's Itanium 2 processor, and announced new customers and software partners, as HP gears up for the next rev of Itanium in July-August.
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Intel will launch its "Montecito" version of Itanium, the first dual-core version of the processor, on July 18 in the US, sources familiar with the event said.
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