Fault-tolerant boxes use mainstream [microprocessors], OS MARLBOROUGH, MA--When Stratus Computer Inc ships it first Unix-based XA2000 Model 30 computers next year, it will be official: The proprietary architectures that marked the pioneer fault-toler Fault-tolerant boxes use mainstream [microprocessors], OS MARLBOROUGH, MA--When Stratus Computer Inc ships...
GENEVA--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 2, 1995--Tandem Computers Incorporated today announced that it has entered into a collaborative marketing arrangement with NYNEX for a voice-activated telephony solution.
CUPERTINO, CALIF.--Tandem Computer's migration to RISC-based Unix-compatible servers took a big step last week as the company took the wraps off three machines based on Mips R3000 and R4400 processors.
Hewlett-Packard Canada lI.td. announced in late September that it has a multimilliondollar contract to supply and install the computing infrastructure that runs plant ma in te nance and other business applications at Syncrude, the world's largest producer of crude oil from oilsands and the largest singlesource oil producer in Canada....
IBM CORP.'S NEW z800 mainframe, announced in February, offers companies a cost-effective option for e-business platforms. The z800, the same machine used in IBM's Linux-only offering, is geared toward today's Internet-centric applications. IBM offers it with a less expensive version of z/OS called...
PLUS - Potential pricing benefits on packages from broader set of IT services and products. - Increased depth and focus on IT services, with about 65,000 technology services professionals. - Experienced staff, skillful in multi-vendor networking jobs.- Greater efficiencies as the company cuts more...
PETALUMA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 3, 1999-- Acclaim Technology of San Jose and All Computer Solutions of Petaluma, California have signed an agreement to implement the first fault tolerant solution for the Windows NT operating system. The two California companies are working in tandem with Marathon Technologies, manufacturer...
ANAHEIM, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--April 28, 1999-- Microsoft NT Clusters, Tandem Fault-Tolerant Computers and Mobile Computing Applications Selected for "New Model" of County Services Printrak International Inc. (NASDAQ:AFIS) Wednesday announced a $7 million contract with Oakland County, Mich., to provide integrated computer aided dispatch CAD...
Compaq Computer Corp's Tandem division has now decided to shift its high-end Integrity Unix range of fault-tolerant servers from MIPS over to the Alpha architecture, five months after it made a similar decision for its proprietary Himalaya S-Series machines (CI No 3,498, 3,501). The Unix systems are sold exclusively into...
Sun Microsystems Inc yesterday unveiled a new fault-tolerant Netra ft 1800 server and software products for the central office plus a slew of partner programs in an effort to beef up its exposure in the telecoms market. Sun, which says it is doing $2bn or 20%...
ANAHEIM, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 4, 1998--The Lee County Florida Division of Public Safety has awarded a $1,257,000 contract to Printrak International Inc. (Nasdaq:AFIS) for a computer aided dispatch CAD system that will be combined with a mobile computer system to map the exact position of emergency response vehicles along with the...
Before the cutback last month, the Tandem division -- which supplies Unix-based, fault-tolerant computers for telecommunications applications -- employed about 650 people. No other Tandem operations or employees were affected. This is the first reduction in force at Tandem since the Cupertino, Calif.-based company was acquired by Compaq last year...
Tempe, Ariz.--Motorola Computer Group, based here, is taking the reins on getting PowerPC microprocessors further into the fault-tolerant computer system space. MCG kept engineering its FX series of fault-tolerant computers--which continue to replace the complex and proprietary switches that telcos buy for millions of dollars--and the group has brought out...
TINTON FALLS, N.J.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 24, 1998--ECCS Inc. (NASDAQ SmallCap: ECCS) today reported that it has completed a corporate purchasing agreement with Tandem Computers Inc., a Compaq Company. This replaces the Memorandum of Understanding between the companies announced on July 21, 1997. This agreement with Tandem Computers Inc., a Compaq Company,...
When PC and server giant Compaq acquired fault tolerant computer specialist Tandem in June last year, we and many others questioned Compaq's long-term commitment to Himalaya, Tandem's range of proprietary, high-end servers. Since then, Bill Heil, a senior vice president in Compaq's Tandem division, has insisted that Himalaya customers have...
Hewlett-Packard Co says it will offer Unix servers by 2000 that are guaranteed against failing - or need to be taken down - more than five minutes every year. HP, which will work with Cisco Systems Inc and Oracle Corp to make its systems 99.999% reliable, ...
When CTOs declare that efficient distributed systems management is a matter of life and death, they don't usually mean it literally. SCC Communications Corp.'s Stephen Meer does. Meer's company, through its National Data Services Center NDSC in Boulder, Colo., provides Regional Bell Operating Companies and other local telephone companies with...
CUPERTINO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 11, 1997--Tandem Computers Incorporated today announced that Gail Hamilton has joined the company as vice president and general manager of Tandem's UNIXR system products group. Hamilton will carry profit and loss responsibilities and drive all product management, engineering, and marketing activities for Tandem's...
Tandem will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Compaq. The deal will fuel the path for Compaq's ascent up the enterprise computing ladder. Compaq will acquire a seasoned sales force, experienced in fault-tolerant computing, an area long dominated by IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Digital Equipment. Compaq CEO and president Eckhard Pfeiffer has...
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