API NetWorks Expands Alpha Market Through Strategic Partnerships with Linux Software and Hardware Vendors.Business/Technology Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2001 Scyld Computing computing - computer and other partners collaborate to build advanced Alpha solutions for clustering and e-commerce LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, API (Application Programming Interface) A language and message format used by an application program to communicate with the operating system or some other control program such as a database management system (DBMS) or communications protocol. NetWorks' Booth Number: 129 API NetWorks, Inc., a leading developer of high-performance, high-density Linux hardware, today announced collaborations with Linux hardware and software partners that solidify so·lid·i·fy v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies v.tr. 1. To make solid, compact, or hard. 2. To make strong or united. v.intr. the need and growth of Alpha product offerings within the high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. (HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. ) and Internet markets. As part of the API NetWorks booth at LinuxWorld Expo this week, its partners; Scyld Computing Corporation, intraDAT international, Digital Factory USA, Dolphin Interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. and Ovrimos S.A.; are demonstrating their joint efforts which boost the belief that Alpha is the ideal platform for advanced Linux clustering and e-commerce. "Our partnerships with leading innovators innovators people who will try new things. early innovators important figures in the farming or client community because they are the leaders in the introduction of new techniques and management systems. in the Linux community signify sig·ni·fy v. sig·ni·fied, sig·ni·fy·ing, sig·ni·fies v.tr. 1. To denote; mean. 2. To make known, as with a sign or word: signify one's intent. both the growth of the Alpha Linux market, as more and more companies turn to the high I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output and memory bandwidth Memory bandwidth is the rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by a processor. Memory bandwidth is usually expressed in units of bytes/second, though this can vary for systems with natural data sizes that are not a multiple of the commonly used of our Alpha-based platforms taking advantage of the 64-bit power, and our commitment to working with the best developers in the industry to promote the greater acceptance of Linux as a platform for a high-end computing," said Guy Ludden, marketing manager, API NetWorks. Technological achievements and highlights of each partnership include: -- Strategic partnership with Scyld to build scalable second generation Beowulf clusters: API NetWorks is announcing a strategic partnership with Scyld Computing, a developer of software for high-performance computing, to provide its Scyld Beowulf Scalable Computing software, which provides seamless cluster scalability, to organizations building large clusters with API NetWorks' new CS20, the world's most powerful 1U server, and its UP2000+ Ultimate Performance Series motherboards. The combined technology offers companies, universities and research labs a scalable and manageable solution for deploying advanced clustering applications. -- intraDAT international, inc. extracts the power of Alpha for e-commerce applications: intraDAT international inc., one of Europe's leading Linux-based developers of e-commerce solutions, has formed a partnership with API NetWorks to port its VShop software to Alpha Linux, allowing API NetWorks' resellers to bring a powerful new e-commerce solution to their customers. These customers will be able to reduce the number of clustered servers required to power their e-commerce solutions by utilizing the high I/O and memory bandwidth and superior performance of API NetWorks' CS20 server and Ultimate Performance Series motherboards. Combined with VShop, which easily scales to over a million products and is fully customizable for B2B, B2C or B2G, this e-commerce solution will provide customers the performance, reliability and speed they need to conduct business on the Web. -- Digital Factory USA ports the Kondara MNU/Linux OS to API NetWorks' platforms: API NetWorks forms a strategic partnership with Digital Factory USA to provide Kondara MNU/Linux on their servers. API NetWorks' resellers will now be able to take advantage of Kondara's unique multi-platform, multi-lingual Linux OS on both API NetWorks' new powerful CS20 server and their Ultimate Performance Series motherboards. The combination of Kondara MNU/Linux and API NetWorks' high-performance 64-bit Alpha-based servers will give users a powerful Alpha Linux solution for HPC and Internet solutions. -- Dolphin Interconnect brings powerful 64-bit 66MHz interconnects to Alpha Linux Beowulf clusters with API NetWorks' server products: Through its ongoing partnership with API NetWorks, Dolphin Interconnect, developer of Wulfkit, a combination of well established interconnect hardware and software technologies that provide users supercomputer performance at lower price/performance for parallel computing applications, has released its 64-bit 66MHz boards on API NetWorks' high performance Alpha-based CS20 UP2000+ motherboard products, enabling the creation of extremely powerful and scalable Linux Beowulf clusters. These clusters are ideal for researchers and developers seeking supercomputing-class processing power, superior scalability and configurability for parallel processing applications. -- Ovrimos S.A. delivers new Internet-ready Ovrimos WebBase Server 3.0 SQL database software on API NetWorks' platforms: Ovrimos S.A., a developer of SQL transactional relational database management systems and secure Web servers, has ported its new Ovrimos WebBase Server 3.0 to Alpha Linux for use with API NetWorks' powerful new CS20 server and UP2000+ platforms. Through this ongoing partnership, API NetWorks' customers will now be able to take advantage of the new, advanced Internet features in Ovrimos' latest SQL database product, which include built-in SSL support, client authentication for e-commerce applications, secure certificate administration and PHP support, allowing customers to build secure e-commerce solutions. By leveraging the power and bandwidth of API NetWorks' servers and Ovrimos' new WebBase Servers 3.0, customers can now build highly scalable and cost-effective e-commerce solutions, tailored to their specific requirements. For more information about API NetWorks Partner Program or its resellers worldwide, please see the API NetWorks Website: www.api-networks.com. About API NetWorks, Inc. Addressing the demand for increased memory and I/O bandwidth, API NetWorks' high-performance, high-density component and server technologies are ideal for today's high-performance computing (HPC) and network infrastructure markets. API NetWorks' industry-recognized design team is committed to working with leading companies to deliver the highest performing, scalable solutions available for OEMs, VARs and system integrators. For more information about API NetWorks and product offerings, see www.api-networks.com. API NetWorks Partners Quotes Scyld Computing Corporation "API NetWorks supplies the highly scalable and powerful hardware and Scyld offers the Beowulf software to solve the world's most complex computing problems," said Don Becker, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Scyld and technical leader of the original Beowulf project team at NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. . "The combination along with the support of both of our technical teams will provide the high performance computing market a powerful, high quality product to build clusters for advanced, compute-intensive applications." intraDAT international inc. "Performance and stability are among the top concerns of our customers, especially as competition within online shopping and services increases," said Dan Hensgen, CTO, intraDAT international. "The high I/O and memory bandwidth provided by API Networks' Alpha-based products allows customers to reduce the required number of clustered servers and gives them a more cost-effective and manageable solution to run their e-commerce solutions on." Digital Factory, Inc. "The combination of our multi-platform, multi-lingual Linux OS and API NetWorks' Alpha-based products means our customers have the highest performing servers available on the market and can more effectively and reliably conduct B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business and B2C (Business to Consumer) Refers to a business communicating with or selling to an individual rather than a company. See B2B. business activities," said Toru Hoshina, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Digital Factory (toru@df-usa.com). Dolphin Interconnect Solutions Dolphin Interconnect Solutions (OSE: DOLP) is a manufacturer of high speed data communication systems, located in Oslo, Norway (headquarters) and Natick, Massachusetts, USA (US Customer Support and Logistics. Inc. "Our new 64-bit 66MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. boards represent out core competency A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
Ovrimos S.A. "Our Ovrimos WebBase Server 3.0 was developed to address the demand for fast, programmable Web and SQL servers An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. that require few resources," said Nikos Ch. Anastassopoulos, managing director, Ovrimos S.A. "API NetWorks' Alpha-based products enabled us to do just that, and they give our clients a leading solution that delivers the performance, reliability and scalability they require." |
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