Adax Announces Availability of Advanced Protocol Controllers for SCO OpenServer Release 5.BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 1995--Adax, Inc., a leading developer of technology for wide area networks (WANs), today announced the availability of its high-performance WAN interface products for SCO OpenServer Release 5, the next-generation Business Critical Server. Adax Advanced Protocol Controllers (APCs), part of the Routerless Network Solutions (RNS RNS Regulatory News Service (UK stock market) RnS Rinnovamento Nello Spirito (Italian: Renewal in the Spirit) RNS Ribonukleinsäure (German: RNA) RNS Residue Number System ) family, are available immediately, providing SCO OpenServer users with direct WAN access at greater than T1/E1 speeds. "Adax APCs are designed to provide cost-effective, high-speed WAN access for business critical servers," said Henry Matthes, Adax Marketing Manager. "With Adax, SCO OpenServer users will be able to take advantage of high transaction rates, increasing the value of their networks. Our APCs allow even a run-of-the-mill 486/33 to fully utilize two T1/E1 circuits while only minimally impacting the processing performance of the SCO OpenServer 5 applications processor," noted Matthes. "We're very pleased that Adax products will be available for SCO OpenServer Release 5," said Mike Shelton, SCO's Director, Product Marketing. "For customers needing both a reliable, high-performance server and high-speed WAN access, Adax APCs and SCO OpenServer Release 5 provide a powerful and cost effective combination." ADAX APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. products are intelligent controllers that provide server computers with direct access to high-speed WANs. By supporting multiple physical communications channels simultaneously, Adax APCs are able to achieve speeds in excess of T1/E1 (1.544 Mbps). In many cases, Adax solutions allow network planners to do away with costly routers while making better use of network bandwidth. Unlike other server based WAN access products, Adax solutions place little burden on CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. resources. SCO OpenServer is the only Business Critical Server operating system See network operating system. for the Intel platform that protects customers' legacy investments in data, applications, networks, and hardware. Advanced reliability, availability, and scalability features are now built-in, enabling businesses of all sizes to combine the power and security of large-scale systems with the exceptional price-performance value and flexibility of commodity server hardware based on Intel microprocessors. SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. is the world's leading provider of UNIX server and host systems, having shipped more units than Sunsoft's Solaris 1 and 2, IBM's AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , HP's HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , and Novell's UnixWare combined (source: IDC, latest analysis 12/94). SCO Business Critical Servers run the critical day-to-day operations of large branch organizations in retail, finance, and government, as well as corporate departments and small- to medium-sized businesses of every kind. SCO is also the leading provider of software that integrates Windows PCs and other clients with servers from all of the major UNIX System vendors. High performance, simplicity and low cost of ownership are the hallmarks of Adax's RNS (Routerless Network Solutions). Adax offers Wide Area Network designers a simple and direct answer to their WAN requirements: a server-based wide area communications network architecture which lowers operations costs. RNS combines server-resident hardware with integrated protocol software and unique system drivers. This architecture offers faster access to server-based applications with lower life-cycle costs. Ease of use begins with simple installation and configuration, then continues with simple management and expert technical support. ADAX networks support Frame Relay, PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) The most popular method for transporting IP packets over a serial link between the user and the ISP. Developed in 1994 by the IETF and superseding the SLIP protocol, PPP establishes the session between the user's computer and the ISP using , ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , SNA, SS7, TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. , X.25 and custom applications. Adax and SCO sell and support their products through a worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. See SCO's home page on the World Wide Web (http://www.sco.com) and Adax's home page on the World Wide Web (http://www.adax.com) for additional corporate and product information. Adax also provides text information for e-mail (info@mailer.adax.com) retrieval. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation See SCO. Santa Cruz Operation - (SCO) A supplier of Unix systems for Intel microprocessors. They supply Xenix and Open Desktop. Founded in 1979, SCO became a public company in May, 1993 and trades on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol SCOC. , SCO Open Server are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. in the USA and other countries. UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). is a registered trademark in the US and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. CONTACT: Adax Inc. Henry Matthes, 510/548-7047 or hm@adax.com or Sterling Communications Inc. Kevin Pedraja, 408/428-0100 or kmp@sterlingpr.com |
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