Amdahl Announces Total Cost of Ownership Approach.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1997--Amdahl Corporation today announced plans to deliver a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. ) approach to re-centralize control and security of the computing environment, reduce the cost of business-critical applications, and extend investments in existing desktop systems. The TCO approach, to be delivered over the next 36 months, will assist customers in choosing among emerging industry trends for Zero Administration, Thin-Client, NetPC, Network Computer and Java(TM) computing. Amdahl will deliver the TCO approach across heterogeneous IT environments that blend MVS (Multiple Virtual Storage) Introduced in 1974, the primary operating system used with IBM mainframes (the others are VM and DOS/VSE). MVS is a batch processing-oriented operating system that manages large amounts of memory and disk space. , 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). (R) and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (TM) operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . The TCO approach will encompass several initiatives that include end-to-end solutions. The solutions will enable corporations to easily take advantage of the benefits of each total cost of ownership architecture. Each initiative will include hardware, software, storage, services, and support components. Moreover, Amdahl expertise in blending MVS, UNIX, and Windows NT operating systems leverages customers' investments in legacy applications and connectivity through the enterprise, while taking advantage of desktop computing. "Amdahl has more than 25 years of experience listening to customers, architecting solutions, and delivering results. Customers tell us they need IT systems that deliver a greater return on business objectives. They also want to take control of business-critical computing requirements in ways that will satisfy user needs," said Greg Grodhaus, vice president and general manager, Amdahl Server Business Group. About Amdahl Amdahl Corporation (company) Amdahl Corporation - A US computer manufacturer. Amdahl is a major supplier of large mainframes, UNIX and Open Systems software and servers, data storage subsystems, data communications products, applications development software, and a variety of educational and (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :AMH AMH Abington Memorial Hospital (Abington, PA) AMH Anti-Müllerian Hormone AMH Australian Medicines Handbook AMH Automated Material Handling AMH Aviation Structural Mechanic (Hydraulics) US Navy Rating ) provides integrated enterprise computing solutions designed to meet the needs of the leading, most compute-intensive environments around the world. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Amdahl combines hardware and software products and services methods with best-of-breed offerings to create customized solutions that help clients gain a competitive advantage in their industries. -0- Amdahl is a registered trademark of Amdahl Corporation. Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. MVS is a registered trademark of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corporation. Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively (except in Japan where such license is non-exclusive) through X/Open Company Limited. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Amdahl news releases are available on the Internet through Amdahl Corporation's home page at http://www.amdahl.com . The Amdahl home pages provide current, in-depth information on Amdahl offerings and solutions for enterprise computing. CONTACT: Amdahl Corporation Mary Luciano, 408/746-6166 mas20@oes.amdahl.com or The Benjamin Group Trish Ristagno, 408/559-6090 trista@sv.tbgi.com |
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