Amdahl Corporation awarded $22 million contract by Commercial Data Servers Inc.; End-to-end service and support contract to be provided for integrated hardware and software enterprise servers.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1997--Amdahl Corporation today announced award of a two-year service and support contract estimated at $22 million from Commercial Data Servers Inc. (CDS). The contract furthers the Amdahl industry leadership position in multivendor enterprise support and service. Amdahl currently provides multivendor service and support for some of the world's largest multi-national, Information Technology (IT) organizations. The newly awarded contract will enable CDS to offer both large and small enterprise customers a "one-stop" service and support solution for their products, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. CDS President William F. O'Connell, Jr. "Quality service and support rank among the most critical concerns for customers of all sizes," O'Connell said. "In addition to our unique system solutions, we intend to provide our customers the highest degree of support and service available. Amdahl is recognized worldwide as having a proven track record for providing exactly that." Commercial Data Servers Inc. manufactures and distributes System/390 compatible hardware and software solutions. Products include the CDS-0 Enterprise Server, the first in a series of CMOS-based System/390 servers featuring mainframe-class characteristics that are "ready-to-work" upon installation. The CDS-0 features pre-loaded S/390 compatible software designed to support product applications, applications development, maintenance and special projects such as the Year 2000 initiatives for customers of all sizes. The contract also allows Amdahl to offer an array of other services including Software Value Assessment services, Fiber Optic services for ESCON (Enterprise Systems CONnection) An IBM S/390 fiber-optic channel that transfers 17 Mbytes/sec over distances up to 60 km depending on connection type. ESCON allows peripheral devices to be located across large campuses and metropolitan areas. , and other Amdahl Customer Service capabilities to CDS data center and distributed environment customers. Amdahl provides a single point of accountability through a worldwide support organization offering communications, escalation, problem tracking, and logistics. "When a customer chooses Amdahl as their technical partner, they benefit from our successful Information Technology and distributed computing (1) The use of multiple computers networked throughout a wide geographical area, or the world via the Internet, in order to solve a single problem. See grid computing. (2) The use of multiple computers in an enterprise rather than one centralized system. experience," said Doug Richardson Doug Richardson is an American screenwriter known for his ability to write action movies. He first made an impression with his so-far unproduced spec script Hell Bent... and Back which sold for one million dollars. , vice president of marketing, Amdahl Customer Services. "Amdahl has historically worked in multi-tiered, multivendor environments, and has created a path to continuous availability through field-proven integration and service skills." 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 Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. 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. About Commercial Data Servers Inc. Founded in 1994, CDS manufacturers a series of IBM mainframe compatible processors using CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. chips and state-of-the-art components sourced from the PC and workstation industries. The technology combines the richness of the mainframe infrastructure with the technology of micro computing into a new line of hardware server systems. The server systems provide a new level of computing reliability provided by a single chip design, fault tolerance and an enclosed uninterruptible power supply See UPS. (hardware) Uninterruptible Power Supply - (UPS) A battery powered power supply unit that is guaranteed to provide power to a computer in the event of interruptions in the incoming mains electrical power. . CDS systems are capable of very high bandwidth input/output, and can be integrated into communications networks such as Frame relay and ATM. -0- Amdahl is a registered trademark of Amdahl Corporation. System/390 and CMOS are registered trademarks 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. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders. Note to Editors: Amdahl news releases are available on the Internet through Amdahl Corporation's World Wide Web home page, located at http://www.amdahl.com. The Amdahl home pages provide current, in-depth information on Amdahl offerings and solutions for enterprise computing. CONTACT: Amdahl Corp. Esther Hansen, 408/992-2257 emh00@amdahl.com or The Benjamin Group Inc. Daniel McKean, 408/559-6090 x312 dmckean@sv.tbgi.com http://www.tbgi.com or Commercial Data Servers Inc. Carl Smarling, 408/541-8440 carl@cdatas.com |
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