Amdahl to Port Performance Management Software to Tandem UNIX Platform; Confirms Growing Acceptance of UMA Specification for Multi-Platform Performance Management Architecture.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 1996--Strengthening its role as an open systems provider, 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 today announced an agreement with Tandem Computers (company) Tandem Computers - A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994). Incorporated to port its performance and capacity management software solutions to Tandem's Integrity S4000 systems running the NonStop UX UNIX operating system Noun 1. UNIX operating system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services . This agreement also allows Tandem to resell these products. The A+UMA (1) (Unlicensed Mobile Access) See GAN. (2) (Upper Memory Area) Memory in a PC between 640K and 1M. More relevant in the days of DOS, this region was broken into Upper Memory Blocks (UMB) reserved for video memory and other Performance Data Manager, the A+OpenTune Performance Monitor and the A+OpenWatch Distributed Threshold Monitor are performance and capacity management software products targeted at Fortune 1000 systems administrators and datacenter managers who are attempting to solve sizing, capacity and performance issues on Tandem's S4000 systems. These products are based on the Universal Measurement Architecture (UMA) specification, an emerging X/Open standard for handling performance and capacity data. The A+UMA Performance Data Manager is the Amdahl implementation of UMA, adding reliability, availability and serviceability Reliability, Availability and Serviceability is a computer hardware engineering term. It originated from IBM to advertise the robustness of their mainframe computers. The concept is often known by the acronym RAS. features that enhance the integrity of the data collection and provide a robust solution to the management of business-critical performance data. The A+UMA Performance Data Manager currently runs on Solaris software, UTS (Universal Timesharing System) Amdahl's version of Unix System V. Release 4.0 is POSIX compliant. systems, 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-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. , SunOS and Pyramid. "Our agreement with Tandem underscores the growing acceptance of the UMA specification as the de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for performance management in heterogeneous systems," said Michael Carabetta, vice president and general manager, A+ Software Group, Amdahl Corporation. "Amdahl took a leadership role in defining the standard because of our commitment to providing industry-leading system performance management solutions to our customers." "Our S4000 product is an enterprise server aimed at the fault-tolerant requirements of the telecommunications marketplace. These performance management solutions will allow our customers' applications to run at top efficiency on our 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). platforms," said Larry Laurich, Tandem vice president and general manager, Communications Products Business Unit. "We believe that the Amdahl performance management software is a superior product and it is clear how it is well on its way to becoming an industry standard." A+UMA Performance Data Manager The A+UMA Performance Data Manager provides mainframe-style performance measurement tools for today's client/server environment. Unlike most performance products in the market today, this product offers a single collection and management tool that improves data synchronization and correlation. This product features data collection, distribution and management of close to 200 metrics, and enables UMA-based Measurement Application Programs (MAPS) to link to SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. network management systems. A+OpenWatch Distributed Threshold Monitor The A+OpenWatch Distributed Threshold Monitor allows simultaneous threshold monitoring with SNMP notification on over 100 servers running the A+UMA Performance Data Manager. It features user-defined thresholds for individual servers or a group of servers, visual and audible alarms to notify operator of exceptions, and integration with an SNMP network manager. A+OpenTune Performance Monitor The A+OpenTune Performance Monitor provides performance tuning and trend analysis across heterogeneous distributed environments based upon the data collected by A+UMA Performance Data Manager. This product features variable sampling intervals, a graphical display of both historical and current data, monitoring of the major system resources, and visibility to kernel processes. About Tandem Founded in 1974, Tandem Computers Incorporated designs and delivers technology solutions that companies rely on in a business world that runs 24 hours a day. A $2.3 billion company headquartered in Cupertino, California, Tandem has offices, strategic partners, and providers in more than 50 countries around the world. About Amdahl Amdahl Corporation (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 service methods with best of breed offerings to create customized solutions that help clients gain a competitive advantage in their industries. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Amdahl and UTS are registered trademarks and A+UMA, A+OpenWatch and A+OpenTune are trademarks of Amdahl Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd. Solaris and SunOS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. AIX 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. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 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 Sandy Garcia, 408/737-5565 garcia@oes.amdahl.com or Tandem Computers Incorporated Sally Smith, 408/285-7515 smith_sally@tandem.com or The Benjamin Group John Elias, 408/559-6090 jelias@sv.tbgi.co |
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