Announces I2O Windows NT LAN Software at Intel Industry Server Event.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1997-- -- Xpoint and 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) Netfinity(r) Show I2O-Based Enterprise Server Solution Using the I960RP-Based IBM Artic Card -- Xpoint Technologies, Inc. announces an I2O (Intelligent I/O) A standard for offloading input and output to an auxiliary processor. The auxiliary processor (I/O processor) manages the data transfer while the CPU does something else. software solution, called X-IOP, for the Netfinity(r) 7000 and IBM's I2O-ready ARTIC i960 processor based LAN adapter Same as network adapter. today at an Intel Sponsored Server event in Atlanta. X-IOP provides the ARTIC-960 LAN adapter with full I2O support for installation and operation under 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. (r) Server. Ordering information will be available in January 1998 directly from Xpoint, as well as the IBM ARTIC web site. Xpoint Technologies, Inc., IBM Netfinity, and IBM ARTIC are jointly showing an Enterprise Server solution based on X-IOP and Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. clustering, that couples two IBM Netfinity(r) 7000 servers into a single Lotus Notes cluster. "Xpoint's I2O LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. software solution for Windows NT Server, called X-IOP, together with IBM's I2O-ready ARTIC LAN adapter and the IBM Netfinity 7000, provides a solid foundation for scalable application server clusters. The combination is unmatched in flexibility and growth potential," said Randy Groves, Vice President, IBM Netfinity Development. "Microsoft's Windows NT Server is the application server platform of choice. IBM Netfinity enterprise servers together with Xpoint's I2O LAN solutions enable the Windows NT Server architecture to deliver scalable 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 for workgroup and enterprise servers," said Chris Andrews, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Xpoint Technologies, Inc. "Intel is pleased to see the availability of Xpoint's X-IOP product which addresses customer needs today. The i960-based LAN adapter and Xpoints X-IOP provides I2O LAN functionality for Windows NT Server via a single, easy-to-use, package," said Ron Smith, Vice President and General Manager of Computing and Enhancement Group, of Intel Corporation, "this combination of the Intel 960 I/O processor, X-IOP and Xpoint's innovative X-Engine family of LAN acceleration products provides direct customer benefits in terms of improved server I/O and reduced 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. overhead." Product Description X-IOP is a software solution that activates I2O-ready system boards and adapters. Today, it provides all the operating system specific software components necessary to support I2O LAN functionality on Windows NT 4.0 and will soon supply the components needed for I2O Disk functionality. X-IOP also provides the necessary I2O subsystem software supporting the i960 I/O Processor platform as well as download and configuration utilities that ease the task of installing and managing of I2O devices on Windows NT Server. X-Engine is a family of intelligent I/O networking software applications designed to dramatically increase the performance and optimization of I2O-ready server platforms. X-Engine solutions, known as I/O applications, intelligently offload I/O intensive functions from the host CPU to an I2O-ready processor such as Intel's i960 I/O Processor. By off-loading the host CPU, X-Engine I/O applications dramatically improve the efficiency and thus performance of today Intranet and Internet servers. In addition to X-IOP and X-Engine, Xpoint provides the following products and services for the I2O Architecture: -- I2O software development & integration services - OSM OSM Oregon Steel Mills, Inc. OSM Openstreetmap (free editable online world map) OSM Office of Surface Mining (US government) OSM Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal , ISM See ISM band. , HDM HDM - SPECIAL engineering and testing - BSP BSP Bromsulphalein, a dye used in the study of liver function. See also sulfobromophthalein clearance test. design and development -- Peer-to-Peer software -- I2O Architecture installation software enabling server platforms to be I2O compliant -- I2O Architecture acceleration software that increases NT server scalability and CPU capacity Corporate Profile Xpoint Technologies, based in Boca Raton, Fla., is a leading software supplier of I2O based Networking Solutions and Integration Services. As the chairman of the I2O Peer-to-Peer working group, Xpoint is driving industry standards for high performance Peer-to-Peer intelligent I/O products. Xpoint news and product/service information is available at World Wide Web site http://www.xpoint-tech.com . -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: In the Internet/email address noted in this news release, there is an "at" symbol candrews and xpoint-tech.com. In the World Wide Web address noted in this news release, there is a double slash between http: and www.xpoint-tech.com. These symbols may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: Xpoint Technologies, Inc., Boca Raton Press Contact: Christopher J. Andrews Vice President, Sales and Marketing candrews@xpoint-tech.com 561/241-8447 extension 773 Web site: www.xpoint-tech.com |
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