Banyan Systems announces support for ENS for IBM AIX on IBM POWERparallel System SP2.ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 1995--At the Association of Banyan Users International (ABUI ABUI Association of Banyan Users International ) held here, Banyan Systems (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BNYN BNYN ePresence (stock symbol; formerly known as Banyan) ) today announced support of ENS for 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) AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. on IBM's Scalable POWERparallel Systems SP2 platform. With ENS for AIX on the SP2, customers can leverage their investments in the SP2, and benefit from the scalability, efficiency and cost savings realized through Banyan's Enterprise Network Services. Banyan's open systems approach enables Banyan's Enterprise Network Services to run on a wide range of platforms based on the IBM RS/6000 architecture. As a result, ENS for AIX can seamlessly integrate PC LANs with diverse 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). computing environments which include IBM RS/6000's and advanced platforms such as the SP2. With the line of ENS products, Banyan can seamlessly integrate architectures, such as the SP2, into an enterprise environment with a single system view. "Support of IBM's SP2 allows ENS for AIX users to take advantage of the scalable parallel processing parallel processing, the concurrent or simultaneous execution of two or more parts of a single computer program, at speeds far exceeding those of a conventional computer. architecture provided by this platform," said Bill Johnson, Banyan vice president, corporate business development. "In addition, users can access the wide range of supported AIX applications, especially those which utilize SP2 parallel processing capabilities." Support for the SP2 platform compliments Banyan's existing support for IBM's RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. System/6000 platform. By integrating multiple environments into a single system image, ENS allows all users to access databases, applications and network resources regardless of their physical location while giving administrators an effective means of managing their entire computing infrastructure. Banyan and IBM announced a multi-faceted strategic partnership in 1992 that has included joint product development, marketing and technical support. About Banyan Systems Inc. Banyan Systems (NASDAQ: BNYN) is a pioneer and leader in enterprise network services. These products make it easy to find, share and manage information and resources within enterprise networks. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Westboro, Mass., USA, the company markets products worldwide through authorized network integrators, resellers and international distributors. Banyan can be reached on the World Wide Web at http://www.banyan.com. -0- Banyan and ENS are registered trademarks of Banyan Systems Inc. IBM and AIX are registered trademarks of IBM Corp. SP2 and RS/6000 are trademarks of IBM Corp. UNIX is a registered trademark of Novell Inc. CONTACT: Banyan Ed Thomas Jr., 508/898-1000 or Copithorne & Bellows David Kitchen, 617/252-0606 |
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