Bay Area Companies Join Forces to Deliver Fault Tolerant Solution for Windows NT.PETALUMA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 1999-- Acclaim Technology of San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. and All Computer Solutions of Petaluma, California Petaluma is a city in Sonoma County, California, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 54,538. As of 2005, Petaluma's population is 56,721. [link was dead) contains the Rancho Petaluma Adobe, a National Historic Landmark. have signed an agreement to implement the first fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. solution for the 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. operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . The two California companies are working in tandem Adv. 1. in tandem - one behind the other; "ride tandem on a bicycle built for two"; "riding horses down the path in tandem" tandem with Marathon Technologies, manufacturer of the Endurance 4000(tm), whose patented ComputeThru(tm) technology works through component failures, hot swaps, and operating system anomalies to deliver zero downtime for Windows NT. Compaq Computer is also working closely with both of these technology providers to deliver their industry standard hardware platform as the foundation of the Marathon solution. "Fault tolerance has been available for 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). for some time, but never for Windows NT," said Ron Kramer, COO of All Computer Solutions. "As the world's dependence on Windows NT grows so does the need for a true Assured Availability solution," he said. Unlike other high availability technologies, Marathon's product guarantees 99.999% uptime compared to 99.9%. "Essentially, this is the difference between five minutes of downtime a year versus nine hours," stated Chuck Page, Director of Solution Sales for Acclaim Technology. "For any industry reliant on mission critical applications, such as the financial industry and the e-commerce trade, this means millions of dollars in lost revenue per year," he said. Kramer and Page are currently implementing the Endurance 4000 with many domestic clients while following up on an increasing number of international leads. "We've had great interest in Europe. A strong lead from a large IT company in Italy just came in," said Kramer. "Most IT executives implementing Windows NT, whether here or abroad, are eager to find a solution which eliminates their liability and increases productivity," he said. Acclaim Technology and All Computer Solutions are members of the VentureTech Network, a national organization of professional technology firms that provide enterprise class computing solutions for corporations. Acclaim Technology is the West Coast's premier systems integrator for Information Technology. All Computer Solutions is an enterprise business partner with Marathon Technologies and Compaq Computer. More information on Marathon Technologies "Zero downtime" solution can be obtained on the web at www.ntfix.com. |
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