ChatCom Announces High-Availability Dual PentiumPro Server; ChatCom's ChatExpress/DPP Server Module Provides the Industry's Highest Symmetrical Multiprocessing Network Server Density.CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 1997--ChatCom Inc. (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 :CHAT), the leading manufacturer of highly managed rack-mounted server See rack server. products, Thursday announced the availability of an SMP-based Dual PentiumPro Server module for its existing ChatPower Plus product line to further satisfy IT market demands for high-end servers in large and medium corporations. Called ChatExpress/DPP, the release of this server module offers performance, density and scalability well beyond any competitive product. Speaking regarding the company's high-end server strategy, ChatCom Chief Executive Officer Jim Mariner said: ``The ChatExpress/DPP is a significant milestone in ChatCom's focus toward providing a foundation on which IS management can architect high-speed, high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , managed servers using modular, easily upgradeable components. ``The proliferation of servers fueled by rapid growth within the groupware, Internet/intranet, and client/server markets are placing huge demands on server technology and network support staff. Those demands, IT groups are realizing, simply cannot be satisfied using legacy PC-based network servers. ``Legacy hardware products do not scale well, and therefore are not able to gracefully address the radical changes and growth being experienced by IT organizations tasked with deploying such applications. ``ChatCom's modular, scalable RAINS (redundant array of independent network servers) approach, coupled with this release of high performance ChatExpress/DPP products specifically address the requirements of server re-centralization, systems-level management, and growth. ``The Dual PentiumPro, combined with our decade of experience producing centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. , managed servers gives ChatCom a significant competitive edge. It also reduces the risk to our customers by making upgrade paths rapid, painless, and inexpensive.'' Each ChatExpress/DPP is a fully functional SMP-based independent server module that can be installed in the same chassis as any of ChatCom's existing line of Pentium and PentiumPro ChatExpress products. In order to protect its customers' investment in technology, ChatCom's server products utilize a front-loading, hot-pluggable host card on which an industry-standard motherboard is attached. The ChatExpress/DPP offers a full range of ``server-class'' options, including ECC (1) (Error-Correcting Code) A type of memory that corrects errors on the fly. See ECC memory. (2) (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) A public key cryptography method that provides fast decryption and digital signature processing. and ECB See electronic code book. memory, a variety of ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. and PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). configuration options and on-board SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. drives or external high performance multi-host RAID 7 disk storage. Up to 21 ChatExpress/DPP Server Modules can reside in a single 19" rack enclosure making this new ChatCom offering the highest density, most quantifiably scalable, high performance server solution on the market. ``ChatCom believes that by this time next year IT departments will be deploying clusters of Asymmetrical SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. machines,'' said Gary Dunham Gary Dunham (born March 251951) is an American Contemporary Christian recording artist. He has played professionally since the late 1960s. In addition to his two solo albums, he has written songs for many other artists including Kathy Troccoli, Sandi Patty, and the Gaither Vocal , vice president of sales and marketing for the company. ``ChatCom's design strategy is to provide today, the platforms that will position our customers to take advantage of technologies looming on the horizon. ``With the advent of products such as Microsoft's Wolfpack, we foresee processor power requirements becoming more like data storage needs (when you need more space you add more drives), when you need the network to run faster -- just add more processing engines. ChatCom's processing engines allow this growth 'on-the-fly' today.'' Pricing and Availability Full production of ChatExpress/DPP began Sept. 2, 1997. Products will be available in a variety of configurations. Customers will be able to choose either 256K or 512K cache models with memory expansion capabilities up to 512MB. Different board configurations support from two to seven expansion slots and offer riser-integrated 3Com 10/100 chipsets. Pricing for the ChatExpress DPP DPP - Dining Philosophers Problem begins at $4,290 per server module. Each ChatExpress/DPP Server Module comes standard with a three-year parts and labor warranty. Third-party 4-hour 7/24 support is available. About ChatCom Founded in 1982, ChatCom is a leading supplier of award-winning managed, consolidated application and communication server systems to Fortune 1000 companies worldwide. Located in Chatsworth, ChatCom is publicly held and traded on NASDAQ under the symbol CHAT. ChatCom can be reached at 800/456-1333, or on the Web at http://www.jlchatcom.com -0- Safe-Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in the news release are forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to economic, competitive, governmental, and technological factors affecting the revenues, operations, markets, products, prices, and other factors discussed in the company's various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CONTACT: ChatCom Inc., Chatsworth Gary M. Dunham, 800/456-1333 email: gdunham@jlchatcom.com |
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