Comdisco Becomes Corporate Reseller for Motorola's Power PC Microprocessor-Based Computer Systems.ROSEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 1995--Comdisco, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement to become an authorized corporate reseller for Motorola Computer Group's (MCG's) high-performance PowerStack(tm) computer systems. Under the agreement, Comdisco will act as an integrator for the PowerStack equipment through its extensive leasing and remarketing activities, as well as its newly formed Systems Integration Group. The PowerStack line, introduced by Motorola Computer Group in October, 1994, is a family of high-performance desktops, servers and multi-user computer systems based on PowerPC microprocessors. It is supported by industry-leading operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , including AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. (r) 4.1 from 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) Corp. and 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. (tm) 3.51 from Microsoft(r) Corporation. "As more of our customers move to open systems environments, we must respond with equipment that provides the greatest quality, flexibility and value," said Jack Slevin, Comdisco's president and chief executive officer. "We're extremely pleased to be able to provide Motorola Computer Group's PowerStack products, which promise to meet those needs for many of our customers." "MCG is committed to aggressively expanding its computer product line with the PowerPC microprocessor architecture," said Paul Kellenberger, director of worldwide channel operations. "We chose Comdisco to help support this effort because of their extensive leasing and remarketing experience, as well as their many long-standing customer relationships." The Motorola Computer Group is a worldwide hardware and software platform supplier to companies that provide computer solutions -- original equipment manufacturers, distributors, value-added resellers, systems integrators and select end users. MCG products include a full range of industry-leading VMEbus boards; multi-user systems and client/server platforms based on the PowerPC microprocessor and AIX 4.1 and Windows NT 3.51 operating systems; and real-time system platforms. Hardware is supported by standards-based operating systems software and systems enablers -- all tools necessary to develop end user solutions. MCG corporate headquarters, along with regional headquarters for Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and Australia, are located in Tempe, Arizona Tempe (pronounced /tɛm.'piː/) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with a population of 169,712 according to 2006 Census Bureau estimates. . MCG's European headquarters are located in Brussels, Belgium. Headquarters for MCG's Asia Pacific region are located in Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . MCG is part of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MOT) General Systems Section, which includes the Cellular Infrastructure Group, the Cellular Subscriber Group, the Network Ventures Group and the Personal Communications Systems Operations. Motorola's 1994 sales were $22.2 billion. Comdisco (NYSE:CDO (Collaborative Data Objects) A programming interface from Microsoft for accessing MAPI-based e-mail, calendaring and scheduling servers. Originally called "OLE Messaging" and "Active Messaging," CDO wraps the Enhanced MAPI library into a COM object that provides the ) is one of the world's leading providers of solutions that help organizations reduce technology cost and risk. These services include equipment leasing Equipment Leasing is a financing option to lease equipment for a certain amount of time. Leasing Benefits
The PowerStack product line will be managed at Comdisco by Bill Skrzypczak, director of open systems marketing, 708-698-3000. Andrew Pohlman, district sales manager, central area, 708-576-8869, will be the Motorola Computer Group contact. Motorola and the Motorola logo are registered trademarks of Motorola, Inc. PowerStack is a trademark of Motorola, Inc. PowerPC is a trademark of International Business Machines Corp. and is used by Motorola, Inc. under license from International Business Machines Corp. AIX is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp. Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. CONTACT: Comdisco Inc. Mary Moster, 708/518-5147 or Motorola Computer Group Terri Thorson, 602/438-3287 |
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