Compaq Positions NonStop Himalaya Servers for Global E-Commerce Providers.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1999 -- Compaq (Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX, www.compaq.com) Compaq was the leading PC manufacturer when it was acquired by HP in 2002. Founded in 1982 by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto, one year later the company shipped 53,000 PC-compatible COMPAQ Portables, resulting in $111 NonStop HP's brand name for its fault-tolerant servers, which range in size from four CPUs to 4,000 CPUs. The NonStop line was created by Tandem Computers, which was acquired by Compaq, which later became part of HP. (R) Himalaya See Tandem. Solutions Target Large ISPs, Government Infrastructure Providers, Global Enterprises and Their Associated Value Chains Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ) announced today a significant building block in its core NonStop(R) eBusiness See e-business. Solutions strategy to help customers exploit the advantages of Internet-based enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. . Compaq, with key software partners, described a comprehensive set of software, tools and services that enable 24x7, massively scalable Internet-based solutions for large ISPs and government infrastructure providers, as well as global enterprises and their associated value chains. Many customers have long relied on Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya's industry-leading availability and scalability How much a system can be expanded. See scalable. scalability - How well a solution to some problem will work when the size of the problem increases. For example, a central server of some kind with ten clients may perform adequately but with a thousand clients it for mission-critical applications. Now, Internet-based commerce dramatically increases the need for these 24x7 online capabilities. Today's announcement positions Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya systems as the industry's first NonStop(R) Internet-based solutions platform. Specific software products are described in the attached Technical Addendum addendum n. an addition to a completed written document. Most commonly this is a proposed change or explanation (such as a list of goods to be included) in a contract, or some point that has been subject of negotiation after the contract was originally proposed by and at www.compaq.com/strategy/himalaya/internetenable All are now available to new and existing customers. In addition to the Internet-based products, Compaq also announced the S72000, a new, higher performance addition to the Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya S-series server line. From high end data centers to small Websites, Internet-based solutions require continuous availability, scalability, massive compute To perform mathematical operations or general computer processing. For an explanation of "The 3 C's," or how the computer processes data, see computer. power, and the capability to manage extreme growth rates Growth Rates The compounded annualized rate of growth of a company's revenues, earnings, dividends, or other figures. Notes: Remember, historically high growth rates don't always mean a high rate of growth looking into the future. . These mission-critical fundamentals were pioneered by Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya and OpenVMS A later version of the VMS operating system from Compaq (originally Digital Equipment Corporation) that is POSIX and XPG3-compliant. VMS was originally developed for Digital's very successful VAX systems and later ported to the Alpha line. solutions and Compaq intends to extend and integrate them with its industry standard platforms including 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. Server and Tru64 UNIX The 64-bit Unix operating system for HP's AlphaServers. Formerly Digital Unix when Alpha was a product family from Digital Equipment Corporation, it was renamed Tru64 Unix in 1999 by Compaq (HP acquired Compaq in 2002). . John Rose, Senior Vice President and Group General Manager of Compaq's Enterprise Computing Group, said, "Internet-based computing computing - computer is revolutionizing global commerce, and Compaq is leading the way. Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya technology is an important offering of the Compaq NonStop(R) eBusiness Solutions strategy, and today's announcement underscores how Compaq is enhancing and protecting customer investments for strategic advantage in the world of Internet-based commerce." Internet-Enabling Products To Benefit Existing and New Himalaya Customers With the products and services announced today, customers can build Himalaya-based solutions that take full advantage of Internet-based opportunities. Such business-critical Internet-based solutions will feature the same availability, capability to manage extreme growth rates, and data integrity that originally established Himalaya leadership in transaction-based mission-critical computing. The technologies announced today will benefit existing and future Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya customers. Current Himalaya users in a multi-platform environment will be able to easily connect and integrate their existing mission-critical applications with cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. , Internet-based applications via approaches such as 1) terminal emulation Using software in a desktop machine to make it perform like a hardware terminal. The emulated terminal is typically in the VT100-500 family, designed originally by Digital Equipment. , 2) enhanced graphical user interfaces graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to , and 3) complete application re-engineering re-engineering - The examination and modification of a system to reconstitute it in a new form and the subsequent implementation of the new form. http://erg.abdn.ac.uk/users/brant/sre. (see attached Technical Addendum). This linkage linkage In mechanical engineering, a system of solid, usually metallic, links (bars) connected to two or more other links by pin joints (hinges), sliding joints, or ball-and-socket joints to form a closed chain or a series of closed chains. will make legacy-based applications and data available to employees via an intranet, to partners and suppliers via an extranet, or to customers via the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . Web-Enabling Software Creates Options for Internet Planning The software and tools announced today do not necessarily require that the Internet serving functions reside on a Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya server. Instead, they give IT managers the flexibility to configure See configuration. (software) configure - A program by Richard Stallman to discover properties of the current platform and to set up make to compile and install gcc. Cygnus configure was a similar system developed by K. their Web-enabled system in the most sensible, business-efficient manner. For example, Web-serving might reside on a Windows NT-based system that communicates with browser-based front ends - with an Internet-enabled Himalaya back end providing database support. Alternatively, a Himalaya-based Web server might communicate with browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used front ends directly. Craig Craig , Edward Gordon 1872-1966. British theatrical producer, director, and designer whose innovative productions and simplified stage designs influenced modern theater. 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Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya Systems Pioneered Features Required by Internet Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya systems are particularly suited for large-scale, Internet-based online solutions. Widely acknowledged as the availability and scalability leader in transaction-based, mission-critical computing, Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya delivers true 24x365 application availability, in which the application continues to run through planned maintenance as well as unplanned hardware and software outages. Many Himalaya-based solutions have had no planned or unplanned downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. for years. Himalaya-based solutions handle most of the world's stock market, ATM and credit card transactions as well as mission-critical telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. functions such as 911 call centers and cellular telephone networks. Bill Heil, vice president and general manager of Compaq's Tandem (Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino, CA) A former major manufacturer of fault-tolerant computers founded in 1974 by James Treybig and provider of the early 21st century technology for HP's enterprise computing strategy. Division, said, "By providing a comprehensive set of Internet software interfaces and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. capabilities that transparently inherit To receive property according to the state laws of intestate succession from a decedent who has failed to execute a valid will, or, where the term is applied in a more general sense, to receive the property of a decedent by will. inherit v. the Himalaya attributes, we are providing a highly flexible engine to drive large-scale Compaq NonStop(R) eBusiness solutions." Compaq Services Offers Expertise for Web-Enabling The world-class Compaq Services organization has a proven capability to provide customers with the expertise needed to create new Himalaya-based Internet solutions as well as to Internet-enable existing Himalaya applications. Compaq Services provides complete lifecycle services from planning, design and implementation to management and support of Himalaya environments. Compaq Services has built relationships with other leading Internet-based service providers to deliver best-in-class Web-enabled solutions. Compaq Introduces Higher Performance Addition to Himalaya S-series Continuing its enhancement of the Himalaya platform, Compaq introduced an addition to the S-series line, the Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya S72000. With improvements in cache and main memory, users will enjoy an approximately 30% gain in price/performance. The new Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya S72000 is priced the same as the S70000. Additional information on the Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya systems and solutions is available at www.tandem.com/iBase.asp?PAGE=iNew_NSHim_S72000 Company Background Compaq Computer Corporation, a Fortune Global 100 company, is the second largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of computer systems. Compaq develops and markets hardware, software, solutions, and services, including industry-leading enterprise computing solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, enterprise and network storage solutions, commercial desktop and portable products and consumer PCs. The company is an industry leader in environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] programs and business practices. Compaq products are sold and supported in more than 100 countries through a network of authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Compaq marketing partners. Customer support and information about Compaq and its products are available at http://www.compaq.com. COMPAQ and NONSTOP Registered U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective. -0-
Technical Addendum
To Press Release
New software allows phased approach to Internet-enabling Compaq
NonStop(R) Himalaya solutions
Internet-enabling an application is an ongoing, iterative
process. Most companies begin with the least complex changes that can
provide reasonable benefits, and then proceed to heavier investment --
and more significant benefit. The new Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya-based
software products are grouped into three general phases of
Web-readiness. Detailed information on all products can be found at
www.compaq.com/strategy/himalaya/internetenable
1. Providing terminal emulation or adding an HTML interface can
provide significant benefits quickly and at modest cost. Simple
emulation programs ("screen scrapers"), which involve no change
to the base application, deliver convenient access to
Himalaya-based transaction processing applications and reduce
costs for software distribution, communication licensing and
network management. Similarly, developing an HTML interface for
an existing emulation application improves user productivity,
improves user access to SQL database tables and existing
application server objects, and eliminates client maintenance
costs.
-- TANTAU Software's J6530 is a Java-based emulator that
allows the browser to become a 3270 or 6530 terminal and
access the Himalaya server via a Telnet interface, including
the option for secure tunneling.
-- Compaq's NonStop(R) Server Object Gateway links any
Windows or NT application that supports Microsoft ActiveX
controls with transaction services running on Himalaya
systems. Thus insulated from complex APIs and transaction
processing technologies, developers can create, more quickly
and easily, a more flexible distributed transaction
processing environment.
-- Other products are Jet from Platypus Partners, MattWeb
from Alta Corporation, Intranet Workplace from ACI, ENGIN
and Trellis from Muscato, and Web authoring tools such as
Microsoft Front Page, NetObjects Fusion, and Allaire
HomeSite.
2. Enhancing the graphical user interface with Java and CORBA tools
can add valuable functionality and enhance user productivity.
-- TANTAU Software's Application Server (TAS) with the
iScript scripting tool enables developers to make legacy and
new applications Internet-ready without any code
modification. TAS is a cross-platform tool that runs on
Windows NT-based systems, Himalaya systems and popular
UNIX-based systems. TAS allows developers to create and
deploy Internet- and intranet-based services that use
gateways to access legacy applications, new applications,
and data sources such as NonStop SQL/MP, Enscribe databases
and MS-SQL, as well as servers and terminal tasks in the
transaction processing environment.
3. Reengineering the application itself prepares a company to fully
leverage an Internet-based business model. Though requiring
significant development effort, typical benefits include customer
service differentiation that leads to competitive advantage. The
types of applications that require reengineering for Internet
deployment usually involve transaction sequences that are highly
interactive and require situation awareness, such as stock
trading applications for foreign exchange trading.
-- ISG Navigator from International Software Group (ISG) is
a standards-based information infrastructure solution that
integrates all of an enterprise's information assets --
local and remote, relational and nonrelational -- into a
Web-ready universal data access environment. ISG Navigator
provides a common data integration layer that enables
client/server and web applications to access and integrate
data from heterogeneous data sources and applications across
multiple platforms and the internet.
-- Compaq's iTP Web Server with Active Transaction Pages
(ATP) provides a full range of services for running online
commercial applications on the Web. Designed for transaction
processing, iTP WebServer enables users to extend their
business-critical NonStop(R) Himalaya applications to the
Internet. ATP is a server side scripting tool that
communicates with Pathway servers, SQL and Enscribe
databases, Tuxedo transaction processing servers and Socket.
ITP Secure Web Server provides a higher level of security
through support of Netscape's SSL version 3.0
-- ATP SQL Edition software provides Web browser access
to NonStop(R)SQL data. It does not require a Web
server, Web knowledge, or super group privileges.
-- JOLT provides TUXEDO applications with turnkey Internet
access. Its architecture provides a simple and elegant way
to implement TUXEDO sessions, transactions, and server
requests as Java objects delivered over the Internet without
any changes to the TUXEDO server applications.
-- Compaq NonStop(R) Transaction Server for Java software is
a new suite of component-based tools and services that
enables standard Java applications and Common Object Request
Broker Architecture (CORBA) technology to run on Compaq
NonStop(R) Himalaya servers and extends existing transaction
applications for use on the Internet. These products bring
the flexibility and productivity of Java to traditional
business-critical applications while offering unmatched
availability, reliability, and scalability to users of Java
technology and network computing. Plus, the transition is
easy and efficient, requiring no new coding whatsoever.
-- TANTAU Software's Krypton is a component-based
environment, including the development tools necessary to
create distributed, object oriented applications. Krypton
integrates especially smoothly into multi-platform computing
environments- over both local networks and the
Internet-because it is interoperable and compliant with
CORBA and Java and includes standardized language bindings
for Java and C++. In combination with TANTAU's Application
Server (TAS), it is very easy to create reliable, scalable
and secure Internet enabled applications.
-- TANTAU Software also offers InfoCharger which is designed
to process millions of records per second, and can be used
by Internet enabled businesses to better understand and
profile the behavior of their otherwise "faceless" customer.
-- Other products include CORBA object request brokers
(ORBs) including Compaq's NonStop JORB, IONA's ORBIX, and
Visigenics' ORB; Microsoft's COM/COM+ technology including
ActiveX objects; Java Transaction Services (JTS); Compaq's
NonStop DOM (a CORBA-standard distributed object manager);
among others.
The common strategy across these product offerings is standards support and transparent access to the unique Compaq NonStop(R) Himalaya-based fundamentals of reliability and scalability. These products range from Microsoft technologies such as Microsoft Application Server to CORBA-based technologies such as distributed object Distributed objects are software modules that are designed to work together, but reside either in multiple computers connected via a network or in different processes inside the same computer. manager to a comprehensive set of Java transaction solutions. Any customer that uses one or more of the standards listed above can immediately leverage their Himalaya systems with new Internet-based solutions. Please see background at www.compaq.com/strategy/himalaya/internetenable |
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