Concurrent wins system upgrade from NASA Goddard.

OCEANPORT, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 1995--Concurrent Computer Corporation announced today that NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has ordered an installed multiple Series 32000 computer systems to power the Space Network Service Accounting System (SAS). The Space Network provides communications and tracking services to low earth orbiting satellites such as the Space Shuttle, Hubble Space Telescope, Gamma Ray Observatory and the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.

SAS maintains a database of all scheduled Space Network services and collects and stores real-time performance data such as signal strength and bit-error rates as each service is provided. From this database, SAS produces reports on both the quantity and quality of Space Network services provided to each user. SAS also collects and maintains information on the availability and utilization of Space Network resources. The SAS software is implemented using Concurrent's C++ compiler and Reliance PLUS(TM) transaction processing and database system.

The Series 3200-600 systems replace Concurrent's 3260 models which have driven SAS for nearly 10 years. The newly updated systems are required to handle the increasing complexity of the Space Network's workload. A single 3200-600 CPU provides more than a 150 percent increase in processing power and twice the memory and I/O throughput over the four-CPU 3260 systems.

Bernie Harris, NASA's lead Operations Engineer, said that the system conversion was "the smoothest upgrade we've experienced. Both systems have performed flawlessly over the three months they have been in operation." NASA chose the 3200-600 systems for both their future expansion capability and ease of portability. The upgrade reduces maintenance requirements, increases system reliability and allows for future growth. The new 3200-600 computers currently handle over 100,000 transactions per day and NASA estimates that future system expansion will require handling of more than one million transactions per day.

The Model 3200-600 multiprocessor computer system features a real-time multiprocessor architecture and fault-tolerant configurations to satisfy large-scale, time-critical application environments while offering a variety of powerful operating environments for real-time transaction processing and cyclical real-time applications. An expandable performance system architecture allows system design engineers to tailor the optimum allocation of memory, processor and I/O resources. Systems can be configured with up to six processors to enhance real-time computational processing and input/output processors to support large peripheral configurations. For large-scale operations, the Model 3200-600 can be configured with up to 256 MB physical memory and up to 40 MB per second of I/O throughput.

Concurrent Computer Corp., headquartered in Oceanport, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked and distributed, high-performance, real-time, fault-tolerant computing systems supported by technology-based worldwide customer services. The company's products and services provide real-time solutions in weather and airpsace management; simulation and training; multimedia; wagering and gaming data acquisition, analysis and control; and to its Series 3200 system customer base. Concurrent Computer Corp. has achieved ISO 9000 quality certification for its design, development, manufacturing and support processes. The company offers its products, along with related consulting, education and support services, in 24 countries around the world. Its common stock trades on NASDAQ under the symbol CCUR. -0- Reliance PLUS is a trademark of Concurrent Computer Corp.

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