Convex continues strategic initiative for petroleum industry, announces membership in Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation.RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 1995--Convex Computer Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CNX CNX Canceled CNX Certified Network Expert CNX Chiang Mai, Thailand - International (Airport Code) CNX CRISIL NSE (National Stock Exchange) Indices (India stock exchange) ) today announced its membership in the Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation (POSC POSC Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation POSC Payroll Online Service Center (state of Maryland) POSC Personnel Occupational Specialty Code ), building upon its initiative to provide computing and data management solutions that are interoperable with exploration and production (E&P) solutions from other suppliers. "We are very excited about membership in this organization because of the benefits it will deliver to the petroleum industry," said Terrence L. Rock, Convex president. "POSC members are helping define the framework for computers, applications, data, and people to interoperate in an E&P environment, and we plan to actively participate in that effort." Convex delivers powerful solutions to the petroleum industry, with high-performance systems that address the most complex geoscience ge·o·sci·ence n. Any one of the sciences, such as geology or geochemistry, that deals with the earth. ge computing and data issues. Since the company's inception in 1982, Convex has enjoyed a productive partnership with leaders in the energy field, installing over 200 systems for oil and gas customers worldwide. "The most innovative oil companies and service contractors in the world use Convex systems to explore for oil and gas, as well as to manage the massive volumes of data associated with exploration and production," Rock added. "Our POSC affiliation and interaction with other members allows us to keep a finger on the industry pulse, and to stay focused on the very special needs of this industry." Convex Petroleum Solutions: High Performance Servers and Data Management ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Convex Systems deliver value to E&P organizations in two key areas: compute service and data management. Convex compute servers provide users with seismic processing throughput and dramatically reduced turnaround on compute intensive earth imaging applications from industry leading suppliers. In the area of data management, Convex servers improve dataflow in processing centers worldwide. These sophisticated systems incorporate industry standard high density storage media, hierarchical storage software and automated tape retrieval systems. "Our goal is to evolve Convex systems and to apply technology to match the directions our customers are going," said Allen Johnson
Allen K. Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is a hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia. , Convex petroleum industry marketing manager. "In E&P, that means eliminating data handling problems in the emerging 3D processing environments, and quickly processing new earth imaging algorithms on the most cost effective platforms. "Our two new product families, the C4 and the Exemplar, provide the framework for building the highest value E&P solutions available," Johnson added. "And, our affiliation with POSC and its members makes it easier to build those solutions, because we gain the perspective of an insider's view of application and data interoperability. As a result, users will see tremendous performance and cost benefits in Convex solutions." Convex petroleum industry solutions are based on the company's new Exemplar Scalable Parallel Processors, and on its C Series of high performance computers. The Exemplar systems combine desktop compatibility and productivity with a truly scalable computing environment that can incorporate both seismic processing and parallel algorithms for earth imaging on the same platform. Based on Hewlett-Packard Company's industry leading PA-RISC (Precision Architecture-RISC) A proprietary RISC-based CPU architecture from HP that was introduced in 1986. It is the foundation of HP's 3000 and 9000 computer families. See IA-64. technology, the Exemplar can be easily expanded from a project or departmental server to an enterprise class multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective system, all capable of running the same applications. The Exemplar is sold by Convex and by HP's worldwide sales force. The C4/XA is the newest version of Convex's successful C Series, the oil industry's most widely installed seismic processing and data management system. The C4/XA sets a new price/performance standard for throughput-oriented seismic processing, and provides an application compatible performance upgrade for C Series users. Further, the C4/XA is available with the same C Series data management hardware and software currently used worldwide to manage multiple terabytes of seismic and E&P data. Convex Computer Corporation (company) Convex Computer Corporation - A mini-super-computer manufacturer. Address: Richardson, Texas, USA. is a leading worldwide supplier of affordable, high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. technologies. The company markets its products primarily to scientific, engineering, and technical users for a wide variety of applications in areas such as seismic processing, reservoir simulation Reservoir simulation is an area of reservoir engineering in which computer models are used to predict the flow of fluids (typically, oil, water, and gas) through porous media. , computational chemistry Computational chemistry is a branch of chemistry that uses computers to assist in solving chemical problems. It uses the results of theoretical chemistry, incorporated into efficient computer programs, to calculate the structures and properties of molecules and solids. , computer-aided engineering See CAE. Computer-aided engineering Any use of computer software to solve engineering problems. With the improvement of graphics displays, engineering workstations, and graphics standards, computer-aided engineering (CAE) has come to mean the computer , image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished , aerospace simulations, data management, and molecular biology molecular biology, scientific study of the molecular basis of life processes, including cellular respiration, excretion, and reproduction. The term molecular biology was coined in 1938 by Warren Weaver, then director of the natural sciences program at the Rockefeller . Convex has sold more than 1,350 systems to over 665 customers in 48 countries. The systems are sold and serviced through direct sales and an extensive distribution network. POSC is a not for profit organization founded in 1990 by five major oil and gas companies. Headquartered in Houston with an office in London, POSC's membership incorporates 75 organizations, including oil and gas companies, software and systems vendors, government and educational organization from 10 countries. POSC's mission is to specify a Software Integration Platform (SIP), the reference set of publicly available standard interface specifications to enable better integration in oil and gas industry business activities. -0- NOTE: Convex, Exemplar, C Series are trademarks of Convex Computer Corporation. CONTACT: Convex Computer Corp., Richardson Kathy Sowards, 214/497-3061 |
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