Cray Selects OpenVision Systems Management Software; Commercial strength of the CS6400 enhanced through unique systems management expertise.PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 1995--OpenVision, an emerging leader in distributed systems Distributed systems (computers) A distributed system consists of a collection of autonomous computers linked by a computer network and equipped with distributed system software. management, today announced an agreement with Cray Research See Cray. , Inc., an Eagan, Minnesota Eagan is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, and is a thriving suburb of the Twin Cities metropolitan area located approximately 15 miles southeast of downtown Minneapolis. based provider of high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. tools and services. Cray's selection of OpenVision's mainframe-class systems management tools is aimed at increasing the commercial strength of Cray's CS6400 systems as a 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. computing environment unique in the industry today. With a suite of 14 products, OpenVision provides more client/server systems management solutions that meet the requirements of the commercial market than any other vendor in the market today. Specific benefits for Cray customers include a highly available environment capable of quick recovery from system and database application failures; automated, event managed operations and a storage management solution which is capable of migrating data to other Cray Superserver systems and scalable from desktop to mainframe. Before selecting OpenVision, Cray completed a certification process to assure that the products operate correctly and unchanged in the Solaris environment. No variances in product operations were encountered compared to Sun platforms. CS6400 products are highly scalable, symmetric multiprocessing See SMP. (parallel) symmetric multiprocessing - (SMP) Two or more similar processors connected via a high-bandwidth link and managed by one operating system, where each processor has equal access to I/O devices. (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. ) systems. Data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , decision support, transaction processing and multimedia applications are the primary targets for this line. CS6400 systems are also used as powerful platforms for scientific-technical applications. The systems are available from Cray's Business Systems Division. CS6400 systems are available with up to 64 processors, 16 gigabytes of memory, more than two terabytes of on-line storage and up to 64 I/O channels. "The OpenVision suite of applications provides the right set of management functionality from a vendor with the experience required to support distributed client/server environments," said Bobbi Hazard, vice president and general manager of Cray Research's Business Systems Division. "Systems management is a key area for us as the CS6400 system gains increasing acceptance in the enterprise-wide data center." "Cray is a leader in providing commercially robust solutions to the open systems market and is proactively addressing the systems management requirements to support that environment," said Richard Barker, senior vice president, worldwide marketing for OpenVision. "We are very excited about the agreement with Cray and consider it a great vote of confidence to have been chosen as a key systems management provider." Cray Research, Inc. (CRI CRI constant-rate infusion. ), founded in 1972, provides the leading high-performance computing tools and services to help solve customers' most challenging problems. CRI employs approximately 4,700 people worldwide, with principal manufacturing, development, and administrative facilities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, California and Oregon. The company maintains sales and support offices across the United States and in 30 other countries. OpenVision is the only company designed and built to provide highly functional systems management solutions specifically for open client/server computing. OpenVision focuses on practical and productive solutions that are usable today, offering more solutions than any other vendor in the market. The company is dedicated to best-of-breed solutions and customer-centric business practices, comprehensive service offerings and "buy what you need" packaging. OpenVision provides 13 products and associated services for operations, performance, storage and security. The company has over 175 employees in 12 cities across the world and an impressive list of Fortune 1000 customers and government agencies. CONTACT: OpenVision Nancy Hilton, 510/426-6424 Cray Research Shahin Kahn, 503/520-7656 Copithorne & Bellows Emily Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , 415/975-2225 |
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