Crystal Group to OEM Marathon Endurance, Providing Continuous Internet and Telephony Uptime.Business/Technology Editors BOXBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2000 Latest in a Series of OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and Agreements Reinforces Marathon Assured Availability as Standard for Nonstop Computing Within the Windows Environment (1) (upper case "W") Refers to computers running under a Microsoft Windows operating system. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. Marathon Technologies Corporation, the developer and supplier of Assured Availability(TM) solutions for the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , today announced an agreement to OEM its Endurance(R) products to Crystal Group, Inc. a leading provider of integration services and space-efficient computer systems. Under this agreement, Crystal will integrate Marathon Endurance products as an option to Crystal's standard product line of high-density servers for Internet and telephony applications. Crystal combines a decade of development expertise and quality processes to provide customers complete end-to-end communication applications. Crystal's primary market is communications where mission-critical applications rely on high quality products and services. Crystal will integrate Marathon Endurance products with its industrialized in·dus·tri·al·ize v. in·dus·tri·al·ized, in·dus·tri·al·iz·ing, in·dus·tri·al·iz·es v.tr. 1. To develop industry in (a country or society, for example). 2. servers - offering the company's most demanding customers a solution to protect data and provide continuous uptime. "Partnering with Marathon Technologies gives us the ability to gain five nines in server availability," states David Medin, director of technology, Crystal Group. "We expect to be very successful in delivering our servers paired with the Marathon Endurance solution, given that the majority of our customers are running critical applications and require this type of reliability. In the past we have looked at many availability and cluster solutions, none of which could even come close to the Endurance product performance." "We are delighted to partner with Crystal Group. The company has an outstanding reputation in delivering exceptional products and services," states Joe Winthrop, vice president worldwide business development of Marathon Technologies. "By incorporating Marathon Endurance, Crystal can offer its customers the option of 7 x 24 coverage, a great benefit that will protect its critical applications." Marathon Endurance products protect business from the costs and consequences of business-critical server downtime. Endurance provides nonstop processing, continuous data access, uninterrupted connectivity, disaster tolerance, and constant performance. With the Load `n Go(TM) feature, customers simply use shrink-wrapped application software and off-the-shelf Windows server See Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. 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. , eliminating additional costly programming expenses. Using standard server components, Marathon's patented ComputeThru(TM) technology continues computing through all component failures and hot swaps. The No Touch Recovery(TM) feature automatically assimilates new components into the array, restoring full redundancy, without operator intervention. The entire process takes place transparently to users. About Crystal Group Inc. Crystal Group specializes in the Manufacturing Integration (Mi(TM)) of high-density computer systems for Internet and telephony-based applications. Crystal's Mi services offer manufacturing and integration expertise to help design complete end-to-end computer systems or improve existing configurations. Crystal brings together the security of a quality product and supplier relationship to enhance customers' performance and ensure long-term success of their business. For more information about Crystal Group Inc., visit http://www.crystalpc.com. About Marathon Technologies Corporation Marathon Technologies Corporation is the only provider of 99.999% uptime for Intel-based servers running off-the-shelf Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. operating systems and shrink-wrapped application software. Marathon delivers Assured Availability solutions for business-critical applications and databases. Enterprises worldwide in e-business, application service providers (ASPs), financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , telecommunications, manufacturing, public safety, and other industries entrust their high value applications and networks to Marathon products. Marathon is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation based in Boxborough, Massachusetts Boxborough is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,868 at the 2000 census, although it had risen to 5,377 by June 2005. The town name is often spelled Boxboro, on highway signs and official documents. , USA, with additional offices in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Texas and Switzerland. For additional information, call + 1 978 266 9999 or visit online at www.marathontechnologies.com. The Marathon logo and Endurance are registered trademarks and Assured Availability, Load `n Go, and ComputeThru are trademarks of Marathon Technologies Corporation. Microsoft 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. are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, . All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. (c) 2000 Marathon Technologies Corporation. |
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