Data General, MicroAge to Provide AViiON NT Servers to Nationwide Reseller Network.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 1997-- Data General Corporation announced today that MicroAge Inc., one of the nation's largest information technology services providers, will distribute Data General's NT based AViiON servers. MicroAge will offer the full line of Data General's Intel based See Intel-based system. AViiON NT servers to its nationwide network of advanced systems resellers. The AViiON family ranges from the powerful AV 6600 enterprise server, which has six 200MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Pentium Pro The sixth generation of the Intel x86 family of CPU chips. The term may refer to the chip or to a PC that uses it. Introduced in 1995 as the successor to the Pentium, models from 150 MHz to 200 MHz were released. processors, to the low-cost AV 1600 departmental server, which has a single 200MHz Pentium Pro processor. MicroAge also will distribute Data General's unique NT Cluster-in-a-Box solution, which comes pre-tested and pre-configured in a single rackmounted system that users can simply plug in and turn on. Cluster-in-a-Box which will support both Microsoft Cluster Server Clustering software from Microsoft for Windows NT/2000. It provides rudimentary load balancing and two-node failover, which allows a second server to take over if the first one fails. Cluster Server was formerly code named Wolfpack. and FirstWatch for NT failover software from Veritas Software Veritas Software Corp. was an international software company that was founded in 1983 as Tolerant Systems, renamed Veritas Software Corp. in 1989, and merged with Symantec in 2005. It was headquartered in Mountain View, California. Corporation, includes up to 12 200MHz Pentium Pro processors (with two AV 6600 systems) and the company's RAID technology based CLARiiON storage system. Joel Schwartz, senior vice president, Worldwide Sales for Data General, said, "Data General is focused on providing scalable, highly-available NT solutions that meet the mission-critical computing needs of today's business Today's Business is a show on CNBC that aired in the early morning, 5 to 7AM ET timeslot, hosted by Liz Claman and Bob Sellers, and it was replaced by Wake Up Call on Feb 4, 2002. world. This alliance with MicroAge, one of the nation's leading distributors, will greatly expand our ability to meet the ever-growing demand for enterprise NT solutions." "Data General's high-availability and scalability NT strategy, especially its Cluster-in-a-Box turnkey server cluster system, affords Data General and MicroAge a significant opportunity to impact the growing NT server market," said Don Lyons, group vice president, MicroAge Category Management. "We believe our alliance with Data General will appeal to our growing reseller base that is addressing the varied enterprise requirements for deploying NT solutions." Eric Erickson Eric George Adolph Erickson (March 13, 1895 - May 19, 1965) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played 7 years in the Major Leagues with the New York Giants (1914), Detroit Tigers (1916, 1918-1919), and Washington Senators (1919-1922). , vice president, Enterprise Technology Group, MicroAge Category Management, said, "Data General is well positioned with MicroAge and the market to emerge as a leader in server clustering technology. In an enterprise NT environment, systems availability is a key issue and this is Data General's recognized strength. Data General will be a cornerstone of MicroAge's effort as we invest in our resellers' capability to sell and support enterprise-class products and solutions. They are a great fit to our strategy." Data General is a certified Microsoft Solutions Partner and has been designated as a Microsoft Authorized Support Center. The company's Educational Services group also serves as an Authorized Microsoft Technical Education Center. About MicroAge MicroAge, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MICA), a Fortune 500 company, is a global technology services company, providing distributed computing solutions and ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001-certified multivendor integration services to large organizations and computer resellers worldwide. The company serves corporations and government agencies through its MicroAge Infosystems Services network of branches and alliance partners spanning 34 countries, and offers computer resellers over 20,000 products from more than 500 suppliers backed by a suite of technical, financial, logistics and account management services, ECadvantage, MicroAge's new electronic commerce architecture, is utilizing the Internet to streamline the delivery of services to its customers. Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, the company's 1996 revenues exceeded $3.5 billion. About Data General Data General Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DGN DGN Design (file) DGN Dirección General de Normas (Standards Organization in Mexico) DGN MicroStation Design File (file format/extension) ), which is headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts specializes in servers, storage systems and related software and services that are sold via a direct sales force and an extensive network of channel partners to customers worldwide. The company reported revenues of $1.3 billion during fiscal 1996. Additional information on the company, its products and services is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com . -0- AViiON and CLARiiON are registered trademarks, and Cluster-in-a-Box is a trademark of Data General. CONTACT: Jim Dunlap Gina Rezendes Data General Brodeur Porter Novelli 508/898-6546 617/587-2839 jim_dunlap@dg.com grezendes@brodeur.com |
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