Data General Announces Support for Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1998-- TermServer-in-a-Box Delivers 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. for Thin-Client Computing Data General Corporation announced today that 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. NT Server 4.0 Terminal Server Edition will be available on its AViiON server product line, including the unique TermServer-in-a-Box, a high-availability rackmounted package for thin-client computing environments. "Data General's TermServer-in-a-Box is a true enterprise solution for Windows-based applications deployment," said John Fredericksen, group product manager at Microsoft Corp. "TermServer-in-a-Box is an excellent vehicle for showing off the benefits of Terminal Server and provides customers with a powerful platform for delivering Windows-based applications throughout their networked environments." "TermServer-in-a-Box provides corporations with a superior platform to economically deliver Windows-based applications throughout the enterprise," said David Flawn, director of 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. Marketing for Data General. "Data General's `in-a-Box' packaging combined with Terminal Server software allow companies to lower total cost of ownership and improve management of their computing infrastructures while maximizing application availability." Data General has been working closely with the Terminal Server team throughout the past year to help test Microsoft's extension to Windows NT Server. The two companies recently completed a performance and scalability lab for Terminal Server, in which Data General provided the systems, testing resources, and facility. "The Microsoft-Data General lab was very successful," added Mr. Flawn. "We both learned a great deal about scalability and performance in a Terminal Server environment that will benefit the marketplace." "Microsoft has been pleased to work with Data General in the testing of Terminal Server," continued Mr. Frederiksen. "Their engineering expertise was a great help in our performance lab. We feel the sizing guidelines we came up with will be very helpful to corporations looking to deploy Terminal Server." Terminal Server provides centralized server-based application delivery to all types of Windows-compatible clients, including Windows-based terminals. MetaFrame software from Citrix Systems Citrix Systems' (NASDAQ: CTXS) is an American technology company, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with subsidiary operations in California and Massachusetts, with additional development centers in Australia, India and the UK. , Inc. extends Windows NT multiuser Two or more users. support to additional clients such as NCs (network computers), UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). workstations, and Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh systems. TermServer-In-A-Box Product Background TermServer-in-a-Box incorporates the low-profile, 300-MHz Pentium II The successor to the Pentium Pro from Intel. Pentium II refers to the CPU chip or the PC that uses it. Code named "Klamath," the Pentium II was a Pentium Pro with MMX multimedia instructions. processor-based AViiON AV 2650R server with a fault-tolerant CLARiiON disk array to provide highly available file, print, and database services. Application services See ASP and Web services. are provided with an N+1 application server architecture. Up to seven AV 2650R application servers can be configured in a single cabinet and additional cabinets can be added. Also available as an option is an integrated rackmounted management console with a flat-panel display. The entire package is administered with Data General's NTerprise Manager software. Pricing and Availability TermServer-In-A-Box is available from Data General and resellers. Pricing varies by configuration. Microsoft Windows NT Server Terminal Server Edition will be available on the AViiON server product line and TermServer-in-a-Box within thirty days. About Data General Data General (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 based in Westboro, Massachusetts, specializes in providing servers, storage systems, and related software and services for customers worldwide. The company reported fiscal 1997 revenues of $1.5 billion. Additional information on the company, its products, and services is available on the Internet at www.dg.com. AViiON and CLARiiON are registered trademarks; TermServer-in-a-Box and NTerprise Manager are trademarks of Data General Corporation. All other brands and product names appearing in the press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Data General Corp. Data General Corp. Jim Dunlap Carlos Soares 508/898-6546 508/898-6674 jim_dunlap@dg.com carlos_soares@dg.com |
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