Data General Establishes Terminal Server Lab; To Deliver Implementation Guidelines for Thin-Client Computing.

WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1998--Data General Corporation, the market share leader in the Windows NT midrange server market according to IDC(1), today announced the creation of a laboratory at its headquarters in Westboro, Massachusetts for testing computing environments based on Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 operating system Terminal Server Edition and Citrix Systems Inc. MetaFrame(tm) server-based computing software.

"We're seeing a tremendous amount of customer interest in this computing architecture, including opportunities involving multi-site, even worldwide, implementations. Our lab will provide vital information, such as configuration guidelines, for deploying large-scale thin-client solutions," said David Flawn, vice president of NT Marketing at Data General. "Over the next several months, we will be doing extensive engineering work characterizing the performance of applications delivered using this architecture."

"The corporate world needs this information for planning their Terminal Server-based infrastructure," said Solveig Whittle, lead product manager at Microsoft Corp. "We worked closely with Data General to research Terminal Server Edition capacity planning and we know they have the expertise and experience to make this a successful venture."

Data General will publish white papers on server-based issues and networking options including LAN, WAN, and dial-up connections. Data General also plans to work with its software business partners to test specific applications, and issue guidelines on how to best deploy them in a Terminal Server environment.

"As a leader in enterprise computing, Data General understands customer needs for capacity planning and application benchmarking. This lab will provide MetaFrame customers with valuable information to better help them plan and implement large-scale, enterprise application deployments," said David Weiss, director of product management at Citrix.

"Data General's lab will help us immensely with our capacity planning," said Rich Skoba, Senior Vice-President of Data Management at Digital Broadcasting Network. "By creating this lab, Data General shows they are serious about helping corporations deliver applications via Terminal Server and MetaFrame."

About Data General

Data General (NYSE:DGN), based in Westboro, Mass., is a major supplier of storage and enterprise computing solutions for customers worldwide. The company's products include CLARiiON Fibre Channel storage systems, high-end NT and UNIX AViiON servers and related software and services. Data General reported revenues of $1.5 billion during fiscal 1997. Data General's Atlanta-area customer support center is certified as both a Microsoft Authorized Support Center and a Microsoft Technical Education Center, and its Westboro location is also a certified Technical Education Center.

AViiON and CLARiiON are registered trademarks and TermServer-in-a-Box is a trademark of Data General Corporation. MetaFrame(tm) is a trademark of Citrix Systems, Inc. All other brand names and product names referenced in this press release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

(1)IDC, October 1998