Data General and Design Data Systems announce strategic alliance.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 1996-- Client/server financial applications to run on AViiON servers Data General Corporation announced today that Design Data Systems Corporation will offer its Client/Server SQL-TIME Financial, Distribution and Project Management applications on Data General's line of Intel- based AViiON servers, providing an enterprise-wide solution for distributors, systems integrators, OEMs, and engineering and architectural firms. Design Data Systems' SQL-TIME suite of Oracle based applications is specifically designed for businesses that deliver customized or discrete products and require an activity- based or project-based financial approach. The agreement with Data General marks the first time that the SQL-TIME applications can be deployed on a single hardware platform giving the user a wide choice of industry standard 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. , including 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, SCO UNIXware A server operating system for the Intel platform from SCO. It is based on Unix System V Release 4.2MP and includes SMP support for two processors with optional support for up to 32. As of UnixWare 2.1, it includes NetWare 4.1 file, print and directory services. , DG/UX or Novell Netware (operating system, networking) Novell NetWare - Novell, Inc.'s proprietary networking operating system for the IBM PC. NetWare uses the IPX/SPX, NetBEUI or TCP/IP network protocols. It supports MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, OS/2, Macintosh and Unix clients. . "Deploying Design Data's SQL-TIME applications on our high- performance, 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. independent AViiON platform, brings a new dimension of flexibility to financial professionals," said John Anderson John Anderson may be: Science:
Design Data's SQL-TIME Client/Server applications have been benchmarked using Release 1.2 of Oracle Developer/2000, enabling integration with Oracle's Universal Server. Optimized for Oracle's relational database management system relational database management system - relational database , Design Data utilizes Oracle tools which are ideal for companies seeking an integrated financial and project management system with distribution, multicurrency and work order options. "We are looking forward to developing and delivering financial solutions with Data General that will become a premium solution for the industry," said Ken Sawyer, Design Data's President and COO. Mr. Sawyer added that, "The market has been dominated by UNIX-based systems, and this alliance enables us to leverage Data General's award winning strength in the 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). marketplace to provide high application availability and the high performance systems for our customers." Data General's Intel-based AViiON servers offer a broad performance range, from powerful quad-processor 200 MHz (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 processor based enterprise servers to inexpensive, entry- level servers for workgroup applications. Intel-based AViiON servers combine Data General's expertise in commercial systems with Intel's superior microprocessor technology to provide a new standard in enterprise computing -- robust, high availability systems riding a new performance curve. These systems are backed by Data General's world-wide organization providing hardware, operating system, and network installations, implementation, training, service and support. About Design Systems Corp. Headquartered in Tampa Bay, Florida, Design Data Systems Corporation specializes in Client/Server Business Applications for the Oracle database. Design Data, founded in 1988, is recognized as one of the TOP 100 high-tech companies in the country and offers a full suite of applications, including Financial, Distribution, Project Management and Sales Force Automation Automating the sales activities within an organization. A comprehensive SFA package provides such functions as contact management, note and information sharing, quick proposal and presentation generation, product configurators, calendars and to-do lists. modules. Design Data licenses its product through its Tampa Bay headquarters and through regional offices in San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . The product is also available through authorized DDS (1) (Digital Data Storage) See DAT. (2) (Data Dictionary System) See QuickBuild and OpenDDS. (3) (Dataphone Digital S resellers. Design Data's SQL-TIME Client/Server Applications are fully supported by DDS's nation-wide support organization. About Data General Corp. Data General is an open systems company that specializes in providing servers, storage systems, and services to information technology users worldwide. The company, with headquarters in Westboro, Massachusetts, reported revenues of $1.2 billion in fiscal 1995. On the Information Super-highway Additional information on these companies and their products and services is available on the Internet at http://www.designdatasys.com and http://www.dg.com. -0- AViiON is a registered trademark and DG/UX a trademark of Data General Corporation. All brand and product names appearing in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Jim Dunlap Gina Rezendes Data General Corp. Brodeur & Partners 508/898-6546 617/587-2839 jim_dunlap@dg.com Grezendes@brodeur.com |
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