Data General and Open Market announce strategic partnership; To provide industry's most secure Internet/Intranet solutions using B2 Security.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1996--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) ) and Open Market, 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 :OMKT), today announced a strategic relationship that gives businesses the ability to conduct transactions and run enterprise-wide applications over the Internet and Intranets with the highest level of security currently available. At the center of the alliance is an 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 agreement that makes a suite of Open Market software for mission-critical Internet business applications available on Data General's AViiON servers running under the company's DG/UX B2 Security 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. . DG/UX B2 in combination with CYBERSHIELD, a solution from BDM BDM Black Divorced Male BDM Business Development Manager BDM Background Debug(ger) Mode BDM Bund Deutscher Mädel (League of German Girls during the Third Reich, akin to Hitler Youth) International, Inc., provides management and data filters that scan for viruses, check keywords and easily adjust to fit an organization's information policy. The Open Market solutions will also be available with Data General's DG/UX UNIX-based, or 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. 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. . "Open Market is the leading provider of electronic commerce and enterprise-wide applications for the Internet," said David Ellenberger, vice president, Corporate Marketing, Data General. "Together, Open Market and Data General can now securely manage, monitor, record, and analyze transaction activities via the Internet." "We are pleased to join with Data General in offering to AViiON users protection of their vital information assets, applications, and computing resources along with secure transaction capabilities to their Internet and Intranet initiatives, made possible by Open Market's software products for secure business on the Internet," said Gary Eichhorn, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Open Market. Data General said it plans to offer packaged solutions that include the Open Market products, DG/UX with B2 Security, and CYBERSHIELD. The Data General-Open Market solutions run on Data General's entire line of AViiON servers, including the company's family of Intel based See Intel-based system. systems, which range from eight processor SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. enterprise servers to departmental-level units. Open Market also plans to use Data General's AViiON systems in its internal environment for testing, performance tuning Performance tuning is the improvement of system performance. This is typically a computer application, but the same methods can be applied to economic markets, bureaucracies or other complex systems. , and competitive benchmarking. "We believe the AViiON platform with DG/UX B2 Security and CYBERSHIELD offers the highest level of security available along with an excellent combination of performance, reliability, scalability, and 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. - that's why we are using it at Open Market," said Eichhorn. DG/UX B2 Security with CYBERSHIELD is the only commercial 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). offering that uses containment technology embedded in a B2- level high assurance operating system combined with end-to-end authentication and encryption mechanisms to allow users of AViiON servers to safely bridge the Internet and Intranet. B2 is the highest security designation given by the U.S. government for general purpose operating systems. The Open Market agreement follows last week's announcement by Data General that, in addition to offering a broad range of Internet solutions on its AViiON family, it was expanding into a new market area for "thin servers" designed for fast information access on the Internet. The company has established a THiiN Line Business Unit under the direction of Senior Vice President Tom West to develop and market Internet appliances, such as "thin servers," "information servers," and network-attached storage See NAS. . FIVE SOFTWARE PRODUCTS IN DG/OPEN MARKET SUITE The initial Open Market software offered by DG on its AViiON servers includes Internet and Intranet products critical to the information infrastructure of many leading companies; server products, including servers and reporting tools; and commerce products, that enable Internet commerce. They are: Intranet and Enterprise Products OM-Axcess software -- Software that provides centralized management of permission transactions. By centrally managing the authentication and authorization of end-users, OM-Axcess facilitates management of Web-based information and manages access to proprietary corporate data distributed across the Web. It can be built into multiple applications. OM-SecureLink Executive -- This product allows any Web server to offer goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. for sale and protect access to content in conjunction with OM-Axcess. Server Products Secure WebServer Version 2.0 -- This is the highest performing Web server on the market, capable of supporting up to 5,000 simultaneous client connections -- many times the capacity of any other existing server. Open Market's Secure WebServer sets the industry standard for security, functionality, performance, and unrivaled interoperability with browsers. WebReporter Version 2.0 -- This product is a tool that permits analysis of a Website's server activity. WebReporter Version 2.0 features visit analysis, that counts visitors to a site, browser-based GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. , and an application program interface to extend WebReporter through C enhancements. Commerce Products Merchant Solution -- Merchant Solution is a combination of Open Market's Secure WebServer, WebReporter and OM-SecureLink that enables merchants to create a full front office Internet Commerce environment. About Data General Data General Corporation (NYSE:DGN) 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, MA, reported revenues of $1.2 billion in fiscal 1995. Additional information on the company, its products and services is available on the Internet at http://www.dg.com. About Open Market Open Market, Inc. (NASDAQ: OMKT) develops, markets, licenses, and supports high-performance software products that allow its customers to engage in business-to-consumer and business-to-business electronic commerce on the Internet and to deploy Internet-based business applications within an enterprise. Open Market's innovative technology enables the separation of the management of business transactions from the management of content, thereby allowing companies to securely and centrally manage business transactions using content located on multiple distributed Web servers. The company, with headquarters in Cambridge, MA, can be reached at 617.621.9500 or on the World Wide Web at http://www.openmarket.com. About BDM International BDM International, Inc. (NASDAQ: BDMI BDMI Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments BDMI Brule Digital Memories, Inc. (Canada) BDMI Biographical Data Master Index ), provides information technology, systems and services to a wide range of government, commercial, and international clients. The company, with headquarters in McLean, VA, reported revenues of $890 million in 1995. Additional information on the company, its products and services is available on the Internet at http://www.bdm.com. -0- DG/UX, AViiON and CLARiiON are registered trademarks of Data General Corporation. Merchant Solution, OM-Axcess, OM-SecureLink Executive, Secure WebServer and WebReporter are trademarks of Open Market, Inc. CYBERSHIELD is a trademark of BDM International, Inc. All other brand and product names appearing in the press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Jim Dunlap Kim King Data General Open Market 508-898-6546 617-374-6540 jim_dunlap@dg.com king@openmarket.com or George Goldman Marian Hughes Edelman Worldwide The Weber Group 212-704-4440 617-520-7073 mhughes@webergroup.com |
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