Data General announces AViiON NT Cluster-in-a-Box for SAP R/3.HANNOVER, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1997-- Data General Corporation today announced AViiON NT Cluster-in-a-Box for SAP's R/3, the industry-leading business applications software suite. Data General's NT clustering solution for R/3 includes two Intel based See Intel-based system. AViiON servers, a fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. CLARiiON RAID technology storage system and the company's NTAlert automated problem detection service support combined with 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 all in a single rackmounted system. The clustering solution is "R/3 ready" and available worldwide immediately. "This is the first NT clustering solution for SAP's R/3 that will allow businesses to run their mission critical applications 24 hours a day, seven days a week in a single pre-configured rackmount system that users can simply plug in and turn on," said David Ellenberger, vice president, Corporate Marketing for Data General. "The same NT Cluster-in-a-Box hardware configuration we are offering today also will support the Microsoft Wolfpack clustering solution when it becomes available later this year." "SAP is targeting the clustered R/3 solution for industries such as finance, retail and utilities, where data integrity 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. are requirements," said Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann (born February 28, 1953) is a former racing driver from São Paulo, Brazil. He participated in six Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on January 25, 1976. He scored no championship points. , director, SAP- Microsoft Alliance at SAP's headquarters in Walldorf. "Clustering is of paramount importance for many R/3 users and therefore SAP will support Microsoft's Wolfpack cluster solution as the standard cluster solution for R/3 on 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. ." R/3 from SAP is a powerful, client/server based software system that can connect and integrate all facets of an enterprise, from centralized functions such as finance and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , to plant systems for production and procurement -- all in real time. Data General's NT Cluster can be used with two AViiON servers, each running up to four 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. Intel Pentium Pro processors with 512KB integrated cache per processor and up to 4GB of memory. The AViiON servers included in the cluster have been certified for R/3 use by iXOS Software GmbH of Munich, Germany. The servers are complemented by the company's CLARiiON disk arrays, the industry's leading high availability RAID storage solution. Data General worked closely with VERITAS to develop the NT version of Firstwatch and is the first company to use the failover product. The software from VERITAS had been used exclusively with the UNIX operating system Noun 1. UNIX operating system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services until now and has been marketed by Data General's CLARiiON Business Unit for more than two years. In addition, the company's unique NTAlert service support provides advanced features such as systems diagnostics, machine-initiated call out to worldwide service centers and remote assistance that can alert Data General engineers to potential faults prior to a catastrophic systems failure. About the companies: Founded in 1972, SAP (Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing) in Walldorf, Germany, is the leading global provider of client/server business application solutions. Commanding a 31% share of the worldwide client/server enterprise application software market (source: IDC), SAP is the number one vendor of standard business application software and is the fifth largest independent software supplier in the world. Today, more than 6,000 companies in over 50 countries have chosen SAP client/server and mainframe business applications to manage comprehensive financial, manufacturing, sales and distribution, and human resources functions essential to their operations. VERITAS Software Corporation (VRTS VRTS Veritas Software (stock symbol) VRTS Verification Requirements Tracking System :NASDAQ/NMS), based in Mountain View, CA, is an industry leader in storage management and high availability software products that provide high data integrity, reliability and performance for client-server systems in the open systems market. More information about VERITAS is available on the internet at http://www.veritas.com . 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 Westborough, Massachusetts, specializes in providing servers, storage systems and related software and services for 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 . AViiON and CLARiiON are registered trademarks, and NT Alert is a service mark of Data General Corporation. All brands and product names appearing in the press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Data General Corp., Westboro Jim Dunlap, 508/898-6546 jim_dunlap@dg.ceo.com or Brodeur Porter Novelli Gina Rezendes, 617/587-2839 grezendes@brodeur.com |
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