Dell Announces Technology Alliance With NuView for Windows NT Cluster Management Software.ROUND ROCK, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 1999--Dell Computer Corporation (Nasdaq:DELL), the world's leading direct computer systems company, today announced it has entered into a technology alliance with NuView Inc., a leading developer of software designed to improve the management and uptime of clustered computers running Microsoft(R) 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). As part of the alliance Dell will license NuView's ClusterX(R) software, which helps improve the installation, configuration, monitoring and management of NT-based network servers linked in a "cluster." With this announcement Dell is the first vendor to license the full-featured version of ClusterX, a move that further demonstrates Dell's commitment to bring leading, high-availability, enterprise technology -- previously found only in more expensive RISC/Unix-based systems -- to Dell PowerEdge This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (R) servers and PowerEdge clusters. ClusterX will become a key component of Dell's OpenManage(tm) systems management strategy. In addition, Dell and NuView plan to collaborate on other software tools and enhancements to ClusterX that will further optimize cluster performance and availability. These new software components will be important building blocks as Dell, the No. 2 server vendor in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and No. 4 worldwide(1), develops new NT-based system area network solutions for customers. System area networks are collections of clustered servers working together to provide a high level of application availability, performance and flexibility. "This alliance is an important step in the ongoing development of our server and storage clustered solutions, and will be even more important as we develop higher-end industry-standard solutions for our enterprise customers," said Michael Lambert Michael ("Mike") Allen Lambert (born April 14, 1974 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American volleyball player, who was a member of the United States men's national volleyball team that finished in ninth place at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. , senior vice president of Dell's Enterprise Systems Group. "We look forward to delivering new technology from this alliance to increase the application and data availability Refers to the degree to which data can be instantly accessed. The term is mostly associated with service levels that are set up either by the internal IT organization or that may be guaranteed by a third party datacenter or storage provider. of our clustered PowerEdge servers with attached PowerVault storage systems." ClusterX, which will be available from Dell later this year, helps increase the availability of servers running Microsoft Cluster Server Clustering software from Microsoft for Windows NT/2000. It provides rudimentary load balancing and two-node failover, which allows a second server to take over if the first one fails. Cluster Server was formerly code named Wolfpack. (MSCS See Microsoft Cluster Server. ) software while reducing administrative costs administrative costs, n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided. and enhancing the protection of business-critical information. "NuView will provide the clustering management technology leadership and Dell will provide its direct sales model and server leadership to deliver leading clustering solutions for customers," said Rahul Mehta, president of NuView Inc. "This partnership provides the foundation to enable our two companies to develop and deliver best-of-breed clustering solutions." Dell, in an effort to simplify the process of building and managing clustered servers, plans to make the software available with all Dell PowerEdge server clusters supporting either SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. (small computer system interface) or fibre-channel connectivity to Dell's PowerVault storage systems. Clustering, using MSCS, refers to two or more interconnected servers that can each run separate applications but, in the event of a system failure, can take over the role of the other server. Business-critical functions such as online transaction processing See transaction processing and OLCP. , point-of-sale, inventory and financial applications, as well as Internet servers and e-mail, rely on these highly available solutions. ClusterX, developed by NuView, is the first comprehensive high-availability cluster High-availability clusters (also known as HA Clusters or Failover Clusters) are computer clusters that are implemented primarily for the purpose of improving the availability of services which the cluster provides. management solution for MSCS. ClusterX helps system administrators quickly and easily install, configure, monitor, diagnose, manage, respond to, and administer their clustered systems. ClusterX also simplifies the management of clustered applications such as SAP R/3, Microsoft Internet Information Server See IIS. Microsoft Internet Information Server - Internet Information Server (IIS (Internet Information Services) Microsoft's Web server. IIS runs under the server versions of Windows, adding HTTP server capability to the Windows operating system. ), Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server A relational DBMS from Microsoft that is a major component of the Windows Server System. It is Microsoft's high-end client/server database and is closely integrated with Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office System. , and Oracle7 Enterprise Server. NuView released ClusterX in the first quarter of 1999. All Dell PowerEdge servers ship with ready-to-run manageability features that easily tie into a company's systems and network management applications or frameworks. These features support the Dell OpenManage systems management strategy that helps customers gain control over their computer systems while also helping to reduce the cost of owning them. As part of that strategy, all Dell PowerEdge servers come installed with HP OpenView(R) Network Node Manager Special Edition and HP's ManageX Special Edition for system, network, application and operating system management. An optional Dell Remote Assistant Card is available to help system administrators remotely manage their servers via modem or local area network even if the operating system is unresponsive or the server has lost power. NuView's mission is to be the leader in management of high-availability solutions. Founded in 1996 NuView Inc. develops and markets high-availability systems management solutions for the clustering market that lower the total cost of ownership in distributed computing environments. NuView is based in Houston, Texas, and can be contacted by calling 888/NUVIEW-0 or 281/497-0620, by sending email to info@nuview.com, or by visiting http://www.nuview.com. Ranked No. 125 among the Fortune 500 companies and No. 363 in the Fortune Global 500, Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. is the world's leading direct computer systems company, based on revenues of $18.2 billion for the past four quarters. Dell designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained through its toll-free number 800/388-8542 or by accessing the Dell World Wide Web site at www.dell.com. Dell, PowerEdge is a registered trademark, and PowerVault and Open Manage are trademarks of Dell Computer Corporation. Fortune 500 is a registered trademark of Time Inc. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks and Xeon is a trademark of Intel Corp. Microsoft and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Novell NetWare and IntraNetware are registered trademarks of Novell Inc. ClusterX is a registered trademark of NuView Corporation. Dell disclaims any proprietary interest in the marks and names of others. (1) Source: International Data Corporation, Commercial Systems and Servers bulletin. Rankings based on U.S. and Worldwide "PC Server Shipments by Vendor" for Q4, 1998. |
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