Federal Government contract awarded to The Panda Project.BOCA RATON Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 22, 1996--The Panda Project See Archistrat computer. (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 :PNDA PNDA Plan National de Développement Agricole (French: National Agriculture Development Plan) PNDA Perinatal Death Audit PNDA Pinkerton National Detective Agency PNDA Philippine National Day Association ) announced Wednesday that it has been awarded its first contract by the Federal Government, General Services Administration The General Services Administration (GSA) was established by section 101 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C.A. § 751). The GSA sets policy for and manages government property and records. (number GS-35-F-4293D) to resell Archistrat computer systems throughout all Federal Government Agencies. This will allow the government to purchase the same extended life capability of the Archistrat systems as the private sector has experienced, while giving Panda access to another market for its servers. According to Bill Ahearn, president of the Archistrat Systems Division at Panda: "Washington is fighting a battle of seemingly conflicting goals of ever increasing technological change, and a drive to save taxpayer dollars. The Archistrat 4s servers will allow the government to purchase a machine with outstanding modularity, which will permit much longer life and a much lower total cost. The Archistrat 4s is capable of running various operating systems, both Intel and RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. based processors so the maximum amount of flexibility is maintained by the government." According to Rob Barbosa, vice president of Sales, Archistrat Systems: "The Archistrat 4s from Panda offer many benefits over the traditional systems approach used in government. Typically, much of the planning done with the older systems seems irrelevant by the time all of the administrative and legislative issues are resolved. With the Archistrat modularity, the processor card, memory, and I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output can be specified at the time of purchase, and updated as time goes on - yet at a small fraction of the usual replacement cost." The Panda Project was founded in April 1992 to develop and produce innovative computer and semiconductor technology. For additional information, please contact Rob Barbosa at The Panda Project, 407/994-2300 or access the company's site at http://www.archistrat.com for further information. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: In the World Wide Web address noted in this news release, there is a double slash between http: and www.archistrat.com. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: The Panda Project, Boca Raton Rob Barbosa, 407/994-2300 http://www.archistrat.com |
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