Fujitsu Siemens Computers and Marathon Technologies Team to Deliver Fault and Disaster Tolerant Solutions in Europe.Business Editors BOXBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2002 Marathon Technologies Corporation, the developer and supplier of the industry's only fault- and disaster-tolerant solutions for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) environments, announced an alliance with Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fujitsu Siemens Computers is a Japanese and German IT vendor, selling consumer and business computing products in the markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (products marketed elsewhere are sold under the Fujitsu brand). , the leading European computer company. This alliance enables Fujitsu Siemens (Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Inc. (USA), Milpitas, CA, www.fujitsu-siemens.com) Fujitsu Siemens Computers USA is a wholly owned research and development subsidiary of Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Computers' sales partners to include the Marathon Endurance(R) product with its Intel-based PRIMERGY server product line. This powerful combination will be valuable to customers who require maximum availability for data and applications in a Windows environment (1) (upper case "W") Refers to computers running under a Microsoft Windows operating system. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. . Marathon Technologies and Fujitsu Siemens have cooperatively qualified PRIMERGY servers with the Marathon Endurance product and have made these configurations available to their sales and integration partners. PRIMERGY customers can also capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. Marathon's unique disaster-tolerant capability, which allows them to configure their fault-tolerance solution over distances of up to 55 kilometers. "The ability to provide our customers with the Endurance product on PRIMERGY gives us an advantage by allowing us to meet all customers' 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. requirements for continuous computing  This article about a company does not make it clear whether the subject meets the Wikipedia criteria for . ," states Dieter Herzog Dieter Herzog (born July 15, 1946 in Oberhausen) is a former German international football player.Herzog played in 250 Bundesliga matches (46 goals) for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in his professional career, after starting his senior career with , vice president & general manager PRIMERGY servers at Fujitsu Siemens Computers. "We are very impressed with Marathon's technology and its ability to the advance server hardware-based high availability features incorporated in our PRIMERGY servers. We look forward to a successful relationship." "We are very excited that PRIMERGY Servers from Fujitsu Siemens Computers have been qualified to run the Marathon Endurance product," states Bob Glorioso, president of Marathon Technologies. "Through this alliance, Fujitsu Siemens Computers and its partners can meet the growing demands and requirements of companies requiring uptime of 99.999% and disaster tolerance for Windows." About Fujitsu Siemens Computers Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the leading European computer company. Serving the needs of large corporations, small- to medium-sized enterprises and consumers, the company operates in all key markets across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It offers a unique choice of world-class computer technology and innovative IT infrastructure solutions. Through global cooperation, Fujitsu Siemens Computers takes advantage of the strengths and the innovative power of its parent companies Fujitsu Limited and Siemens AG Siemens AG German electrical-equipment manufacturer. The first Siemens company, Siemens & Halske, was founded in Berlin in 1847 to build telegraph installations. . For further information, please visit: www.fujitsu-siemens.com About Marathon Technologies Marathon Technologies Corporation develops and sells solutions that provide 24/7 uptime and protection of data and mission-critical applications running on 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. platforms. Enterprises worldwide in manufacturing, financial services, public safety, telecommunications, and other industries entrust their high value applications, data, and networks to Marathon products. Marathon is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation based in Boxborough, Massachusetts, USA, with offices worldwide. For information, please call 978/266-9999 or visit online at www.marathontechnologies.com. The Marathon logo, Endurance, SplitSite, and ComputeThru are registered trademarks of Marathon Technologies Corporation. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. (c) 2002 Marathon Technologies Corporation. |
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