IBM UNIX Operating System Tops D.H. Brown Report.SOMERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 1998-- Internet Functions Lift AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. over Solaris, Digital UNIX See Tru64 Unix. and NT IBM's 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 , AIX, outpaced competing 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. from Compaq, Sun, Silicon Graphics, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft in a new consultant review. The report, published by D.H. Brown Associates, Inc. (www.dhbrown.com), notes AIX's superior performance in two key categories: Internet/Intranet Capabilities and System Management. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the study, AIX has the industry's strongest set of Internet features with a broad range of TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. technologies including IPv6, the "next-generation" Internet Protocol. It goes on to praise AIX's secure Virtual Private Network offering, and unmatched options for electronic commerce. When it comes to user-friendly system management, D.H. Brown reports AIX long ago set the standard and that the latest revision "retains a wide lead...thanks to its Java-based system management...and provides remote management capabilities via Java-enabled Web browsers." The report evaluates AIX Version 4.3.2, announced Oct. 5. AIX supports both 32- and 64-bit IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) RS/6000 systems, from workstations, to web servers, to many of the world's most powerful computers. "True to its e-business marketing themes, IBM has taken the most active role among the major operating system vendors in providing electronic commerce software for its AIX customers," said Tony Iams, senior analyst in D.H. Brown's Systems Software research program. "This report reaffirms IBM's technology leadership as we accelerate our 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). development," said Rajiv Samant, general manager of UNIX, IBM Server Group. "IBM is working with SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. , Sequent and Intel to take the best technology from each company and build the leading UNIX operating system for computers based both on IBM and Intel microprocessors." D.H. Brown also singled out AIX for its clustering capabilities noting that the operating system distinguishes itself with overwhelming advantages for disaster recovery and remote data replication. AIX scored a number of other "firsts" this year including: - being named the top operating system in a survey conducted by VAR Business magazine (1); - the first 64-bit operating environment to receive UNIX 98 branding from the Open Group; - the first server operating environment to receive Virtual Private Network certification from the International Computer Security Association, and; - the first 64-bit operating environment to achieve the high E3/F-C2 level security rating by the Bundesamt fuer Sicherheit Informationstechnik, a German government certification authority. About D.H. Brown D.H. Brown Associates, Inc. (DHBA DHBA D.H. Brown Associates, Inc. DHBA Deregister Hba ) is a leading research and consulting firm concentrating on the strategic analysis, assessment and evaluations of technologies, products and market trends in the "Information Industry." DHBA concentrates on thoroughly understanding and continuously updating its knowledge of the core technologies and trends underlying current and future products. (1) Source: "IBM Tops at Desktop," VAR Business, June 22, 1998. AIX and RS/6000 are registered trademarks or trademarks of the IBM corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Other company, product and service names, which may be denoted by a double asterisk may be trademarks or service marks of others. |
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