Kirchman Corporation Innovates With Tadpole's Laptops Launching Industry's First ``Bank-In-A-Box,'' Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery Solution.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers ORLANDO, Fla. & CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2002 Banking Software Leader Kirchman Corporation Selects SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill Solaris Appliances from Tadpole tadpole, larval, aquatic stage of any of the amphibian animals. After hatching from the egg, the tadpole, sometimes called a polliwog, is gill-breathing and legless and propels itself by means of a tail. to Provide New Business Solutions for its Worldwide Banking Customers Kirchman Corporation, the leader in banking software, and Tadpole (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :TAD), the leading builder of specialized 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). (R) laptops, servers and appliances, today announced a strategic business and technology alliance providing financial institutions with the first low cost, disaster recovery alternative to large mainframe systems. The companies have created a new slimline "bank-in-a-box" SPARC(R) Solaris(TM)-based appliance for simple plug and play deployment across a network infrastructure with complete compatibility to Sun Microsystems' full range of servers. When configured as a hub of business continuity processes, the appliance offers banks and financial institutions a convenient way to test networks. It also provides a cost-effective disaster recovery system that can be easily moved and quickly deployed from remote locations. Under terms of the alliance, Kirchman Corporation will pre-configure its core banking automation software, Kirchman Bankway(TM), into Tadpole's plug-in Sun SPARC notebook. Kirchman Corporation will then market the resulting disaster recovery appliance to its customer base of over 1,000 banks and financial institutions. These include super regional Union Planters, Commerce Bank and community banks, Traditional Bank, and First Security Bank. "Banking today calls for financial networks to extend beyond the corporate wall," comments Mark Benner, senior vice president of Kirchman Corporation. "With Tadpole appliances, banks will be equipped with the first truly portable solution for disaster recovery and business continuity from any location and at anytime." Benner continues, "Banks are acutely aware of the need to provide 24x7 business continuity and to minimize downtime in the event of system failure and data loss. This appliance answers the call and provides banks with the first truly independent, cost-effective solution to owning and managing their business networks." 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. Fred Mirzian, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Financial Data Solutions, Inc., "We purchased the Kirchman/Tadpole appliance because it presented a versatile and robust solution that complemented our currently installed Kirchman software and Sun Fire V880 server. We also looked at several disaster recovery solutions and felt this one offered the best cost, portability, and overall value of any other option we evaluated. We are delighted with the product these two leaders have presented to the banking industry." Tadpole's laptops are legendary in the business-critical world of Sun Solaris computing and form the mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings hub of Fortune 500 customers and federal agencies alike. Designed around the UltraSPARC microprocessor technology, they are compatible with the complete range of SPARC Solaris systems from Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , but in a notebook format. The plug-in appliances have remarkable DRAM memory and removable disk A disk or disk cartridge that is inserted into the drive for reading and writing and removed when not required. Using optical technologies, CDs and DVDs are the most common examples. capacity to 2GB and 120GB respectively, feature ports for extensive 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 expansion and peripheral connectivity, and are capable of running the full 12,000 plus inventory of Solaris applications. Pre-configured with Kirchman Bankway software, they require no expensive bundling and testing and are simply deployable out-of-the-box. Graham Brown, president of Tadpole's hardware businesses, adds: "The fundamental role of Tadpole's plug-in notebooks is to enable businesses to work faster and smarter beyond physical and geographical boundaries. This groundbreaking alliance with Kirchman Corporation extends that role deeply into the world-wide banking communities." Pricing: Depends upon configuration. Availability: immediate. Built in the U.S. with worldwide support. 2002 Tadpole Technology, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . SPARC(R) and SPARCbook(R) are registered trademarks of SPARC International See SPARC. , Inc. in the United States and countries worldwide. SPARCbook(R) is licensed exclusively to Tadpole Technology. UltraSPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International Inc., licensed exclusively to Sun Microsystems, Inc. Products bearing the SPARC trademarks are based on an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun, Sun Microsystems and Solaris(TM) are registered trademarks owned by Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other product names mentioned in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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