Marathon Technologies First to Deliver 99.999% Uptime for Windows 2000; Delivers Assured Availability to Utilities Protection Center of Georgia.Business/Technology Editors BOXBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2001 Marathon Technologies Corporation, the developer and supplier of Assured Availability(TM) solutions for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) environments, today announced that its partner, AGT AGT antiglobulin test. International (AGTI), has shipped the first Windows 2000 version of the Marathon Assured Availability solution to the Utilities Protection Center in Duluth, Ga. Marathon products protect businesses from the costs and consequences of server downtime. Shipment took place at the conclusion of a rigorous pre-production testing program. Participants in pre-production testing included Comline AG, Compaq Computer, Hewlett-Packard Company, MFS Investment Management MFS Investment Management, formerly Massachusetts Financial Services, is a Boston, Massachusetts-based financial services firm. In its publicity, MFS claims to have invented the mutual fund. The current chair of the company is Robert Pozen. , Minnesota National Guard The Minnesota National Guard consists of the:
AGTI delivered the solution to the Utilities Protection Center to protect its critical IRTH Call Before You Dig one call center application. "When we recommend a product, our reputation is at stake. Our strict testing ensures that we only deliver the highest quality products," stated Dan Casey The Utilities Protection Center processes approximately one million inbound and seven million outbound calls a year. Inbound calls are entered into the Marathon supported system, which then initiates an average of seven calls to various utility companies, alerting them of pending excavations. "Marathon Technologies' impressive history of providing leading Wintel-based Assured Availability solutions for the Windows operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. , now has become the first vendor to install live solutions for the Windows 2000 operating system," states Lloyd Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , research director, IDC. "As increasing numbers of organizations migrate their businesses to the Windows 2000 platform, a genuine need for 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. is required and Marathon can deliver." "Today's announcement demonstrates Marathon's commitment to deliver dial tone quality solutions that raise the bar for availability, functionality and dependability," states Craig Jon Anderson John Roy "Jon" Anderson (born October 25, 1944) is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes. He is also an accomplished solo artist, and has collaborated for over 20 years with the Greek musician Vangelis, creating the duo "Jon & Vangelis". , vice president of market development, Marathon Technologies. "With this announcement, Marathon extends its quality of service to the Windows 2000 environment." About Marathon Technologies Marathon Technologies Corporation delivers Assured Availability solutions for business-critical applications and databases. Enterprises worldwide in manufacturing, financial services, telecommunications, public safety, and other industries entrust their IT infrastructure and high value applications 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 additional offices in California, Illinois, Seattle, and Texas. International operations in Europe, Middle East, and Africa are headquartered in Switzerland. For information, please call + 1 978 266 9999 or visit online at www.marathontechnologies.com. The Marathon logo is a registered trademark, and Assured Availability is a trademark 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. Copyright(R) 2001 Marathon Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. |
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