Marathon Technologies Partners with Hollis; Marathon FTvirtual Server Software Enables Simple, Affordable Continuous Uptime for Windows Environment.LITTLETON, Mass. -- Marathon Technologies Corporation, the only developer and supplier of fault- and disaster- tolerant solutions for industry-standard Microsoft(R) Windows(R) environments, announced today that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Hollis Technologies, a leading provider of Information Technology (IT) solutions to manufacturing customers. Through this agreement, Hollis will sell Marathon FTvirtual Server(TM) software product line to meet its customers' needs for simple, affordable, continuously available Windows servers See Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Windows 2000 and Windows NT. . "Our partnership with Marathon supports our goal of making our manufacturing customers more efficient and profitable through innovative IT solutions," said Carol Dumont, 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. , Hollis Technologies. "Our partnership with Hollis Technologies will further strengthen our position in the manufacturing market," said George C. Tranos, President and CEO of Marathon Technologies. "This partnership allows us to make Marathon FTvirtual Server software product line available to manufacturing customers throughout the Northeast." About Marathon Technologies Marathon Technologies Corporation (www.marathontechnologies.com) is the leading provider of software that delivers simple, cost-effective, continuous uptime for Intel based See Intel-based system. servers. Marathon FTvirtual Server software product line unites two unmodified Adj. 1. unmodified - not changed in form or character unqualified - not limited or restricted; "an unqualified denial" modified - changed in form or character; "their modified stand made the issue more acceptable"; "the performance of the modified aircraft industry-standard servers into a Windows business continuity (99.999+% available) solution that appears to applications, networks, OS, and system administrators as a single fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. server. Marathon software keeps applications running nonstop HP's brand name for its fault-tolerant servers, which range in size from four CPUs to 4,000 CPUs. The NonStop line was created by Tandem Computers, which was acquired by Compaq, which later became part of HP. through failures and disasters with no failover or interruption in service with no loss of application data, no need for transaction rollback A DBMS feature that reverses the current transaction out of the database, returning the data to its former state. A rollback is performed when processing a transaction fails at some point, and it is necessary to start over. See two-phase commit. , and no loss of performance. Marathon is a privately held, venture-backed corporation based in Littleton, Massachusetts Littleton is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 8,184 at the 2000 census. For geographic and demographic information on the neighborhood of Littleton Common, please see the article Littleton Common, Massachusetts. , USA, with offices worldwide. For more information, call +1-978-489-1100 or 1-888-682-1142. About Hollis Inc. Hollis Technologies (www.hollis-tech.com) specializes in providing leading edge products and services to help profitability by moving information from plant floor to the enterprise management level. For more information, call (603) 577-8958. Marathon and Marathon FTvirtual Server are trademarks or registered trademarks of Marathon Technologies Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. (C)2005 Marathon Technologies Corporation. All rights reserved. |
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