Oracle Teams with Unisys and Sun to Provide Publishing Solutions to News International in UK.BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 1997--Unisys has announced it is working with Oracle to offer News International publishing solutions based on the latest database technology for managing text and multi-media information throughout the newspaper publishing process. This complements a partnership with 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. on hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. for Unisys publishing systems. Unisys provides one of the most comprehensive newspaper publishing solutions available with a complete editorial, electronic pagination (1) Page numbering. (2) Laying out printed pages, which includes setting up and printing columns, rules and borders. Although pagination is used synonymously with page makeup, the term often refers to the printing of long manuscripts rather than ads and brochures. and archiving system. The solution includes three main components Unisys Hermes, an editorial production system; Unisys WireCenter, a wire services and management system; and Unisys DocCenter, a multi-media archive system. The provision of software and hardware platforms for the new Unisys publishing solution at News International will allow them to produce the full variety of best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best News International titles including The Times (London), The Sunday Times, The Sun, and the News of the World, plus complementary magazines and supplements. Unisys chose Oracle to team with because --like Sun Microsystems -- its products support the multi-media functionality increasingly required by publishers, especially those interested in moving towards electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. via the Internet and other channels. As Gabriella Franzini, director of Marketing, Unisys Publishing Solutions explained: "Unisys is fast becoming the leading provider of solutions tailored for the newspaper marketplace worldwide. Our alliance with Sun and now Oracle gives Unisys and its clients access to the best-of-breed, high-performance multi- media technology essential for newspaper publishing today." Oracle8, the universal data server chosen for the Hermes publishing solution, provides the scalability and performance to address the rigorous, complex requirements of publishing systems today. "Today's mission-critical publishing applications must be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week," said Polly Polly Biotechnology A Poll Dorset sheep cloned from sheep skin cells, which has a human gene in each cell. See Dolly. Summer, senior vice president of Communications Industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. , Oracle Corp. "With Oracle8, Oracle is able to provide News International with unparalleled power, reliability and performance with virtually no limits on the type of data that can be stored and manipulated. Oracle8 can support every type of complex data found in a publishing enterprise-from photographs, high-resolution images, to text and video." Sun Microsystems provides the hardware platforms required for newspaper publishing, with its Ultra Enterprise 10000 -- also known as Starfire -- server designed for running large-scale, mission critical applications. The Enterprise 10000 provides newspaper publishers with the scalability, reliability, and application performance that they need to publish 365 days a year. A system can contain up to 64 processors with up to 64 gigabytes of shared memory (1) Using part of main memory to support a low-cost display circuit that does not have its own memory. See shared video memory. (2) The common memory in a symmetric multiprocessing system that is available to all CPUs. See SMP. 1. and more than 12 gigabytes per second of system bandwidth for data transfer -- features which are critical when editors, journalists and sub-editors are collaborating on editorial and page assembly tasks to tight news deadlines. A hot swap To pull out a component from a system and plug in a new one while the main power is still on. Also called "hot plug" and "hot insertion," hot swap is a feature of USB devices, allowing an external drive, network adapter or other peripheral to be plugged in without having to power down the capability enables upgrading and replacement of components without having to shut down the system. "Unisys publishing solution is a brilliant example of how Sun's scalable Ultra Enterprise servers can be trusted to drive daily newspaper production, one of the most computationally intensive and mission-critical processes in the publishing world," said Bill Rosenblatt, market development manager for Media and Publishing at Sun Microsystems Computer Co. A growing list of over 60 major clients around the world has chosen the Unisys Publishing Solutions. Recent orders include Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) (German; “Frankfurt General Newspaper”) Daily newspaper published in Frankfurt am Main, one of the most prestigious and influential in Germany. in Germany, L'Echo in Belgium, Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. Gazette and San Francisco Examiner The San Francisco Examiner is a U.S. daily newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since the late 19th Century. History 19th century The beginning of the Examiner is a topic of some controversy. in the U.S.A., El Pais in Spain, Il Mattino in Italy and O'Estado de Sao Paulo in Brazil. Unisys -- The Information Management Company Unisys is one of a select group of companies with the portfolio of services, technologies and third party alliances needed to deliver the benefits of information management -- helping clients use their information asset to enhance their competitiveness and responsiveness to customers. Our expertise in information management is founded on the strengths of our three global businesses: consulting, solutions and systems integration; industry-leading technologies; and comprehensive services and products supporting distributed computing environments See DCE. Distributed Computing Environment - (DCE) An architecture consisting of standard programming interfaces, conventions and server functionalities (e.g. naming, distributed file system, remote procedure call) for distributing applications transparently across networks . Access the Unisys home page on the World Wide Web -- http://www.unisys.com -- for further information. -0- Note: Backgrounder back·ground·er n. An informal news briefing for reporters by an official often speaking off the record. Noun 1. backgrounder [Daily Newspapers: Address Change With Information Solutions] is available, see Unisys Web site at: http://www.unisys.com/About Unisys/Press Releases/1997/oct/146341.html . -0- Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corp. All other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Unisys Brian C. Daly, 215/986-2214 Internet: briancdaly@unn.unisys.com or Unisys, Italy Gabriella Franzini, 39-2-6985532 Internet: gabriellafranzini@unn.unisys.com or Francesco Valdevies, 39-2-6985449 Internet: francescovaldevies@unn.unisys.com |
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