Oracle and SCO announce availability of Oracle7 Workgroup Server for SCO OpenServer Release 5.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 1995--Oracle and 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. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SCOC SCOC Supreme Court of Canada SCOC Second Coming of Christ SCOC System Control and Operations Concept SCOC Saginaw Community Outreach Center (Saginaw, Michigan) ) today announced the availability of Oracle7 Workgroup Server for SCO OpenServer Release 5, the next-generation Business Critical Server. Oracle7 Workgroup Server enables customers to combine the power, scalability, and enterprise connectivity of SCO Business Critical Servers with the ability to run Oracle 7 database systems in Windows, 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). , or mixed-client environments. "With this new offering customers can now leverage the price-performance and ease of use of Oracle7 Workgroup Server, while exploiting the scalability and reliability of SCO's Business Critical Servers," said Richard French, Vice President of Oracle's Intel Unix Product Division. "In addition, the combination of built-in graphical administration and development tools provides users with unprecedented ease of managing the database and operating system environment." Scott McGregor, SCO senior vice president and general manager, server products, said, "This is the kind of integrated business critical solution our customers are demanding. They want to evolve gradually to client/server computing, while enjoying the benefits of both Windows and UNIX Systems." Part of the Workgroup/2000 family announced in January 1995, Oracle7 Workgroup Server offers a combination of the enterprise-level performance of Oracle7 with the ease of installation and administration normally associated with software running on today's desktop Windows-based PCs, all at a low price. Organizations deploying Oracle7 Workgroup Servers throughout their enterprise gain the dual advantage of being able to protect current investments in desktop development tools and applications while upsizing to more powerful client/server-based systems. In addition, companies that have outgrown an existing database package can easily upsize up·size v. up·size, up·siz·ing, up·siz·es v.intr. To become greater or larger: "the chief executives ... saw the combined value of their share options upsize by $36. and leverage the rich functionality of a relational DBMS such as Oracle7. Oracle7 Workgroup Server is available immediately on SCO OpenServer Release 5 and is priced at US $199 per server access and US $99 per client, with a 5-client minimum. The products are available over Oracle's Internet-based World Wide Web Server for a 90-day free trial. Oracle's Web address is (URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. ) http://www.oracle.com/. Or, users in the U.S. can call 800/492-9870 to order a 90-day free trial copy on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . SCO OpenServer Release 5 is the only Business Critical Server operating system See network operating system. for the Intel platform that protects customers' legacy investments in data, applications, networks, and hardware. Advanced reliability, availability, and scalability features are now built-in, enabling businesses of all sizes to combine the power and security of large-scale systems with the exceptional price-performance value and flexibility of commodity server hardware based on Intel microprocessors. SCO is the world's leading provider of UNIX server and host systems, with more unit shipments in 1994 than Sunsoft's Solaris 1 and 2, IBM's AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. , HP's HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. , and Novell's UnixWare combined (source: IDC, most current data as of 12/94). SCO Business Critical Servers run the critical day-to-day operations of large branch organizations in retail, finance, and government, as well as corporate departments and small to medium-size businesses of every kind. SCO is also the leading provider of software that integrates Windows PCs and other clients with servers from all of the major UNIX System vendors. SCO sells and supports its products through a worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. For more information, refer to SCO's home page on the World Wide Web URL: http://www.sco.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. . Oracle Corp., a $2 billion company with headquarters in Redwood Shores, Calif., is the world's leading supplier of information management software. Oracle develops and markets Oracle Media Server and the Oracle7 family of software products for database management; Developer/2000 and Designer/2000, a complete set of tools for enterprise-wide client/server application development; and Oracle Cooperative Applications, packaged client/server solutions for accounting, manufacturing, distribution, human resources and project control. Oracle software runs on personal digital assistants, PCs, workstations, minicomputers, mainframes and massively parallel computers. The company offers its products, along with related consulting, education and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , in more than 90 countries around the world. -0- Note to editors: SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation See SCO. Santa Cruz Operation - (SCO) A supplier of Unix systems for Intel microprocessors. They supply Xenix and Open Desktop. Founded in 1979, SCO became a public company in May, 1993 and trades on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol SCOC. , SCO Open Server, SCO Open Desktop See SCO OpenServer. , and the SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. in the USA and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the US and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. Oracle7, Developer/2000, Designer/2000, Oracle Cooperative Applications, Oracle Media Server, Workgroup/2000 and Oracle7 Workgroup Server are trademarks of Oracle Corporation. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners. CONTACT: The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. Barbara LoFranco, 408/427-7157 or Rourke & Company Sandra Skees, 408/453-9194 or Oracle Corp. Louis Olson, 415/506-9364 or Applied Communications Don Gentile, 415/375-8881 |
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