SCO and SAS Institute Combine to Deliver Powerful Data Management Solution.SANTA CRUZ Santa Cruz, city, United States Santa Cruz (săn`tə kr  z), city (1990 pop. 49,040), seat of Santa Cruz co., W Calif., on the north shore of Monterey Bay; inc. 1866. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1996--SCO (NASDAQ NASDAQin 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) ) and SAS Institute, Inc. today announced SAS's support for the SCO UnixWare operating system through the availability of SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. Software for SCO UnixWare 2.1. Today's announcement signals further industry commitment to the SCO UnixWare platform as an enterprise class operating system designed for running business critical environments from departmental servers to the data center. "The SCO UnixWare operating system has been winning in the enterprise space and building momentum since our initial launch of the product earlier this year," said Mike Shelton, SCO's vice president of Enterprise Solutions. "Our relationship with SAS Institute and the data warehousing market is instrumental in demonstrating the power of SCO UnixWare to handle the demands of applications running throughout the enterprise and into the data center." In April of this year, the SAS Institute was one of many Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) to support SCO UnixWare as the standard UNIX operating system Noun 1. UNIX operating system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services for volume enterprise servers. SAS, along with 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. , Intel and industry leading hardware vendors, rallied to support the SCO UnixWare platform, viewing it as one more step in an effort to consolidate UNIX operating systems, thus reducing application development and maintenance costs. In addition, by standardizing on SCO UnixWare, ISVs and OEMs are ensuring a simple migration to the next-generation 64-bit UNIX operating system. As a world leader in mining, processing and analyzing data that allow businesses to make informed, intelligent decisions, SAS Institute has certified SCO UnixWare 2.1 for SAS Software. Made up of 15 different business intelligence applications, SAS Software extends the versatility of the SCO UnixWare operating system to support data warehouse environments and solutions. "SAS Institute's data warehousing prowess, combined with SCO's leadership in the enterprise-class 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). environment, exemplifies business-value computing," said Barrett Joyner, vice president of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Sales and Marketing for SAS Institute. "Not only is SCO the clear volume leader of UNIX servers shipped, SCO is also uniquely positioned with UnixWare to drive the UNIX market's unification effort." SAS Institute's suite of industrial-strength, data analysis tools and technologies is available for the SCO UnixWare operating system immediately. SAS Institute will be showing SAS Software running on SCO UnixWare 2.1 at booth No. 1170 at the UNIX Expo Plus trade show on October 8, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is a large convention center on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. It was designed by architects I. M. Pei and partners. The revolutionary space frame structure was built in 1986 and named for New York Senator Jacob K. in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . About SAS Institute Now in its 20th anniversary year, SAS Institute is the world's ninth largest independent software company. The Institute's success is due in part to its continued investment in R&D, nearly $175 million in 1995, and more than $1 billion since its formation. This commitment to customer solution-oriented R&D has resulted in the Institute being awarded the reader-selected 1996 Datamation magazine Data Warehousing Product of the Year, the 1996 DM Review magazine World Class Solutions for Data Warehousing award (for Outstanding Service & Decision Support), and other industry honors. SAS Software -- SAS Institute's flagship product -- is an integrated suite of information delivery software for business decision making that addresses the unique needs of business users and IT departments. The SAS System includes capabilities and tools for data warehousing including managing, organizing and exploiting the warehouse; business intelligence including EIS (1) (Executive Information System) An information system that consolidates and summarizes ongoing transactions within the organization. It provides top management with all the information it requires at all times from internal and external sources. , online analytical processing Online Analytical Processing, or OLAP (IPA: /ˈoʊlæp/), is an approach to quickly provide answers to analytical queries that are multidimensional in nature. , application development and decision support; applied analysis including technical data analysis, data mining and neural networking; and business solutions for applications such as financial consolidation and reporting, clinical trials analysis, and IT service management. Currently, the SAS System is being used at nearly 30,000 business, government, and university sites worldwide. About SCO SCO is the world's leading supplier of UNIX server and host systems, and a leading provider of client-integration software that integrates Windows PCs and other clients with UNIX servers from all major vendors. SCO Business Critical Servers run the critical, day-to-day operations of large branch organizations in retail, finance, telecom, and government, as well as corporate departments and small to medium-sized businesses of every kind. SCO sells and supports its products through a worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. For additional corporate and product information, see SCO's home page on the World Wide Web: http://www.sco.com. -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. , the SCO logo, and SCO UnixWare 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. 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: SCO Monika Laud, 408/427-7421 |
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