SCO unveils next generation of leading business critical application servers for Intel platform; SCO OpenServer Release 5 delivers mainframe-class reliability for businesses of all sizes.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 1995--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. Inc. (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) ), the world's leading provider of 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). host and server systems (source:IDC), today unveiled SCO OpenServer Release 5, SCO's family of next-generation Business Critical Servers that will begin shipping this month. As the leading application server for the Intel platform, the SCO OpenServer system is compatible with more than 8,000 business critical applications and thousands of DOS and Windows applications available today. Release 5 now brings mainframe-class reliability to the Intel platform, making business critical computing available to businesses of all sizes. The SCO OpenServer system is also the only Business Critical Server for the Intel platform that protects customers' legacy investments in data, applications, networks, and hardware, supporting more than 900 computers (including over 60 SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. machines), over 2,000 peripheral devices, and all of the major networking protocols. The SCO OpenServer system builds on SCO's market leadership with key new features to help businesses streamline operations and improve customer service: -- High Availability and Reliability to minimize business downtime: Mirroring and striping (RAID 0, 1, 5) support, file system journaling, advanced power management, integrated UPS support, and online backup of UNIX and Windows clients. -- Greater Performance and Scalability to control costs and growth: New high-performance filesystem, SMP support for up to 30 processors, multithreaded multithreaded - multithreading network subsystem and drivers, dynamic kernel tables/sizing, memory mapped files, and DBMS (DataBase Management System) Software that controls the organization, storage, retrieval, security and integrity of data in a database. It accepts requests from the application and instructs the operating system to transfer the appropriate data. performance APIs. -- Distributed Administration to improve efficiency and support for remote sites: A completely new, integrated, extensible administration tool that runs in full graphical or character mode for remote access. -- Software Management to simplify software deployment and maintenance: Software installation and update across a network, software licensing, version control, and metering. -- Windows and PC Connectivity to leverage user skills and legacy investments: NetWare gateway services, the Locus PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). server, Windows and DOS online backup, POP3 mail server, Wintif (Windows appearance for Motif applications), and optional Merge, Wabi 2.0, and LAN Manager. Additional client-integration products from Visionware, a SCO subsidiary, include PC-Connect, XVision, and Visionware SQL-Retriever. "Business Critical Servers enable businesses to get closer to their customers and run faster and leaner," said Alok Mohan, SCO president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "These servers combine the benefits of mainframes and minicomputers -- reliability, availability, serviceability (system, design, hardware, software) Reliability, Availability, Serviceability - (RAS) Three key attributes of a computing system design. See reliability, availability, and serviceability. , and scalability -- with the benefits of the Intel platform -- low total cost of ownership, superior price-performance, and widely available commodity hardware. In addition, they are backed by a worldwide distribution and support infrastructure, plus thousands of proven business critical applications. SCO has spent years building that support infrastructure, and SCO OpenServer Release 5 solidifies our lead in this fast-growing market by delivering all of these benefits to businesses of every size." David House, Intel's senior vice president of corporate strategy, said, "Today's Intel Architecture-based Business Critical Servers combine the leading price-performance value of PCs with the scalability formerly associated with much larger systems. SCO OpenServer enables organizations of all sizes to take maximum advantage of these capabilities immediately in business critical environments." The SCO OpenServer Release 5 Product Family is the most comprehensive Business Critical Server platform for businesses today. In addition to the Base Operating Systems, which include the multiuser Two or more users. Enterprise and Host Server systems and the single-user Desktop System, the product family includes a full range of additional capabilities available as add-on products, plus an array of expert services to provide the comprehensive support that business critical customers require. These add-ons include Windows Services (Microsoft LAN Manager for SCO Systems, SCO Wabi, SCO Merge, Visionware PC-Connect, Visionware SQL-Retriever, and Visionware XVision), Distributed Services (SCO Security Service, SCO Distributed Administration Service, SCO X.500 Directory Service, SCO DCE (1) (Distributed Computing Environment) Software from The Open Group that allows applications to be built across heterogeneous platforms in a network. DCE includes security, directory naming, time synchronization, file sharing, RPCs and multithreading services. Executive Service, and SCO DCE Cell Directory Service), Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability Services (SCO SMP License and SCO Virtual Disk Manager), and Developer Services (SCO OpenServer Development System, SCO DCE Development System, SCO POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale Toolkit, SCO AHDK); the Expert Services include a full range of Professional, Technical, Educational, Information, and Enhancement Services. Bob Kostosky, director of store technology for Rite Aid Corporation, the largest drug store chain in the U.S., said, "We've already deployed SCO Business Critical Servers at over 2,700 stores across the U.S. We're very excited about Release 5, and have already begun to integrate it into our operations. SCO OpenServer Release 5 delivers the reliability, availability, serviceability, scalability, and performance features we need to ensure that our business critical servers continue to provide us with the competitive edge we have today with SCO solutions." SCO has established one of the industry's most renowned distribution and support infrastructures. Over 100 distributors and 6,000 resellers around the world provide SCO Open Server solutions to businesses of all kinds and sizes, and expert training and certification is available from over 140 education centers. 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 additional corporate and product information, see SCO's home page on the World Wide Web 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.sco.com. -0- Note to editors: SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, SCO OpenServer, and the SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. in the USA and other countries. Visionware, PC-Connect, Visionware SQL-Retriever and XVision are trademarks or registered trademarks of Visionware Ltd., a subsidiary of SCO. Wintif is a trademark of IXI Limited, a subsidiary of SCO. 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: The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. Barbara LoFranco, 408/427-7157 or Rourke & Company Sandra Skees, 408/453-9194 |
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