Stratus pact with UniKix will provide industry's first CICS environment on fault-tolerant native UNIX; offering will simplify migration of mainframe-based CICS applications to open systems.DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 1995--Stratus Computer Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SRA SrA abbr. senior airman ) and UniKix Technologies announced today at UniForum '95 that Stratus will offer the means to migrate mainframe-based CICS (Customer Information Control System) A TP monitor from IBM that was originally developed to provide transaction processing for IBM mainframes. It controls the interaction between applications and users and lets programmers develop screen displays without applications to its Continuous Processing Systems running the FTX (Fault Tolerant UNIX) Stratus Computer's version of Unix System V for its XA/R fault tolerant computer systems. See also FTTx. (operating system) FTX - Stratus' Unix operating system. (Fault-Tolerant 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). ) operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. via software from UniKix Technologies, Billerica, Mass. Stratus is the industry's first fault-tolerant system
Fault-tolerance or graceful degradation vendor to offer a CICS environment running on a native UNIX platform. The port of UniKix software to FTX-based Stratus Continuum Series and XA/R Series systems is scheduled for completion by UniKix Technologies in June 1995. UniKix Technologies will directly distribute UniKix licenses worldwide through joint marketing efforts with Stratus' direct and indirect sales channels. By integrating UniKix with the FTX operating system, Stratus and UniKix Technologies provide IBM mainframe IBM mainframes, though perceived as synonymous with mainframe computers in general due to their marketshare, are now technically and specifically IBM's line of business computers that can all trace their design evolution to the IBM System/360. user the option to distribute their host-resident CICS applications between mainframe and Stratus platforms, thereby reaping the benefits of a fault-tolerant, open systems environment. The combination of Stratus fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. and UniKix software offers the ideal solution for banking, insurance and other business critical applications. The Stratus FTX operating system is a native implementation of the UNIX V.4 MP operating system that runs on the complete line of Stratus fault-tolerant platforms, including the recently announced Continuum Series. The Continuum Series, introduced in February 1995, provides up to three times the raw performance for the same or less cost than earlier XA/R Series models. Stratus also announced today the port of CNT/Brixton Systems' SNA-to-UNIX connectivity software to its FTX operating system. The integration of UniKix software with Brixton will be used to provide CICS applications running on Stratus with connectivity to existing SNA (Systems Network Architecture) IBM's mainframe network standards introduced in 1974. Originally a centralized architecture with a host computer controlling many terminals, enhancements, such as APPN and APPC (LU 6. networks. This allows transparent 3270 terminal access to mainframe CICS and UniKix applications. "CICS applications running on FTX systems will open up many new market opportunities for us," said Joe D'Angelo, vice president of market development for Stratus. "We feel that the experience of UniKix Technologies, the market leader in CICS on UNIX, will be a key factor in the success of application migration for our customers." According to John Noonan, president of UniKix Technologies, "Stratus multiprocessor UNIX-based fault-tolerant systems represent the type of scalable platform that major mainframe customers require. UniKix will allow Stratus customers to select from the large portfolio of existing CICS applications and easily migrate them to open fault-tolerant systems." UniKix Technologies is the market-leading CICS-on-UNIX TP software, available on all of today's leading UNIX system platforms. UniKix is the high-performance solution required to support large numbers of users executing mission-critical transactions on open systems. Headquartered in Billerica, Mass., with its technology center in Phoenix, UniKix Technologies provides total solutions and services to migrate legacy CICS applications to price/performance-leading UNIX systems. UniKix is distributed worldwide through a number of distributors and partners. Based in Marlboro, Mass., Stratus Computer Inc. is a leading provider of comprehensive computer solutions for critical on-line environments. Stratus and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of continuously available computer platforms, application software, middleware, and professional services. The company markets its systems and solutions to a range of industries in more than 60 countries. -0- Stratus, the Stratus logo, FTX, and Continuous Processing are registered trademarks and Continuum and XA/R are trademarks of Stratus Computer Inc. UniKix is a registered trademark of UniKix Technologies. CICS and SNA are trademarks of IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corp. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Stratus Computer Inc., Marlboro Paul LaBelle, 508/460-2068 or UniKix Technologies, Billerica Bill Bradley, 508/294-5812 |
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