Sun Announces Next-Generation SNA Connectivity Products; Protects mainframe investment while companies rightsize to client-server.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 1995--Sun Microsystems Computer Company (SMCC SMCC - Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation. ) today introduced a new generation of Systems Network Architecture (SNA) connectivity products that give SMCC's SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill servers and workstations access to corporate data on legacy mainframes. The eight products in the SunLink 9.0 enterprise connectivity family enable customers to protect their existing investment in SNA networks while they update to an open, SPARC/Solaris(tm)-based network computing architecture. The products are the result of a joint agreement announced last August between SMCC and CNT/Brixton, a subsidiary of Computer Network Technology Corporation (CNT). CNT/Brixton Systems, Inc. is an industry leader in open systems-to-SNA connectivity products. "SunLink 9.0 technology is part of an evolution that has put enormous processing power on the desktop and mission-critical applications on the network," said Jay Puri, SMCC vice president of product marketing. "In effect, users can now say to the mainframe: `Have your database talk to mine.' We are not only providing access to the traditional legacy accounting applications, but also to the newer, sophisticated analysis tools and warehouse data available under Solaris." The SunLink 9.0 family of software products brings complete SNA connectivity to the Solaris 2.4 operating system, while fully supporting Solaris 2.3. SMCC extensively tested the SNA products to ensure compatibility with the SPARC/Solaris platform. The products are available through Sun's direct sales force and through Sun authorized resellers -- providing central points of contact for purchase and support. "The networking solution that Sun and Brixton have developed is a natural choice for organizations moving to client/server," said Herb Rush, general manager of CNT/Brixton. "SunLink 9.0 offers customers comprehensive mainframe and midrange access from a powerful 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). platform." Integrated Enterprise System Management -- Solstice SunNet Manager SunLink 9.0 products are fully compatible with SolsticeTM SunNet Manager(tm) (Solstice(tm)TM SNM (tm)), Sun's market-leading network performance and fault management software. SunLink SNA/SNM 9.0, a member of the SunLink 9.0 family, captures events generated by SunNet Manager and reports them as SNA alerts to NetView -- IBM's network and resource management system -- for log-in and analysis. As a result, an administrator can centrally manage the enterprise from a single network console. NetView operators can also issue run commands to be executed on the remote SPARC/Solaris system. Other components of SunLink 9.0 designed to provide users a flexible, seamless pathway to the SPARC/Solaris platform include: SunLink SNA3270 9.0 Gateway, which provides the basic functions of a Physical Unit Type 2.1 (PU2.1), including support for not only traditional display emulation and hierarchical connectivity, but for peer-to-peer connectivity and LU6.2 as well. Bundled with the Gateway product is the TN3270 server, which enables UNIX-based Telnet 3270 emulators to access the mainframe via SNA instead of TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. . SunLink Client 3270 9.0, an SNA 3270 emulator with 3278 (Models 1 through 5), 3179G and 3287 printer support. Also included in this package is a Telnet 3270 Client. SunLink CG3270 9.0, a license package that allows the user of the SunLink Client 3270 9.0 package to add support for GDDM (Graphical Data Display Manager) Software that generates graphics images in the IBM mainframe environment. It contains routines to generate graphics on terminals, printers and plotters as well as accepting input from scanners. (Graphic Data Display Manager) and the 3179G Color Graphics Display Terminal. SunLink SNA 3770/RJE 9.0, an SNA 3770 emulator for the IBM 3776/3777 which is used for Remote Job Entry (RJE) and batch file transfer The consecutive transmission of two or more files. over SNA networks. SunLink PTP (1) See peer-to-peer. (2) (Picture Transfer Protocol) An ISO standard for transferring photos from a digital camera to a computer or photo printer. 9.0 (also called APPC (Advanced Program-to-Program Communications) A high-level protocol from IBM that allows one program to interact with another across the network. It supports client/server and distributed computing by providing a common programming interface on all IBM platforms. , or LU6.2) supports both the LU6.2 Transaction Programmer's Reference (TPR TPR 1. temperature, pulse, respiration. 2. total peripheral resistance. TPR 1 Temperature, pulse, respiration 2 Third-party reimbursement, see there 3. Total pulmonary resistance ) and the Common Programming Interface for Communications (CPI-C (Common Programming Interface for Communications) A general-purpose communications interface under IBM's SAA. Using APPC verbs as its foundation, it provides a common programming interface across IBM platforms. See APPC. ) verb sets, allowing a user to write transaction programs to interact with both IBM mainframe and SNA peer applications. Pricing and availability SunLink 9.0 enterprise connectivity products are available now and are supported worldwide by the SunService (sm) division of Sun Microsystems, Inc. SunLink SNA3270 9.0 Gateway starts at $3,125; SunLink PTP 9.0 at $8,750; and CG3270 at $625. Sun Microsystems Computer Company (SMCC), the world's top supplier of open network computing See ONC. Open Network Computing - (ONC) Sun's network protocols. solutions, is an operating company of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Built on Sun's legacy of "The Network is the Computer"(tm), SMCC's SPARC/Solaris workstation and server family leads the UNIX market. The company has its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. -0- Note to Editors: Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, SunLink, Solstice, SunNet Manager, SunService, The Network is the Computer and Solaris are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All SPARC trademarks, including the SCD ScD [L.] Scien´tiae Doc´tor (Doctor of Science). SCD 1 Sickle cell disease, see there 2 Subacute combined degeneration, see there 3 Sudden cardiac death, see there Compliant logo, are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. SPARCstation is licenses exclusively to Sun Microsystems, Inc. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based on an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. 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