SunSoft expands Wabi line with new server product; SunSoft first to provide competitively priced UNIX-based server solution for Microsoft Windows applications.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 , N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 1995--On the opening day 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). Expo, SunSoft Inc. introduced its new WabiServer product, a server implementation of Wabi, its popular Windows-to-UNIX translation solution. WabiServer, a Solaris server solution for Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. applications, gives multiple simultaneous users the complete functionality of Wabi. Low-end 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 systems and X terminals, previously unsupported by Wabi, can now act as full clients in a server implementation to run Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. , Lotus SmartSuite A suite of applications for Windows from IBM Lotus that includes the 1-2-3 spreadsheet, Word Pro word processor, Freelance Graphics, Approach database and Organizer PIM. Also included is a common toolbar for launching the applications and selecting predefined macros that provide tighter and other popular Microsoft Windows applications. In addition, WabiServer provides MIS managers with better central management of their Microsoft Windows applications within the Solaris environment. WabiServer allows Wabi-certified Microsoft Windows applications to run on a server with Solaris 2.x and to display on low-end SPARC systems, X terminals, or machines with Solaris 1.x. In addition, WabiServer provides an option for Solaris "power users" -- designers running a CAD package, for example -- who typically use all of their CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. processing power. These users can now utilize WabiServer for productivity applications, freeing up their local CPU to run their powerful Solaris applications. "WabiServer is just the latest in SunSoft's innovations to provide Solaris customers access to whatever application they want to run," said Andrew Halford, general manager of SunSoft's PC compatibility products. "WabiServer addresses the needs of Solaris customers who want to be able to run Windows applications in a group setting; it also gives MIS managers the ease of administering numbers of Windows users. All this plus the robust, secure environment of Solaris." Most cost-effective solution WabiServer provides the lowest-cost UNIX-based Microsoft Windows application server solution on the market. Compared with competitors such as WinDD from Tektronix and HP500 Windows Application Server from Hewlett-Packard, WabiServer costs significantly less. For example, using the minimum software-only configuration for each respective product, WinDD costs $352 per user, and HP500 $267 per user. In comparison, WabiServer costs just $100 per user. For even a small workgroup of 10 people, WabiServer amounts to savings of $2,520 against WinDD and $1,670 against HP500. Reducing costs, increasing efficiency WabiServer gives multiple simultaneous Solaris users access to Microsoft Windows applications, thus reducing the need for a PC next to every workstation. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. , this can save a corporation up to $8,00 per PC per year. This number includes hardware, software and support costs. Across just a 20-person workgroup, this can amount to $160,000 in savings each year. WabiServer also helps companies preserve the value of older workstations by allowing their legacy hardware, such as low-end SPARC systems and X terminals, to be set up as clients. In addition, for MIS managers who support and manage Microsoft Windows applications in the Solaris environment, WabiServer provides the administration tools and functionality needed to simplify administration tasks. For instance, installation of Microsoft Office using floppy disks may easily take over two hours per user. With WabiServer, installation is significantly simplified. System administrators have the flexibility to define multiple application environments for different departments, depending upon users' needs. For example, a marketing environment could include applications such as Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. , PowerPoint and Aldus PageMaker; and a finance environment could include Lotus 1-2-3, AmiPro and Organizer. Users can then select the appropriate department applications environment. Therefore, MIS managers need only install programs -- and upgrades -- once, saving MIS time and money. With WabiServer, MIS managers can configure clients to get full priveleges, such as access to floppy drives on both the client and server machines, allowing them to share documents between their home and work computers. Clients can also be configured to access client and server printers from within their Microsoft Windows applications. Additionally, WabiServer reduces the storage space required for each licensed user by eliminating the need for Microsoft Windows applications to be kept locally on a user's hard disk. And WabiServer can comfortably handle 12 to 16 users per CPU, which allows MIS managers to amortize server hardware costs over more users, thereby lowering capital costs per user. Complete Solutions WabiServer broadens SunSoft's desktop offerings for Solaris SPARC and Solaris x86 users. SunSoft offers a comprehensive set of PC compatibility solutions to meet the diverse requirements of Solaris customers who need to use Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. and Macintosh applications. To complement the Wabi product family, SunSoft's product line also includes SunPC, SoftWindows and Merge, which provide MS-DOS and broad Microsoft Windows compatibility at different price/performance points. And the Macintosh Application Environment The Macintosh Application Environment (MAE) was a software package introduced by Apple Computer in 1994 which allowed users of certain Unix-based computer workstations to run Apple Macintosh application software. (MAE (1) (Metropolitan Area Exchange) Originally known as Metropolitan Area Ethernets, MAEs are junction points on the Internet where data is exchanged between carriers. See IXP and NAP. ) is available to run Macintosh applications on SPARC. Distribution, pricing and availability WabiServer will be available in November 1995. Manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) ) is set at $1,000 for the server license, and $1,000 for a pack of 10 clients. WabiServer will be available through Sun resellers and SunExpress. Customers can get information on SunSoft's complete line of PC compatibility products by calling 1-800-SUNSOFT (within the U.S.) or 512/434-1511 (outside the U.S.), Prompt #1; or on the World Wide Web at 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.sun.com/sunsoft/Products/PC-Integration-products. SunSoft Inc. SunSoft Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. Inc., with offices worldwide. SunSoft's charter is to design, market, sell and support the industry's highest-quality software environment to enable businesses to gain a competitive advantage through information systems. SunSoft delivers a suite of solutions that easily and cost-effectively connect, integrate and manage large enterprise environments. The products are licensed by SunSoft and distributed through major computer manufacturers and resellers worldwide. SunSoft's World Wide Web address is http://www.sun.com/sunsoft/. -0- Copyright 1995 Sun Microsystems Inc. Sun, the Sun logo, SunSoft, Wabi, WabiServer, SunPC and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc. SPARC is a trademark of SPARC International See SPARC. Inc. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International Inc. in the United States or other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, exclusively licensed through X/Open Company Ltd. CONTACT: SunSoft Inc. Cindy Johnson, 508/442-0546 cindy.johnson@east.sun.com or Collaborative Communications Pamela Hamilton Alison Buckholtz 617/621-1595 phamilton2@aol.com |
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