Tadpole Authorizes Workstation Technologies to Resell SPARCbook Line of Portable Workstations.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 1997--Tadpole Technology Inc., the leader in workstation-class portable computing, Wednesday announced a reseller agreement with Workstation Technologies Inc. in which the Fremont, Calif.-based value-added reseller A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. will market Tadpole's award-winning line of SPARCbook(TM) notebooks and mobile servers. The products include Tadpole's top-of-the-line SPARCbook 3000 Series, 170 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. TurboSPARC-based models featuring 12.1-inch displays and the functional equivalent of a SPARCstation 20 that users can take anywhere. Also included in the agreement are the 170 MHz Tadpole tadpole, larval, aquatic stage of any of the amphibian animals. After hatching from the egg, the tadpole, sometimes called a polliwog, is gill-breathing and legless and propels itself by means of a tail. SPARCbook 3TX, the 110 MHz Tadpole SPARCbook 3GX; and the 110 MHz Tadpole SPARCbook Server. "Workstation Technologies has built a substantial base of more than 5,000 customers and a reputation for keeping them satisfied, which makes them an ideal fit for our reseller distribution network," said David Hassell, senior vice president and general manager of Tadpole's U.S. operations. "As a reseller serving the 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 computing industry, we are proud to offer Tadpole's portable solutions," said Michael Cavallaro, president of Workstation Technologies. "Tadpole's SPARCbooks enable us to offer our customers the benefits of 'on-the-go' workstations without compromising performance or features." Workstation Technologies Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Fremont, Calif., with additional sales offices in Irvine, Calif. and Salem, N.H. Founded in 1987, Workstation Technologies has expanded significantly in the last nine years. As a supplier of new and refurbished workstations, upgrades and peripherals, the company has developed a reputation for consistently meeting and exceeding customer demands for superior delivery, price and performance. The company's Web site may be accessed at http://www.wkstech.com . Tadpole Technology designs and manufactures workstation-class portable computer systems, board-level and software products for OEMs and end-users. Established in 1983 and publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. , Tadpole is headquartered in Cambridge, England, with U.S. headquarters in Austin. Tadpole authorized resellers are located throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia/Pacific Rim. Tadpole is on the Worldwide Web at http://www.tadpole.com . -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: SPARCbook is a registered trademark of SPARC International See SPARC. Inc., licensed exclusively to Tadpole Technology. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Tadpole Technology Inc., Austin David Hassell, 512/219-2200 or Workstation Technologies Inc., Fremont Stacey Grasso, 603/890-6700 |
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