Tandem Supporting Piccolo Middleware For Universal, Bidirectional Connectivity.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 1996--Tandem Computers Incorporated today announced it is supporting Cornerstone Software, Inc.'s new Piccolo piccolo, small transverse flute pitched an octave higher than the standard flute. Its tone is bright and shrill, and it can produce the highest notes in the orchestral range. The piccolo is used in orchestras and especially in military bands. See fife. application program interface (API), which provides universal, bidirectional The ability to move, transfer or transmit in both directions. client/server connectivity for open client/server applications. Now customers writing applications to the Piccolo API will be able to take full advantage of Tandem's Himalaya parallel processing servers -- with their inherent high performance, scalability and reliability -- in a heterogeneous environment. Piccolo, which is protocol and platform independent, allows the building of peer-to-peer and client/server applications on an extensive range of PC and workstation client platforms connecting to numerous types of servers. This open connectivity is supported across multiple protocols, including TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. , IPX/SPX See IPX. , NETBIOS, Async, and X.25. Communication links can be symmetrical -- client to server, server to client, server to server -- and customers can change platforms and links without having to change the application. In addition, Piccolo supports Tandem's Remote Server Call (RSC RSC Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) RSC Royal Shakespeare Company RSC Responsabilidad Social Corporativa (Spanish: corporate social responsibility) RSC Royal Society of Canada ) software for reliable, high-volume online transaction processing See transaction processing and OLCP. in a peer-to-peer and client/server environment. The resultant RSC for Piccolo product, now marketed by Tandem, supports a variety of workstation platforms linked bidirectionally to Himalaya servers over a wide range of protocols. According to Jeff Tonkel, vice president of Product Management and Product Marketing at Tandem, "Piccolo provides Himalaya customers with a flexible middleware foundation for their open client/server applications and allows Himalaya's well-known reliability and performance to be introduced into heterogeneous peer-to-peer environments. In conjunction with Tandem's RSC, this same peer-to-peer capability adds significant functionality to client/server transaction processing applications." Robert L. Wade, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and president of Cornerstone Software said, "We are extremely pleased that Piccolo is offered on Tandem Himalaya servers connecting to a myriad of Piccolo supported PC/workstation platforms. The powerful flexibility of the combination of Himalaya and Piccolo, and its contribution toward fulfilling the promise of client/server computing, is further illustrated by Tandem also offering Piccolo as part of its online transaction processing product, Remote Server Call." The Piccolo API will also be supported on Tandem's Integrity 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). (R) system based platform by mid-1996. Currently, Piccolo supports the following industry client and server platforms: AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. (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) RS6000) Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 Windows NT WIN32 OS/2 HP 900 (models 700 and 800) HP servers (E through K classes) SCO UNIX Solaris 2.1 Tandem Himalaya (NonStop Kernel) In addition to supporting Tandem's RSC API, Piccolo middleware also supports such leading APIs as Microsoft's interface, and XATMI from X/Open. Thus customers can take advantage of Piccolo with off-the-shelf products as well as by developing custom applications. Pricing and availability Tandem Himalaya servers now support the Piccolo API. Standalone software is available directly from Tandem at US$110 per client and US$2,500 per host/server. Cornerstone Software, Inc. (Cornerstone) is headquartered in Nashua, NH and is a leading manufacturer of connectivity software targeted to the client/server and distributed-computing software markets. Customers requiring further information can contact Cornerstone at 603/595-7480, or via the Internet at info@corsof.com. The World Wide Web address is http://www.corsof.com. Founded in 1974, Tandem Computers Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. ) designs and delivers technology solutions that companies rely on to compete in a business world that runs 24 hours a day. Tandem's revolutionary ServerNet architecture provides virtually unlimited bandwidth for media-rich, data-driven commercial applications. A US$2.3 billion company headquartered in Cupertino, California, Tandem has offices, strategic partners, and providers in more than 50 countries around the world. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Tandem, Himalaya, Integrity, NonStop, and the Tandem logo are trademarks of Tandem Computers Incorporated. Microsoft, NT and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. X/Open is a registered trademark of X/Open Company Limited. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Tandem Computers Inc. Junne Moy, 408/285-6142 World Wide Web Home Page Address: http://www.tandem.com |
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