Tandem announces solutions that enable commercial use of the Internet; new CyberWeb family of products provides highest levels of reliability, scalability, and security in World Wide Web market; first Web server that is fault tolerant and able to scale across multiple processors.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 1995--Applying its 20 years of expertise in electronic commerce and online transaction processing See transaction processing and OLCP. to the fast-growing World Wide Web marketplace, Tandem Computers (company) Tandem Computers - A US computer manufacturer. Quarterly sales $544M, profits $49M (Aug 1994). 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. ) today announced its Tandem CyberWeb family of electronic commerce solutions. The result of a joint effort with leading solutions providers, including Open Market Inc., Atalla, and UB Networks, Tandem's CyberWeb products provide the widest range of software and hardware choices available for companies looking to provide highly reliable World Wide Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. on the Internet. As part of its strategy to be open, Tandem is also working with Netscape and Verity, Inc. to extend its family of CyberWeb products. Tandem will demonstrate its Tandem CyberWeb solutions at the Internet World show in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif., on April 10 at booth 741. Tandem's CyberWeb family of products incorporates several important firsts, including the first Web server software that's scalable across multiple processors. On a parallel processing parallel processing, the concurrent or simultaneous execution of two or more parts of a single computer program, at speeds far exceeding those of a conventional computer. platform such as Tandem's, this equates to continuous availability of services in the face of rapid growth as well as to instantaneous response times. The Tandem CyberWeb Server also represents the first fault-tolerant Web server, able to function even through 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. failure in a multiprocessor environment. This ensures the 24 x 7 availability necessary for maintaining a global online presence. 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. Herb Phillipps, Jr., vice president of Electronic ServiceWay at the Royal Bank of Canada Bank of Canada Canada's central bank, established under the Bank of Canada Act (1934). It was founded during the Great Depression to regulate credit and currency. The Bank acts as the Canadian government's fiscal agent and has the sole right to issue paper money. , a Tandem customer, "The Internet provides the largest and most inexpensive electronic service delivery front-end available today. Companies that ignore this network and the marketplace it creates do so at their own peril. But for companies to truly conduct commerce over the Internet, it is important that their network be fully secure while easily accommodating continuous security improvements. It is equally important that the service be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and that the communication technology be sufficiently robust to support high volumes of transactions in a wide form including voice, data, and video. In short, the bank strategy is to make practical the electronic delivery of A4 (Anyone: Anywhere: Anytime: Any product). These are all areas where Tandem has a proven track record, and we're looking forward to working with them to make this a reality." Tandem's Open Strategy to Support Leading Internet Solutions Because the Tandem CyberWeb family is based on an open architecture, it can support multiple, leading Internet solutions, including popular Web clients, multiple security schemes, leading Web servers, and a full range of development tools. Tandem CyberWeb security is accomplished through support of S-HTTP S-HTTP Secure Hyper Text Transport Protocol (Secure HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. ) and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. (Secure Sockets layer (networking, security) Secure Sockets Layer - (SSL) A protocol designed by Netscape Communications Corporation to provide secure communications over the Internet using asymmetric key encryption. ). Both are popular security protocols for the World Wide Web. Tandem is also announcing a new Alliance Partner, Verity, Inc., provider of a popular search engine for the Internet. "We are pleased that Verity's search and navigation technology was chosen for the Tandem NonStop Web Initiative," said Philippe Courtot Philippe Courtot was born on August 26, 1944. He spent his early days in France. He holds a Master's Degree in Physics from the University of Paris. Philippe Courtot moved to the United States of America in 1981 and has been in the Silicon Valley since 1987. , chairman and 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. of Verity, Inc. "Fault tolerance has emerged as a critical need for online information, and Tandem offers a much-needed solution to this growing market." Tandem is also announcing a memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. with Netscape to collaborate on support for Netscape products on Tandem platforms. Netscape is a provider of open software for electronic commerce. Integrated Electronic Commerce Solutions Tandem believes that it is necessary to leverage the strengths of both the Internet, with its low cost and ease of access, and private payment networks, with their established security and centralized control, in order to create an integrated, reliable infrastructure for electronic commerce, according to Bill Heil, Tandem vice president of Product Management and Product Marketing. To this end, the company is partnering with leaders in the security, communications, and financial processing/electronic settlement arenas. "Tandem is applying to the Internet market the same reliability, scalability, and security attributes that have made it the platform of choice for 75 percent of the world's ATMs, 66 percent of its credit card transactions, 32 of its largest telecommunications companies, plus seven of the ten leading value-added EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. networks in the U.S.," said Heil. "We're in a unique position to leverage our expertise and partnerships in back-end transaction processing to knock down the most notorious barriers to conducting real business -- including business involving financial transactions -- via the Internet." MPACT MPACT Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Plan , a provider of EDI solutions that are used on Tandem platforms, is extending its EDI services and facilities with an emphasis on EDI ordering-based catalog servers. For each order received, MPACT will create an EDI transaction that contains payment information and will automatically send it to private payment networks for processing. "MPACT sees real opportunity in integrating the Internet into our EDI solution," said Brian Edwards, president of MPACT. "It widens our scope of offering and places us ahead of our competitors. We already use Tandem to host our EDI networks, and we view accepting Internet transactions using Tandem's solution to be a natural extension of what they already excel at." Applied Communications, Inc. develops, markets, and supports application software solutions for Tandem platforms that facilitate electronic commerce and home banking by providing consumers access to their credit and direct deposit accounts. "The electronic storefronts on the Internet ultimately will connect to networks where the transactions must be authorized," according to Jon Howe, chief technical officer of ACI ACI American Concrete Institute ACI Arch Coal Inc ACI Airports Council International (formerly Airport Associations Coordinating Council) ACI Automobile Club d'Italia ACI American Competitiveness Initiative . "Our electronic payments software products, such as BASE24-credit/debit auth and BASE24-telebanking, can provide this vital connection to users doing business with their banks and other providers over the Internet." Tandem CyberWeb Solutions Tandem's CyberWeb solutions can be tailored to allow companies to quickly and cost-effectively launch a full range of World Wide Web services -- including simple browsing of information services See Information Systems. , interactive services, and secure online commercial transactions. Hardware underpinnings range from open and scalable entry-level to massively parallel processing systems, ensuring a flexible and cost-effective growth path into electronic commerce over the Internet. Pricing is competitive with other popular Web server offerings, allowing Tandem's hallmark reliability and scalability to be enjoyed without a price premium. Tandem CyberWeb solutions consist of five product sets: CyberWeb Server. The Web server engine allows companies to deliver information to customers or employees using a high-performance system. To accommodate various usage requirements, the Tandem CyberWeb Server will run on the full range of Tandem platforms -- from low-cost SVR Noun 1. SVR - Russia's intelligence service responsible for foreign operations, intelligence-gathering and analysis, and the exchange of intelligence information; collaborates with other countries to oppose proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and 4 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) servers to the company's highly scalable NonStop parallel processing systems, and soon on a Windows NT server implementation enhanced for high reliability. CyberWeb Security Component. Adds S-HTTP and SSL support for privacy and transaction security, allowing users to negotiate appropriate levels of security for various transaction types. CyberWeb Commerce Connection. Allows organizations to accept payment for orders by connection to Open Market's Integrated Commerce Service (ICE), an industry-leading service that provides connections to a variety of established payment schemes and networks. CyberWeb Internet Security Processor (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ). Adds a hardware-based cryptographic system from Tandem subsidiary Atalla. Atalla's ISP provides RSA/DES encryption technology to ensure secure transaction processing, key management (for both RSA (1) (Rural Service Area) See MSA. (2) (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman) A highly secure cryptography method by RSA Security, Inc., Bedford, MA (www.rsa.com), a division of EMC Corporation since 2006. It uses a two-part key. and DES), digital signatures, and certificates. This solution offers the highest level of security for organizations that want to integrate existing financial networks for payment of goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. purchased over the Internet. Tandem CyberWeb Applications and Consulting Services. UB Networks, a Tandem subsidiary, provides a series of Internet consulting services and tools for quick entry to the Internet marketplace. These tools include CyberWeb Forum, which lets Web users join discussion groups for specific topics at a Web site; CyberWeb Search, which lets users search Web sites using keywords and build link pages on the fly; CyberWeb Catalog, a cataloging system that enables the creation of a virtual store online; CyberWeb CareerLink, which allows publishing of career information on the Internet directly from the popular Resumix(TM) HRIS HRIS Human Resource Information System HRIS High-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer HRIS Highway Research Information Service HRIS High Resolution Infrared Sounder system, and CyberWeb InternetWorld VR(TM), which provides a 3-dimensional interactive interface for the Internet. Pricing and Availability Tandem's CyberWeb products will be available on Tandem's Integrity SVR4 UNIX platform and its Himalaya range of NonStop parallel processing servers in summer, 1995, and on the NT platform in Q4, 1995. Pricing will vary according to implementation, and will range from $US1,068 to $US12,280 for the Tandem CyberWeb Server. -0- CyberWeb Product Line Pricing (in US dollars) For NonStop servers K2 K200 K2000 K20000 CyberWeb Server $2,136 $2,990 $ 5,873 $12,280 CyberWeb Security Component $5,714 $8,000 $15,714 $32,857 CyberWeb Commerce Connection $1,429 $2,000 $ 3,929 $ 8,214 For Integrity NR servers NR401 NR4404 NR4412 NR4426/4536 CyberWeb Server $1,068 $1,495 $ 2,937 $ 6,140 CyberWeb Security Component $2,857 $4,000 $ 7,857 $16,429 CyberWeb Commerce Connection $ 714 $1,000 $ 1,965 $ 4,107 For Integrity FT servers CyberWeb Server $ 2,990 CyberWeb Security Component $ 8,000 CyberWeb Commerce Connection $ 2,000 CyberWeb Internet Security Processor $12,500 per unit CyberWeb Applications InterWorld VR(TM) (TBD) Forum $ 2,995 Search $ 2,995 Catalogue $ 9,995 CareerLink $ 3,995 CyberWeb Consulting Services CyberWeb UNIX System Service $250/hour CyberWeb Security Service $225/hour CyberWeb Customization Service $135/hour CyberWeb Applications Service $265/hour Tandem Computers Incorporated (NYSE:TDM) is the leader in continuously available, parallel processing, reliable client/server solutions, and enterprise networks. The company manufactures, markets, and provides services and systems ranging from the desktop to the data center, as well as software to deliver complete customer solutions. Tandem, founded in 1974 and headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., is a Fortune 500 company with offices worldwide. -0- Note to Editors: Tandem, CyberWeb, Himalaya, Integrity, and NonStop are trademarks of Tandem Computers Incorporated. InterWorld VR is a trademark of UB Networks, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Tandem Computers Incorporated, Cupertino Lisa Copass, 415/274-8119 Michelle McMahon, 415/274-8102 World Wide Web Home Page Address: http://www.tandem.com |
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