UNIKIX TECHNOLOGIES BRINGS ITS CICS OLTP MONITOR TO POWERPC BASED SMP UNIX PLATFORMS; UniKix Software Offers Mainframe Customers Migration Path To Client/Server on IBM SMP RS/6000 and Bull Escala Servers.BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 3, 1995--UniKix Technologies announced today immediate availability of UniKix 4.1, the industry's leading CICS (Customer Information Control System) A TP monitor from IBM that was originally developed to provide transaction processing for IBM mainframes. It controls the interaction between applications and users and lets programmers develop screen displays without OLTP (OnLine Transaction Processing) See transaction processing and OLCP. OLTP - On-Line Transaction Processing monitor, for IBM's SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. RS/6000 and Bull Escala symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) family of PowerPC servers. Today's announcement makes it possible for companies to migrate legacy mainframe CICS OLTP applications to PowerPC-based SMP UNIX servers and gain significant computing advantages in scalability and openness. SMP PowerPC technology, jointly developed by Bull, 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) and Motorola, delivers an unsurpassed level of computing power with superior scalability. Utilizing multi-processor configurations, SMP PowerPC systems provide high performance transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. at reasonable computing costs. UniKix software is already available on other leading 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). platforms such as AT&T, Data General, Encore, Hewlett Packard, Pyramid, Sequent, Stratus, Sun, Tandem and Unisys. It is used by the world's leading independent software vendors and Global 1000 companies to migrate legacy CICS and batch applications to UNIX platforms and a client/server architecture An environment in which the application processing is divided between client workstations and servers. It implies the use of desktop computers interacting with servers in a network in contrast to processing everything in a large centralized mainframe. See client/server. . According to John Noonan, president of UniKix Technologies, "UniKix 4.1 provides a distinct advantage to IBM mainframe customers who are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to lower the cost of running CICS applications. We have a backlog of orders for both the IBM and Bull Escala platforms. This shows how anxious CICS customers are to rehost CICS applications to SMP PowerPC servers and we are happy to be the first vendor to offer this capability." Bill Blaustein , principal at KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm) KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical Group KPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German) KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen Peat Marwick Main agrees, "We have an increasing demand for power for our financial CICS applications on UNIX. We chose UniKix Technologies because they offer SMP PowerPC platform support now. We needed to move quickly and UniKix 4.1 lets us do that today." UniKix Technologies develops and markets the UniKix CICS OLTP monitor and associated solutions that enable the Global 1000 companies and leading ISVs to migrate legacy applications to a variety of UNIX platforms. UniKix software is used by over 175 companies worldwide including the leaders in insurance, banking, pharmaceuticals, retail and manufacturing. Launched in 1992, UniKix Technologies is headquartered in Billerica, Mass. with development centers in Phoenix, Arizona and European services and support in London, England and Milan, Italy. Escala is a trademark of Bull. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company, Limited. All trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: David Matthews Susan Luther UniKix Technologies Duval Woglom Brueckner Partners, Inc. (602) 862-4410 (617) 248-1881 dmatthews@unikix.com msluther@duval.com or Bill Bradley Bull HN Information Systems Inc. (508) 294-5812 bradley.w@bull.com |
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