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Digital Equipment Corporation
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Kenneth McDonnell
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Karen Davis
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DIGITAL Extends Three-Year Lead
Over Competition in 64-Bit Computing
...Targeting Customers' Needs for High Performance,
High Availability, and Intranet Solutions...
MAYNARD, Mass., April 14, 1997 -- In a move that extends its
leadership in delivering 64-bit computing solutions to businesses,
Digital Equipment Corporation today rolled out new and dramatically
enhanced AlphaServer systems, high-availability computer-clustering
solutions for UNIX and Microsoft Windows NT, and new Windows NT
intranet search capabilities. The company also announced
record-setting Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes and Internet
performance results.
This powerful new line-up of products and programs incorporates
Digital's experience delivering enterprise solutions to commercial
computing customers. The new AlphaServer 800 and enhanced
AlphaServer 1000A systems are competitively priced entry-level and
small-business server solutions. To address the need for increased
reliability of mission-critical business applications, Digital is
also offering a new version of its Windows NT cluster software for
Intel and Alpha platforms. For commercial customers seeking to better
manage intranet-based information, which can often be disorganized
within a business, Digital is providing an easy-to-implement solution
with its new AlphaServer Intranet Search package for Windows NT. And
to make it easy for UNIX customers to deploy high-availability AlphaServer
clusters Digital is announcing an industry-leading factory-configuration
and -testing program.
"Digital continues to set the standard for the server
capabilities most important to commercial customers," said Nancy
Epple, Digital vice president of Enterprise Solutions Marketing. "We
pioneered clustering on multiple operating systems, our 64-bit
AlphaServer platform provides customers dramatic improvements in Web
server and database performance and value, and we continue to
deliver outstanding service before and after the sale. While HP,
IBM, and Sun rush to enter the 64-bit arena, we are building
confidently on our three-year lead."
High-Performance 64-bit Server Systems
AlphaServer 800 workgroup and communications server
The new 64-bit AlphaServer 800 5/333 and 5/400 systems deliver
leadership mail and messaging performance, cost-effective Internet
features, and Digital ServerWORKS enterprise-class remote management
capabilities in an entry-level system. The new systems are "Internet
Energized" for out-of-the-box Web application deployment.
AlphaServer 800 systems run Digital UNIX, Windows NT or OpenVMS
operating systems. Prices start at just US$8,600.
AlphaServer 1000A 5/500 enhanced small-business application server
Based on Digital's powerful new 500 MHz Alpha processor, the
AlphaServer 1000A 5/500 is the world's fastest departmental server.
The system is a high-power, low-cost, cluster-ready platform ideally
suited as an industrial-strength Web server, database or data mart
platform, or commercial business application server. Prices for 500
MHz AlphaServer 1000A models start at approximately $24,000.
Record-Smashing Business Application Performance
The AlphaServer 800 5/400 system supports up to 2,600 Microsoft
Exchange users, establishing the system as a powerful entry-level
Exchange platform. The system supports 1,800 active Lotus Notes mail
users, delivering best-in-class Windows NT NotesBench performance
that exceeds that of the Compaq ProLiant 800 and dual-processor
Hewlett Packard NetServer LX Pro. (Lotus NotesBench and Microsoft
Load Simulator Utility employ different test suites using unique
parameters. Results of the two benchmarks cannot be directly
compared with each other.)
AlphaServer systems also deliver the industry's top Internet
performance, according to the most recent SPECweb96 benchmark
results published by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
(SPEC), of Manassas, Va. For example, the AlphaServer 4100 5/466
provides the industry's best uniprocessor performance: an impressive
1240 HTTP operations per second, which is more than twice as fast as
the Sun UltraAX-250, 2.7 times faster than the IBM RS/6000 43P-140,
and more than four times faster than the HP 9000 D310.
Addressing Reliability Needs
AlphaServer TruCluster Program
The AlphaServer TruCluster Program makes it easy for Digital
UNIX customers to order and deploy AlphaServer clusters that are
based on their own specific computing requirements. Most vendors
ship systems with little or no up-front testing; Digital's
TruCluster Program provides a factory-configured and -tested
AlphaServer system with Digital's award-winning UNIX TruCluster
clustering, storage, and networking based on the customer's
specifications. As a result, AlphaServer TruCluster systems reach
customers sooner and are ready to run their business applications
immediately. Prices begin at approximately $66,000 for a fully-configured
AlphaServer 1000A 5/400 TruCluster solution.
Digital Clusters for Windows NT version 1.1
Digital Clusters for Windows NT V1.1 enables high-availability
clustering for Windows NT on Digital AlphaServer and Intel-based
Prioris servers. The software adds support for the latest versions
of leading client/server applications, including Microsoft Windows
NT Server, Internet Information Server, and SQL Server; Oracle
Workgroup and Enterprise Server; Netscape Navigator Enterprise
Server; and Lotus Domino Server.
The enhanced failover support of Digital Clusters for Windows
NT V1.1 gives users continuous uptime for mission-critical Web
server, database, groupware, and file server applications, as well
as an easy migration path to the Microsoft "Wolfpack" enterprise
clustering solution.
Intranet Solutions for Commercial Customers
Digital AlphaServer for Intranet Search with Windows NT
packaged solution
The AlphaServer for Intranet Search with Windows NT solution is
based on the new AlphaServer 800 5/400 system, Windows NT and
powerful AltaVista Search Intranet Private eXtension software.
This new prepackaged solution enhances use of intranets and
extranets by instantly delivering net-based information to corporate
users. It dramatically reduces the time required to search for and organize
information by automatically creating an index of the internal and
external Web pages critical to an organization. The AlphaServer for
Intranet Search with Windows NT is priced from $31,370.
Digital Equipment Corporation is a world leader in open client/
server solutions, from personal computing to integrated worldwide
information systems. Digital's scalable Alpha and Intel platforms,
storage, networking, software and services, together with industry-
focused solutions from business partners, help organizations compete
and win in today's global marketplace.
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Note to Editors: Digital, AlphaServer, OpenVMS, TruCluster,
ServerWORKS, Prioris, and the Digital logo are
trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.
Microsoft is a registered trademark and Windows NT
is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a
registered trademark in the United States and
other countries licensed exclusively through
X/Open Company Limited. Lotus Notes is a
registered trademark and Notes, Domino, and
NotesBench are trademarks of Lotus Development
Corporation. Oracle is a registered trademark of
Oracle Corporation. Intel is a registered
trademark of Intel Corporation. HP is a registered
trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. IBM is a
registered trademark of International Business
Machines Corporation. Sun is a registered
trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. SPEC is a
registered trademark of Standard Performance
Evaluation Corporation.
CORP/97/617
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