From: barba...@sco.COM
Subject: SCO Announces SCO OpenServer Release 5
Date: 1995/05/09
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Barbara LoFranco Sandra Skees
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Rourke & Company
TEL: 408/427-7157 TEL: 408/453-9194
FAX: 408/427-5418 FAX: 408/453-6301
SCO UNVEILS NEXT GENERATION OF LEADING
BUSINESS CRITICAL APPLICATION SERVERS FOR INTEL PLATFORM
SCO OpenServer Release 5 Delivers Mainframe-Class Reliability
for Businesses of All Sizes
New York, NY (May 9, 1995) -- (NASDAQ: SCOC) The Santa Cruz
Operation, Inc. (SCO), the world's leading provider of UNIX host
and server systems (source: IDC), today unveiled SCO OpenServer
Release 5, SCO's family of next-generation Business Critical
Servers that will begin shipping this month. As the leading
application server for the Intel platform, the SCO OpenServer
system is compatible with more than 8,000 business critical
applications and thousands of DOS and Windows applications
available today. Release 5 now brings mainframe-class reliability
to the Intel platform, making business critical computing
available to businesses of all sizes. The SCO OpenServer system
is also the only Business Critical Server for the Intel platform
that protects customers' legacy investments in data,
applications, networks, and hardware, supporting more than 900
computers (including over 60 SMP machines), over 2,000 peripheral
devices, and all of the major networking protocols.
The SCO OpenServer system builds on SCO's market leadership with
key new features to help businesses streamline operations and
improve customer service:
- High Availability and Reliability to minimize business
downtime: Mirroring and striping (RAID 0, 1, 5) support, file
system journaling, advanced power management, integrated UPS
support, and online backup of UNIX and Windows clients.
- Greater Performance and Scalability to control costs and
growth: New high-performance filesystem, SMP support for up to 30
processors, multithreaded network subsystem and drivers, dynamic
kernel tables/sizing, memory mapped files, and DBMS performance
APIs.
- Distributed Administration to improve efficiency and support
for remote sites: A completely new, integrated, extensible
administration tool that runs in full graphical or character mode
for remote access.
- Software Management to simplify software deployment and
maintenance: Software installation and update across a network,
software licensing, version control, and metering.
- Windows and PC Connectivity to leverage user skills and legacy
investments: NetWare gateway services, the Locus PCI server,
Windows and DOS online backup, POP3 mail server, Wintif (Windows
appearance for Motif applications), and optional Merge, Wabi 2.0,
and LAN Manager. Additional client-integration products from
Visionware, an SCO subsidiary, include PC-Connect, XVision, and
Visionware SQL-Retriever.
"Business Critical Servers enable businesses to get closer to
their customers and run faster and leaner," said Alok Mohan, SCO
president and chief operating officer. "These servers combine the
benefits of mainframes and minicomputers - reliability,
availability, serviceability, and scalability - with the benefits
of the Intel platform - low total cost of ownership, superior
price-performance, and widely available commodity hardware. In
addition, they are backed by a worldwide distribution and support
infrastructure, plus thousands of proven business critical
applications. SCO has spent years building that support
infrastructure, and SCO OpenServer Release 5 solidifies our lead
in this fast-growing market by delivering all of these benefits
to businesses of every size."
David House, Intel's senior vice president of corporate strategy
said, "Today's Intel Architecture-based Business Critical Servers
combine the leading price-performance value of PCs with the
scalability formerly associated with much larger systems. SCO
OpenServer enables organizations of all sizes to take maximum
advantage of these capabilities immediately in business critical
environments."
The SCO OpenServer Release 5 Product Family is the most
comprehensive Business Critical Server platform for businesses
today. In addition to the Base Operating Systems, which include
the multiuser Enterprise and Host Server systems and the single-
user Desktop System, the product family includes a full range of
additional capabilities available as add-on products, plus an
array of expert services to provide the comprehensive support
that business critical customers require. These add-ons include
Windows Services (Microsoft LAN Manager for SCO Systems, SCO
Wabi, SCO Merge, Visionware PC-Connect, Visionware SQL-Retriever,
and Visionware XVision), Distributed Services (SCO Security
Service, SCO Distributed Administration Service, SCO X.500
Directory Service, SCO DCE Executive Service, and SCO DCE Cell
Directory Service), Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability
Services (SCO SMP License and SCO Virtual Disk Manager), and
Developer Services (SCO OpenServer Development System, SCO DCE
Development System, SCO POS Toolkit, SCO AHDK); the Expert
Services include a full range of Professional, Technical,
Educational, Information, and Enhancement Services.
Bob Kostosky, director of store technology for Rite Aid
Corporation, the largest drug store chain in the U.S., said,
"We've already deployed SCO Business Critical Servers at over
2,700 stores across the U.S. We're very excited about Release 5,
and have already begun to integrate it into our operations. SCO
OpenServer Release 5 delivers the reliability, availability,
serviceability, scalability, and performance features we need to
ensure that our business critical servers continue to provide us
with the competitive edge we have today with SCO solutions."
SCO has established one of the industry's most renowned
distribution and support infrastructures. Over 100 distributors
and 6,000 resellers around the world provide SCO Open Server
solutions to businesses of all kinds and sizes, and expert
training and certification is available from over 140 education
centers.
SCO is the world's leading provider of UNIX server and host
systems, with more unit shipments in 1994 than Sunsoft's Solaris
1 and 2, IBM's AIX, HP's HP-UX, and Novell's UnixWare combined
(source: IDC, most current data as of 12/94). SCO Business
Critical Servers run the critical day-to-day operations of large
branch organizations in retail, finance, and government, as well
as corporate departments and small to medium-size businesses of
every kind. SCO is also the leading provider of software that
integrates Windows PCs and other clients with servers from all of
the major UNIX System vendors. SCO sells and supports its
products through a worldwide network of distributors, resellers,
systems integrators, and OEMs. For additional corporate and
product information, see SCO's home page on the World Wide Web:
http://www.sco.com
# # #
SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, SCO OpenServer, and the SCO logo,
are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz
Operation, Inc. in the USA and other countries. Visionware, PC-
Connect, Visionware SQL-Retriever and XVision are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Visionware Ltd., a subsidiary of SCO.
Wintif is a trademark of IXI Limited, a subsidiary of SCO. UNIX
is a registered trademark in the US and other countries, licensed
exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. All other brand or
product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to
identify products or services of, their respective owners.
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Barbara LoFranco
SCO Public Relations
408-427-7157
barba...@sco.com
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Subject: Announcing SCO Wabi Release 2.0
Date: 1995/05/09
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PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT
May 9, 1995 ... SCO is now accepting orders for Release 2.0 of SCO
Wabi for use with SCO OpenServer Release 5. Product and availability
information follow:
______________________________________________________________________
PRODUCT NAME: SCO Wabi
DESCRIPTION: SCO Wabi is an SCO OpenServer Release 5 layered product
that enables selected Microsoft Windows personal productivity
applications to run on the new SCO operating systems. Applications
run in a 386-enhanced mode, offering the best possible performance
and integration for MS Windows applications executing on an X Window
System. Microsoft Windows API calls get translated directly to X
Window or UNIX System calls, greatly reducing the overhead normally
encountered when using traditional emulation products. In addition,
SCO Wabi supports the Microsoft WinSock API to allow applications to
make use of network access of the SCO operating system.
SCO Wabi Release 2.0 requires a Microsoft Windows 3.1 or 3.11
license. The following applications are supported:
Microsoft Word for Windows 2.0 & 6.0
Microsoft Excel for Windows 4.0 & 5.0
Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows 1.1 & 4.0
WordPerfect for Windows 2.0 & 6.0
Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 & 4.0
Microsoft Project for Windows 3.0
Harvard Graphics for Windows 1.0 & 2.0
AmiPro for Windows 3.0 & 3.01
Aldus PageMaker 4.0 & 5.0
ProComm Plus for Windows 1.0 & 1.02
CorelDraw 3.0, 4.0 & 5.0
Paradox for Windows 1.0 & 4.5
Quatra Pro 1.0 & 5.0
Lotus Freelance 2.01
Microsoft Mail 3.2
Intuit Quicken 3.0
Lotus Organizer 1.0
Lotus Notes 3.0
cc:Mail 2.0
Lotus Approach 2.1
In addition to the above applications, SCO Wabi Release 2.0 also
supports both the Microsoft Office Suite (Version 4.2 & 4.3) and the
Lotus SmartSuite. DOS applications are not supported. Other than the
above list, no other MS Windows applications are supported by SCO
Wabi Release 2.0.
PRICING: Contact your Authorized SCO Reseller.
For local supplier referral, you may contact SCO as follows:
USA and Canada: 800-726-8649 or (408) 425-7222 from rest of Americas
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia: +44 (0) 923 816344
Or email to i...@sco.com, or see our home page at http://www.sco.com
Packages:
SCO Wabi Release 2.0.0
Desktop System License (3.5")
Server System License (3.5")
AVAILABILITY: First customer shipments of SCO Wabi Release 2.0 are
anticipated to begin in May, 1995.
FEATURES:
- Provides the best performance, lowest-cost solution for running
the most popular personal productivity applications for Microsoft
Windows
- Well-integrated with the desktop
- Offers benefits of two platforms in a single desktop system
- Built-in National Language Support (NLS) and compatibility with
other SCO internationalization features and standards
- Enables cut-and-paste between UNIX System and MS Windows
applications
- Allows sharing of SCO OpenServer networking and printing devices
DOCUMENTATION INCLUDED:
SCO Wabi User's Guide
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Software: SCO OpenServer Release 5 (Enterprise, Host or
Desktop System)
Version 3.0 or 3.1 (recommended) of Microsoft
Windows
Hardware: Most standard Intel-based single or multiple
processor systems based on 386, 486 or Pentium
CPUs and Industry Standard Architecture (ISA),
Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA),
Micro Channel Architecture (MCA) or Peripheral
Component Interface Architecture (PCI)
Display: Monochrome, VGA, Super VGA, XGA, and higher-
resolution megapixel adapters
RAM: Add 4 MBytes to base operating system requirements
for each additional MS-Windows 3.1 session.
Disk Space: 10 MBytes (in addition to base operating system
requirements)
Mouse: Bus, serial, or keyboard mouse for GUI-based
development
NOTES:
(1) All SCO OpenServer Release 5 products (including SCO Wabi
Release 2.0) require registration with an SCO Registration Center.
Information regarding the registration of each product is contained
in the SCO Software Registration Booklet or is available on-line in
the system documentation.
(2) Trade-Ins from previous versions of SCO Merge or SCO VP/ix to
SCO Wabi Release 2.0 are available through the SCO Software
Enhancement Service (SES).
SCO, SCO OpenServer, and VP/ix are trademarks or registered trademarks
of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. in the U.S.A. and other countries.
UNIX is a registered trademark in the U.S.A. and other countries,
licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. All other brand
or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify
products or services of, their respective owners.
The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. reserves the right to change or modify
any of the product specifications or features described herein without
notice. This product summary is for information only. SCO makes no
express or implied representations or warranties in this summary.
Copyright (c) 1995 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. All Rights Reserved