From: Brian Ziel <bri...@sco.COM> Subject: UNIXWARE 7 ARRIVES - THE MOST ADVANCED OPERATING SYSTEM FOR VOLUME INTEL SERVERS Date: 1998/03/11 Message-ID: <3.0.32.19980311090750.009c1490@mars.sco.com> X-Deja-AN: 333239962 Sender: scoann...@xenitec.on.ca (comp.unix.sco.announce moderator) Followup-To: comp.unix.sco.misc Resent-By: scoann-modera...@xenitec.on.ca Submit-To: scoann...@xenitec.on.ca Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.announce FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Brian Ziel SCO Tel: 408-427-7252 bri...@sco.com UNIXWARE 7 ARRIVES - THE MOST ADVANCED OPERATING SYSTEM FOR VOLUME INTEL SERVERS SCO's Broadly Supported UnixWare 7 Aimed at Departmental & Enterprise Network Computing, Establishes Foundation for 64-bit Intel Systems UnixWare 7 Launch, Santa Cruz, CA (March 10, 1998) - During a worldwide satellite broadcast today, SCO (NASDAQ:SCOC), with support from leading enterprise partners, announced the availability of UnixWare 7, marking the delivery of the industry's most advanced operating system for volume Intel servers. SCO unveiled details of the UnixWare 7 product line, including five "purpose-built" UnixWare 7 operating system configurations, including the Enterprise Edition, Departmental Edition, Intranet Edition, Messaging Edition and Base Edition (Editors note: please see attached product family summary for further technology details). "UnixWare 7 is the result of almost two years of design and development, integrating the world's two most popular UNIX Systems for Intel servers - SCO OpenServer Release 5 and SCO UnixWare 2," said Alok Mohan, SCO's president and chief executive officer. "We have raised the bar for operating systems on the Intel platform, positioning SCO to aggressively compete in departmental and enterprise computing markets where a new generation of enterprise-class Intel servers are displacing proprietary RISC systems." Unmatched Industry Support As the only hardware vendor-independent UNIX System provider, SCO is supported by the largest set of leading enterprise OEM and ISV partners. OEMs including Compaq, Data General, HP, Hyundai, IBM, ICL HPS, Fujitsu/ICL in Europe, Siemens Nixdorf, Unisys and others, have endorsed the UnixWare platform as the standard UNIX operating system for volume Intel processor-based servers. Leading ISVs such as Oracle, Baan, BEA, CA, IBM DB2, Informix, Netscape, Progress, Sybase, and others have also endorsed the UnixWare platform whose customers can benefit from the new features and functionality in UnixWare 7. "The combination of Oracle8(tm) and UnixWare 7 technology will allow users to achieve excellent performance, ease-of-use and cost benefits," said Gary Bloom, senior vice president, Oracle Corporation. "UnixWare 7 brings new power for the Intel platform in a network-centric environment. Now our Intel customers can run extremely large databases and get performance at a volume system price point." UnixWare 7 combines the power, reliability, and scalability of the UNIX System with the value and versatility of a standard Intel platform. The UnixWare 7 product line is equipped with unprecedented levels of memory and filesystem support for Intel servers, as well as 64-bit extensions in preparation of 64-bit Intel systems next year. With SCO's Tarantella technology, a Webtop interface, optimized Java support, advanced Netscape technology, and Network User Licenses (NULs), SCO has designed UnixWare 7 to excel in the new generation of server-centric, network computing environments. Doug Michels, SCO's executive vice president and CTO, said, "UnixWare 7 has been architected to deliver the best performance, scalability, reliability and security for Intel servers. In essence, UnixWare 7 removes the typical arguments for RISC UNIX systems in the enterprise. And with new powerful, multi-processor Intel hardware in the market today, the UNIX on Intel value proposition has never been stronger." UnixWare 7 Product Family: "Purpose-Built" Configurations The UnixWare 7 product family initially consists of five "purpose-built" configurations designed to address specific enterprise and departmental computing environments. These configurations include integrated services to deliver powerful, reliable, scalable and flexible server solutions. UnixWare 7 configurations include: ( Enterprise Edition: Optimized for high-end enterprise servers to run large-scale business applications and databases. ( Departmental Edition: A robust application or database server for reliably sharing business-critical information with any client including PCs, Network Computers, terminals and any Java-enabled browser client. ( Intranet Edition: An industrial-strength Internet/Intranet server for enterprise-wide Web publishing and ideal for e-commerce, extranet and Internet applications. ( Messaging Edition: For departmental and enterprise-wide Internet mail and messaging servers with powerful and reliable remote messaging capabilities, universal client access and simplified administration via built-in directory services. ( Base Edition: A solid foundation for building dedicated or specialized server environments, such as telecommunications equipment and other embedded systems. SCO also offers a comprehensive set of Optional Services that extend and complement the functionality provided in UnixWare 7 servers. Available are Internet Services (Internet, Intranet, extensions), High-Reliability and Availability Services (advanced clustering, online data management, and RAID software services), Windows Integration Services (Windows compatible file/print), Scalability Services (NULs, multi-processor support and main-memory extensions). In the second half of 1998, SCO will deliver a "purpose-built" configuration designed to address the small to medium business and replicated site markets, currently dominated by today's SCO OpenServer Release 5 system. UnixWare 7: The Most Advanced OS for Volume Intel Servers Based on the new, highly-scalable SVR5 UNIX kernel technology, UnixWare 7 supports 1Tbyte files/filesystems and 64Gbytes of main memory for a total storage capacity of 76,800Tbytes, far surpassing levels currently attainable by other Intel server software. Embedded technologies such as Multi-path I/O, Hot Plug PCI and I2O API's strengthen reliability, availability and serviceability. UnixWare 7's highly-flexible Webtop interface and SCO's Tarantella technology, drastically improving overall system manageability. Its memory model, compilers and commands have been designed with 64-bit computing in mind, preparing developers and IT managers to easily move to 64-bit systems. The "Develop-On" Platform In a related announcement today, SCO unveiled new developer programs and The UnixWare and OpenServer Development Kit (UDK). ISVs and IT developers will have access to a comprehensive set of products, support, education and go-to-market benefits, as well as a single development platform to produce robust Java and network computing applications that run on UnixWare 7, SCO OpenServer and SCO UnixWare 2.x systems. Please see http://www.sco.com/developer for more information. Pricing Information Recommended US list prices for UnixWare 7 configurations are: Enterprise Edition - $4,995; Department Edition - $2,295; Intranet Edition - $2,295; Messaging Edition - $2,295; and Base Edition - $795. Intranet and Messaging Editions ship in the third calendar quarter of 1998. All other servers are available immediately. Customers can easily and inexpensively upgrade from previous versions of SCO operating systems. For more information on upgrade pricing, contact SCO at 1-800-SCO-UNIX. Please go to http://www.sco.com/unixware or http://www.sco.com/press/presskit.uw for more detailed product information. About SCO SCO is the world's number one provider of UNIX server operating systems, and the leading provider of network computing software that enables clients of all kinds--including, PCs, character terminals, and NCs - to have Webtop access to business-critical applications running on servers of all kinds. SCO designed Tarantella software, the world's first application broker for network computing. SCO sells and supports its products through a worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. For more information, see SCO's WWW home page at: http://www.sco.com. ### SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, the SCO logo, SCO OpenServer, UnixWare, Tarantella and the Tarantella logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. in the USA and other countries UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US and other countries. Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle8 is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. UnixWare 7 Product Family Summary All UnixWare 7 servers include the CDE, Webtop, Panorama, and character-based user interfaces, automated unattended backup services, optimized Java support, SCO's Tarantella technology, an integrated HTTP server, Web browser and advanced multi-protocol networking support. Below are details of the standard components in specific UnixWare 7 configurations. Enterprise Edition: 50 Network User Licenses, support for 4 CPUs and 64Gbytes of main memory, online data manager, disk mirroring and striping, and Windows file/print services. Departmental Edition: 25 Network User Licenses, support for 2 CPUs, 4Gbytes of main memory, Windows file/print services Intranet Edition: 1 Network User License, unlimited access from Web, support for 2 CPUs with integrated Netscape Enterprise Server 3.5, Netscape Directory Server 3.0 and Windows file/print services. Messaging Edition: 1 Network User License, 50 Netscape mailboxes, support for 2 CPUs and 4Gbytes of main memory with integrated Netscape Messaging Server 3.5 and Netscape Directory Server 3.0. Base Edition: 1 user license, support for 1 CPU and 512Mbytes of main memory. ___________________ Brian Ziel Manager, Product PR Tel: 408-427-7252 Fax: 408-427-5418 Email: mailto:bri...@sco.com Web: http://www.sco.com Press: http://www.sco.com/press ___________________