Data General first to ship network software advanced server for UNIX; Enables AViiON UNIX enterprise servers to support both Windows clients and NT departmental servers

Business Wire, April 27, 1995

WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 1995--Data General Corp. today announced immediate availability of DG/Advanced Server 3.5 for UNIX, a network operating system that enables Data General's AViiON enterprise servers to transparently support both Microsoft Windows desktops and Windows NT departmental servers.

"Data General is the first vendor to bring our leading-edge Advanced Server for UNIX Systems technology to market," said Len LuPriore, director of Product Management and Marketing at AT&T Global Information Systems (GIS). "This demonstrates that Data General shares our commitment to providing solutions for commercial customers who are using Windows desktops and are considering NT for departmental servers," he said. DG/Advanced Server 3.5 is based on AT&T GIS Advanced Server for UNIX Systems, a technology co-developed with Microsoft.

"Now, customers can easily and cost-effectively support Windows clients and augment NT departmental servers with the commercial strengths of AViiON enterprise servers," said Joel Schwartz, vice president and general manager of Data General's AViiON Business Unit. "By combining DG/Advanced Server 3.5 for UNIX with DG/UX's high availability, scalability, and Windows-based management capabilities, customers gain the enterprise server of choice for their commercial desktop of choice."

DG/Advanced Server 3.5 provides file and print services to any Microsoft desktop client -- including Windows, Windows for WorkGroups, Windows NT Workstation, Windows 95 -- allowing users seamless access to applications, information and resources anywhere in the enterprise. It also supports improved networking functionality contained in Windows NT Server, such as domain trust relationships and enhanced security.

DG/Advanced Server 3.5 for UNIX is equivalent to Microsoft's Windows NT Server networking functions and is compatible with LAN Manager for AViiON Systems. Existing Data General LAN Manager customers with support contracts will be upgraded automatically.

Typical configurations include AViiON enterprise servers running DG/UX and CLARiiON storage subsystems, deployed in either a two-tier client/server model utilizing DG/Advanced Server 3.5 for UNIX directly serving Windows clients, or in a three-tier model adding departmental NT servers. The three-tier model with Windows NT enabled Data General to be the first to achieve the world benchmark performance record of 1,000 users for SAP's R/3 application software.

In a related area, Data General recently enhanced its systems management products, extending the fully portable "lights-out" systems administration of AViiON servers and CLARiiON storage systems to include NT servers and to utilize the Windows NT Workstation PC platform.

Pricing for DG/Advanced Server 3.5 ranges from an eight-user license for $2,350 to a 256-user license for $16,000. In addition to an AViiON system running DG/UX, requirements include an Ethernet or VME Token Ring controller and NetBIOS/TCP, DG/NetBEUI or NetWare Transport protocols.

Data General is an open systems company specializing in providing enterprise servers, storage systems and services to information system users worldwide. In fiscal 1994, Data General reported revenues of $1.12 billion. -0-

AViiON and CLARiiON are registered trademarks and DG/UX is a trademark of Data General Corp. All other brand and product names may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.

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