Mobius Introduces New Lotus Notes Servers; Scalable Application Servers Ready For Business Critical Computing

Business Wire, May 8, 1995

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 1995--Mobius Computer Corporation today announced the availability of the new Alantra Series(TM) of Lotus Notes Application Servers.

The Mobius Alantra Series NoteServer product line is the industry's first family of application servers designed and optimized to run Lotus Notes in enterprise-wide network environments. The new Alantra Series 2000 NoteServers integrate Lotus Notes server software with the 100MHz Pentium application server engine and can be expanded to include 150 Notes clients -- the maximum number of active connections supported by Lotus Notes Release 3.3. With the Alantra Series NoteServers, Mobius becomes the first system supplier to integrate and optimize hardware, software, and services for a specific server application -- Lotus Notes.

Mobius Alantra Series NoteServers are designed, optimized and configured specifically as high-performance server engines for Lotus Notes networks. This means that Alantra Series NoteServers are very different from other systems that merely bundle Lotus Notes. By optimizing the system hardware and software specifically for enterprise networks consisting of multiple Lotus Notes servers and hundreds and even thousands of Notes desktops, Mobius Alantra Series NoteServers deliver significant performance gains.

All Alantra Series NoteServers are configured with Lotus Notes prior to shipment and include technical support for the system as well as Lotus Notes. By combining scalability, broad network support and support for both UNIX and NT operating environments, the Alantra Series offers both flexibility and investment protection for the enterprise seeking to deploy Lotus Notes environments for Business Critical computing.

Exceptional Performance and Scalability

The Alantra Series integrates three core technologies to achieve exceptional performance and scalability. Each system incorporates dedicated RISC processors to offload communications and I/O processing and increase I/O throughput. Alantra Series systems handle up to 512 serial ports at speeds up to 114k baud per port. Alantra Series systems utilize the latest SMP technology to support additional processors and handle future processing needs. Finally, the Alantra Series is available in either UNIX or Windows NT configurations. Both operating environments can take full advantage of the system's multiprocessing capabilities and dedicated RISC I/O processors to scale well beyond OS/2-based servers.

Broad Network Support

The Alantra Series is unique in its broad support for Notes database replication, synchronization and security in various network and computing environments. As networked Notes servers, Alantra Series NoteServers support both wide area and local area networking. Alantra Series systems support concurrent LAN access for Notes clients via both TCP/IP and IPX/SPX, and also directly support ISDN and X.25 wide area networking.

Ideal for remote access/dial-in, Alantra Series NoteServers up to 512 direct- connect serial lines at speeds of up to 114kb per port, and allow remote users to replicate and synchronize their Notes database(s) with a central Notes server.

Pricing and Availability

The Mobius AS/2000, the first system in the Alantra Series of NoteServers, is available for immediate delivery. With configured prices starting at $7,495, the AS/2000 is an affordable, upgradable Notes application server designed to support workgroups of up to 150 users. -0-