Amdahl Appoints Sal Alini as Vice President of Enterprise Server Division to Focus on Enterprise Server Line

Business Wire, August 26, 1996

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1996--Amdahl Corp. today announced the appointment of Sal Alini as vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Server Division reporting to David Anderson, Chief Technical Officer, and vice president and general manager of the Server Business Systems group. The Enterprise Server Division will focus on product development, manufacturing and marketing the EnVista server line. Mr. Alini is also responsible for third party relationships and corporate alliances with companies such as Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation.

"The addition of Sal Alini to Amdahl strengthens our commitment to becoming the premier vendor of choice for enterprise computing," said David Anderson. "Sal brings many years of experience in business critical enterprise computing that will help us forge our presence as a dominant player in the Windows NT server marketplace."

A 25-year veteran of the technology sector, Mr. Alini most recently held the post of vice president of the Online Transaction Processing Division of Tandem Computers Incorporated. He has held senior management positions with leading corporations such as Nynex, Concurrent, Perkin-Elmer and AT&T.

"As large corporations increasingly take advantage of the cost-effectiveness of the Intel platforms, they must rely on a solutions provider that has the products, experience and resources to manage that introduction seamlessly," said Alini. "Amdahl customers have embraced the EnVista product line and we will continue to introduce innovative technologies and value add products to ensure that it becomes the industry high water mark in performance, reliability, scalability, and host connectivity for enterprise computing."

"Sal Alini is a wonderful addition to the management team at Amdahl," said John McNulty, director of enterprise programs, Intel Corporation. "He brings extensive expertise and knowledge to the Windows NT enterprise server business. This will go a long way to amplifying and furthering the partnership between Intel and Amdahl in the Microsoft business-critical computing sector."

About Amdahl Corporation

Amdahl Corporation (AMEX:AMH) provides integrated enterprise computing solutions designed to meet the needs of the leading, most compute-intensive environments around the world. Amdahl combines hardware and software products and service methods with best of breed offerings to create customized solutions that help clients gain a competitive advantage in their industries. Press announcements and other information about Amdahl Corporation are available on the Internet via the Worldwide Web at http://www.amdahl.com. -0-

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