NeTpower Announces Support for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 For Workstations and Servers

Business Wire, Sept 18, 1996

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 1996--NeTpower, the only workstation and server company solely focused on the Windows NT environment, today announced it plans to include Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 in its high-performance Calisto and Symetra workstations and Sparta servers.

Utilizing Windows NT 4.0, NeTpower will offer Windows NT computing solutions that provide customers with unsurpassed ease of use, multi-processor scalability, higher network throughput, and new Internet and Intranet capabilities.

"Windows NT 4.0 is propelling the NT environment into mainstream client/server computing," said Bob Miller, CEO and chairman of NeTpower. "With the release of Windows NT 4.0, NT is becoming the platform of choice."

NeTpower, in preparation to migrate to this new operating system, received its Hardware Compatibility Lab (HCL) certification from Microsoft for Windows NT 4.0 in July 1996. The company has performed extensive compatibility and reliability tests on both workstation and server product lines with a variety of applications and peripherals to ensure NeTpower solutions are fully compatible with Windows NT 4.0.

"Our comprehensive testing and HCL certification enables us to continue to offer our customers the reliable, compatible NT solutions they have come to expect from us," said David Ludvigson, president of NeTpower.

To help customers make a smooth transition, NeTpower will continue to offer and support Windows NT 3.5.1 while phasing in Windows NT 4.0 on all its high-performance product lines. Customers migrating to Windows NT 4.0 can take advantage of the upgrade either through NeTpower directly or through direct fulfillment by Microsoft.

NeTpower offers all systems with Windows NT Workstation or Server pre-installed, configured and tested. NeTpower expects all products to ship standard with Windows NT 4.0 pre-installed in the fourth quarter.

NeTpower Inc.

NeTpower Inc. founded in 1993, is the workstation company exclusively focused on offering, supporting, and optimizing the Microsoft Windows NT environment as a cost-effective, high-performance alternative to UNIX. The company's Pentium Pro processor-based workstations and servers -- designed for video, MCAD, database, infoserver and for Internet applications -- offer the power of UNIX machines at a fraction of the price while providing the ease-of-use capabilities of a personal computer. NeTpower's management team consists of some of the foremost experts in the systems industry.

The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, and has offices worldwide. -0-

Note to Editors: NeTpower, Calisto, Symetra, and Sparta are trademarks of NeTpower Inc. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corp. Microsoft and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.

UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

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