Data General Number One in Worldwide NT Midrange Server Market

Business Wire, Sept 8, 1998

WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1998--

Focus on Mission-Critical NT Solutions,

Award-Winning "In-a-Box" Packaging Pays Off

Data General Corporation today announced that its AViiON(R) family of servers is the leader in the worldwide NT midrange server market for 1997. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), Data General achieved a 28 percent share in this market segment besting Compaq/Digital, NCR, and NEC, among others. IDC defines midrange servers as those shipped with prices between $100,000 and one million dollars.

"NT has been our fastest-growing server area and this latest IDC market share data confirms it," said David Flawn, vice president of NT Marketing at Data General. "Going forward, we will continue to aggressively follow the Intel roadmap and deliver a full line of servers plus innovative packaging. We also offer an array of implementation and professional services to expedite and lower deployment risk for mission-critical applications based on NT."

"Data General's value proposition is playing well in the NT market," said Jay Bretzmann, vice president, worldwide systems research for IDC. "Data General has leveraged its experience in UNIX to capture an early lead in the fast-growing NT midrange market."

Mr. Flawn continued, "To ensure continued growth of the AViiON line, we are going to significantly expand alliances with the top application providers, such as our recent Microsoft healthcare announcement. We work with them and our services organization to broaden our ability to deliver solutions that meet enterprise customer needs."

The AViiON NT Servers

Data General's NT-based AViiON family includes the entry-level AV 2150, which is available with single or dual 300-MHz Pentium II processors; the AV 2700 deskside server and AV 2700R high-density server capable of stacking up to 12 dual 400-MHz Pentium II processor systems in a single cabinet; the AV 3700 and AV 3700R, which have up to four 400-MHz Pentium II Xeon processors; and the powerful AV 8600 enterprise server, with up to eight 200-MHz Pentium Pro processors. Entry-level AV 2150 servers start at an estimated street market price under $3,500.

"In-a-Box" Packaging

All AViiON NT servers can be utilized in Data General's unique pre-configured, pre-tested rackmounted AViiON "in-a-Box" packages, including NT Cluster-in-a-Box(TM) running Microsoft Cluster Server and TermServer-in-a-Box(TM) running Windows Terminal Server.

"In-a-Box" configurations include two AViiON servers, a fault-tolerant CLARiiON(R) RAID technology storage system, and the company's NTerprise Manager(TM) server management software in a single rackmounted system. NTerprise Manager is a combination of ManageX software and NTAlert(SM) "call home" service support tool.

About Data General

Data General (NYSE:DGN), based in Westboro, Massachusetts, is a major supplier of storage and enterprise computing solutions for customers worldwide. The company's products include CLARiiON Fibre Channel storage systems, high-end NT and UNIX AViiON servers, and related software and services. The company reported fiscal 1997 revenues of $1.5 billion. Additional information on the company, its products, and services is available on the Internet at www.dg.com.

AViiON and CLARiiON are registered trademarks; and Cluster-in-a-Box, TermServer-in-a-Box, and NTerprise Manager are trademarks of Data General Corporation. All other brand names and product names referenced in this press release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

    CONTACT: Data General Corp.
              Carlos Soares, 508/898-6674
              carlos_soares@dg.com
                or
              Data General Corp.
              Jim Dunlap, 508/898-6546
              jim_dunlap@dg.com
                or
              Brodeur Porter Novelli
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