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SUBJECT: VERITAS SHIPS FIRSTWATCH FOR WINDOWS NT SERVER - THE FIRST HIGH-
AVAILABILITY SOLUTION AVAILABLE FOR BOTH WINDOWS NT AND LEADING
UNIX PLATFORMS INDUSTRY-PROVEN SOFTWARE FAILOVER NOW AVAILABLE FOR
WINDOWS NT SERVER,
SOURCE: PR Newswire via First! by Individual, Inc.
DATE: February 10, 1997
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ via Individual Inc. -- VERITAS
Software (Nasdaq: VRTS) today announces general availability of FirstWatch
for Windows NT Server, the first high-availability (HA) cluster failover
solution to be available for both UNIX and Windows NT. FirstWatch for
Windows NT offers the industry's simplest and most reliable software
failover solution. In addition, FirstWatch's browser-based graphical user
interface enables either local or remote cluster administration across a LAN
or WAN and will eventually provide management of heterogeneous (UNIX and
Windows NT) server clusters.
"FirstWatch is an industry-proven product, currently deployed by customers
in mission-critical UNIX environments where continuous availability is
required," said Peter Levine, VERITAS vice president of marketing. "We feel
that Windows NT customers also will appreciate FirstWatch's flexible
failover capabilities and exceptional ease-of-use as they strive to
incorporate Windows NT into their mission-critical environments. In
addition, the product's availability on both UNIX and Windows NT platforms
gives companies the peace of mind and cost effectiveness of deploying one HA
solution across heterogeneous environments."
System-Level Solution Provides Easy, Effective Availability
Because it is a system-level software failover product, FirstWatch
provides whole system failover. However, unlike other simple failover
solutions, FirstWatch provides comprehensive application availability by
supporting application monitoring and restart. This combination makes
FirstWatch among the industry's easiest to configure, install and manage
high-availability products, enabling quick deployment as well as reliable,
comprehensive application availability.
In client/server environments, it is critical that a networked client has
access to application services at all times. FirstWatch provides
comprehensive failover management because it monitors faults across all of
the components which combine to support an application service, without the
unnecessary complexity of application-level failover. According to research
conducted among VERITAS customers, application-level failover has not proven
to be an effective solution because of extremely complex configuration and
management requirements.
"Data General chose VERITAS' FirstWatch software failover product to
manage its high-availability Windows NT Cluster-in-a-Box solution because of
its simplicity and reliability," said Frank Kenney, director of NT product
marketing for Data General. "Our customers demand a simple clustering
solution because the difficulty involved in configuring a cluster can impede
its effectiveness. VERITAS' FirstWatch is the perfect solution for Cluster-
in-a-Box because it combines easy configuration and management with the
superior dependability the industry has come to expect from VERITAS
products."
Web-Based Interface Enables Remote Management
With the addition of its browser-based management interface, FirstWatch
also enables remote management of cluster nodes over a LAN or WAN.
FirstWatch is the first failover product for Windows NT to include
management tools that can be used remotely to manage the cluster.
FirstWatch can be managed from any system supporting a Web browser,
including a Windows 3.1 or Windows '95 client or a UNIX system.
FirstWatch: The Initial Product in VERITAS' Suite for Windows NT Server
The planned VERITAS product suite for Windows NT servers will be an
integrated group of products and technologies designed to provide increased
availability, simplified management and improved performance of application
specific servers. The suite will be especially useful in high-demand
environments such as database servers, online transaction processing
environments or World Wide Web servers.
"FirstWatch is the first shipping product in VERITAS' planned Windows NT
product suite. It also is the first in a series of VERITAS products which
enable Windows NT server clustering," said Werner Zurcher, Windows NT
product line manager for VERITAS. "Other products in development that will
provide clustering capabilities for Windows NT are Cluster Volume Manager
and Cluster File System, both of which will enable direct access to shared
disks for Windows NT servers in a cluster. All of our clustering products
will integrate with and take advantage of the selected disk management
capabilities of VERITAS Volume Manager which will be embedded into future
versions of Windows NT. Other Windows NT cluster vendors also will be able
to use the embedded Volume Manager capabilities to achieve better data
integrity and more flexible configuration of shared disks in a cluster."
Pricing and Availability
VERITAS FirstWatch for NT is available immediately directly from VERITAS
and its authorized resellers. Pricing for FirstWatch for NT starts at
$4,950 for a two server configuration.
About VERITAS
VERITAS Software designs, develops and markets enterprise data management
and high availability products for business-critical computing systems. The
products are designed to improve system performance, availability and
manageability while reducing the cost of administration. VERITAS products
are licensed as source products to more than 50 OEMs worldwide. Shrink-
wrapped versions of the products for Sun SPARC Solaris, Windows NT and HP-
UX, are currently sold through a growing channel of VERITAS authorized
channel partners in North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. The publicly
held company's world headquarters are located at 1600 Plymouth Street,
Mountain View, CA 94043. Telephone 415-335-8000. Fax 415-335-8050. Email
vx-sales@veritas.com. WWW site: http://www.veritas.com/.
This press release contains forward-looking statements written in the
meaning of section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
These forward looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties
including the timely development and market acceptance of the products and
VERITAS' ability to appropriately and widely distribute these products. For
more information regarding potential risks, see VERITAS' form 10Q for the
quarter ended September 30, 1996, or contact VERITAS at 415-335-8000. NOTE: VERITAS, the
VERITAS logo, VERITAS File System, VERITAS Volume
Manager and VERITAS FirstWatch are registered trademarks of VERITAS Software
Corporation. Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or
registered trademarks of their respective companies. SOURCE VERITAS
Software Corp.
/CONTACT: Melinda Matte of VERITAS Public Relations, 415-335-8566, or
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Tandem Introduces Platform-Independent NonStop SQL/MX/ First Database
Designed For Cluster Computing; Two terabyte clustered database running on
64 Pentium Pro processors proves Windows NT Server scalability for
large-scale data warehousing
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Date: Thursday, May 15, 1997
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CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via Individual Inc. -- Tandem(R)
Computers Incorporated today introduced its NonStop(R) SQL/MX open,
parallel database management system, part of its NonStop Software offerings
for business-critical cluster computing. The new platform-independent
database extends Tandem's database performance and rock-solid availability
to the Windows NT(R) Server platform, while adding advanced data mining,
object handling, and query optimization features.
NonStop SQL/MX runs on any Intel based Windows NT Server based system
(single symmetric multiprocessor or clustered configuration), as well as on
Tandem's NonStop Himalaya(R) servers, providing growing applications with a
well-defined and seamless growth path. When run on Windows NT Server based
clusters, NonStop SQL/MX applications inherit the linear scalability,
reliability, ease-of-management, and parallel query capabilities that have
made the Tandem NonStop platform the leading choice for decision support,
data mining, operational data stores, and business-critical online
transaction processing.
As proof of its clustering capabilities, Tandem is currently demonstrating
the ability of NonStop SQL/MX to manage a 2 terabyte database containing a
large table of 30 billion rows, divided into more than 700 partitions for
massive parallelism, and running on a 64-processor Windows NT Server
cluster. NonStop SQL/MX maintains a single database image across all the
servers in the cluster, allowing the application to be managed as if it
resides on a single server. The database also supports near-linear
scalability as new nodes are added, meaning that each new node participates
fully in the parallel processing and contributes a full server's worth of
performance as a result of NonStop SQL/MXs cluster-efficient architecture.
Windows NT Server database applications come of age
"NonStop SQL/MX marks the debut of Windows NT Server clustering as a viable
alternative for business-critical database applications," said Bill Heil,
Tandem senior vice-president and general manager of the company's
ServerWare business unit. "Cluster technology is accelerating the move
towards inexpensive commodity platforms and NonStop SQL/MX has by far the
most advanced clustering capability in the industry. It's built using the
same technology that has been driving the world's most demanding
applications for the last twenty years, and it's easy to use -- most of our
Himalaya server customers don't even know they're running a clustered
environment."
The demonstration of NonStop SQL/MX on Windows NT Server uses genuine
retail data supplied by Dayton Hudson Corporation. "Windows NT Server is a
strategic platform for Dayton Hudson, and we're very interested in the
price/performance that it can bring to large-scale data warehousing.
Tandem's work with Windows NT Server helps us push the envelope further in
that direction," said Mike Thyken, director of technical services, Dayton
Hudson Corporation.
Combined with the robust database capabilities provided by NonStop SQL/MX,
cost-effective Windows NT Server solutions will now be deployed for such
applications as Web-enabled decision support, Internet transaction
processing, micromerchandising, and financial fraud and risk management
among others. As these applications grow, NonStop SQL/MX will allow them to
seamlessly scale up to the NonStop Himalaya platform when appropriate.
NonStop SQL/MX applications will also interoperate across the Windows NT
Server and NonStop Himalaya platforms.
NonStop availability
NonStop SQL/MX takes full advantage of Tandem's clustering technologies to
support the continuous availability for database applications. This
includes supporting sub-second take over in the event of a failure in a
processor or cluster node. In these cases, critical tasks are immediately
taken over by other nodes using Tandem's patented process-pair technology.
This capability has helped make Tandem the platform of choice for such
high-availability applications as automated teller machines, stock trading,
credit card processing, directory assistance systems, cellular roaming, and
emergency 911 systems.
In addition, NonStop SQL/MX minimizes planned downtime by allowing key
database administrative tasks to be performed online. For example, database
updates and data reorganizations can be made even while transactions or
queries are occurring against the database.
Integrated Object Relational Data Mining and DataBlades
On top of its scalable, parallel architecture, NonStop SQL/MX employs a
combination of advanced technologies to catapult database performance,
reliability, and functionality even further beyond that available from
competing products, regardless of platform. These technologies include
integrated Object Relational Data Mining(TM) architecture and support for
DataBlade technology.
Data mining helps businesses discover useful patterns and trends hidden in
their data. In the future, this technology will enable the mining of
complex data types that include voice, video and images. With its Object
Relational Data Mining architecture, Tandem is tightly integrating a range
of core data mining functionality into the NonStop SQL/MX database. This
integration allows data mining algorithms to work against a customers
complete data set, and not just file extracts as is the case with
conventional data mining. This, in turn, leads to faster, more accurate,
and more complete results.
The support of DataBlade technology, meanwhile, will allow complex data
types such as voice, video, and other multimedia objects to be included in
a comprehensive query processing and data mining environment. For example,
in a medical application, users will be able to bring up not only
structured patient records (name, address, etc.), but also x-rays, charts,
and other image information.
Advanced parallel and query management technologies Other key features that
contribute to the industry's most advanced parallel database environment
include comprehensive parallel operations, a unique object-oriented data
flow architecture, an advanced data access manager, parallel transaction
management facilities, and more (see attachment for details).
Availability
NonStop SQL/MX will ship in Fall 1997. A software developers kit will be
available in June 1997.
Founded in 1974, Tandem Computers Incorporated designs and delivers
technology solutions that companies rely on to compete in a business world
that runs 24 hours a day. A US$1.9 billion company headquartered in
Cupertino, California, Tandem has offices, strategic partners, and
providers in more than 50 countries around the world.
Tandem press materials are also available on NEWSdesk International, on the
World Wide Web at http://www.newsdesk.com .
Advanced NonStop SQL/MX Technologies
- Parallel operations -- NonStop SQL/MX extends parallelism to every stage
of complex query processing. All major query tasks -- table scans, joins,
sorts, index creations, and so on -- can be divided into multiple subtasks
for parallel execution.
- Data flow architecture -- A state-of-the-art object technology, data flow
architecture provides dramatic query performance improvements through the
easy rearrangement of query operation steps in an query execution tree.
- Advanced data access manager -- NonStop SQL/MX's data access manager
eliminates the need for a distributed lock manager by performing SQL
operations (selection, projection, aggregates, join in some cases, and so
on) directly on data as it comes off the disk. This significantly improves
performance over competing databases because only relevant data is sent to
the user's program.
- MultiDimensional query technology -- NonStop SQL/MXs MultiDimensional
Access Method (MDAM) provides efficient access to data in multiple
dimensions without requiring a separate index for each dimension or
resorting to separately maintained "data cubes."
- New query optimization technology -- NonStop SQL/MX combines rule and
cost-based optimization to select the best query plan.
- Optimal lock management -- Unlike other cluster databases that require a
distributed lock manager, NonStop SQL/MX eliminates the need to send lock
requests to other nodes in the cluster by isolating locks on the node to
which the data is assigned.
- Parallel transaction management -- NonStop SQL/MX presents a single
transaction audit log image, though the log is written in parallel for
scalable transaction throughput. Reading of the log for rollback or
recovery also takes place in parallel.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Tandem, Himalaya, NonStop, and the Tandem logo are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Tandem Computers Incorporated in the
United States and/or other countries. Windows NT is a registered trademark
or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other
countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other
countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd. All other brand
and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective companies.
CONTACT: Tandem Computers | Kristine Austin, 408/285 6645 | World Wide Web
Home Page:http://www.tandem.com
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