From AlphaServer@compaq.com Wed Apr 18 17:39:25 2001
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 12:33:19 -0500
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Subject: Alpha Systems Update
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Alpha Systems Update
Compaq AlphaServer Update April 2, 2001
In this issue: Our newly redesigned Alpha Systems web site.
Oracle partners with Compaq to lower clustering deployment
costs. Compaq surges to #1 in High Performance Technical
Computing. Also other news items and technical documents.
Check out our streamlined Alpha web site, featuring the addition
of direct links to solution sites such as High Performance Technical
Computing, Telecommunications, CustomSystems & Solutions and
Server Consolidation. A new top nav bar and re-designed product pages
to help you find what you're looking for quickly.
<http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver>
Send us your comments about the new design. Your feedback is
important to us. <http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/fb_web.html>
Oracle plans to integrate components of Compaq Tru64 UNIX
cluster technology into Oracle9i Real Application Clusters.
Combined technologies significantly lower clustering deployment
costs for customers and create a more scalable, manageable, reliable,
and cost effective clustered database platform.
<http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/news/oracle_0201.html>
Press release
<http://www.compaq.com/newsroom/pr/2001/pr2001022701.html>
Compaq now the over-all market leader in High Performance
Technical Computing (HPTC), according to International Data
Corporation report. Compaq's surge validates its focused HPTC
strategy, which has resulted in major wins over the past year.
<http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/news/idc_0301.html>
Press release
<http://www.compaq.com/newsroom/pr/2001/pr2001032001.html>
Other news
New Compaq AlphaServer system is first UNIX server to break the
$20 per transaction barrier
<http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/news/es40_tpc_0301.html>
HostCentric Opts for Compaq Tru64 UNIX and AlphaServer systems
to support Oracle E-Business Suite
<http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/news/hostcentric_0301.html>
Oracle conducts free e-business seminars with Compaq
<http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/index.html?623286.html>
Compaq AlphaServer DS10L system wins Global Innovation Award
<http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/news/ds10l_award_0301.html>
Record-breaking SAP BW v. 2.0 B benchmark results with an
AlphaServer GS320 and Tru64 UNIX White Paper
<http://vcmproapp02.compaq.com/ActiveAnswers/Global/en/solutions.1016/of
fline.10383/default.asp>
Updated AlphaServer comparative performance table includes AlphaServer
ES40 833 MHz performance numbers
<http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/performance/perf_by_perf.html>
The spring 2001 edition of Inform, Compaq's news magazine for internet
computing
<http://www.compaq.com/inform>
Compaq Tru64 UNIX news
Geneva Technology's award-winning billing solution, Geneva, to run
on Compaq AlphaServer system running Tru64 UNIX
<http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010320/2407.html>
Intuit and Compaq announce two-year, $60 million agreement
<http://www.compaq.com/newsroom/pr/2001/pr2001031501.html>
CommuniGate Pro passes the 1.5 million mail accounts mark on a Tru64
UNIX AlphaServer system
<http://www.stalker.com/news/15mar01.html>
Compaq wins supercomputing contract after Sun gets the boot
<http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO58384,00.html>
The Compaq Fast VM provides users of Compaq Tru64 UNIX with one of the
fastest Virtual Machines available today!
<http://www.compaq.com/java/download/fastvm_du/1.3.0/fvm130_highlights.h
tml>
Compaq helps customers realize the benefits of the real-time enterprise
<http://www5.compaq.com/newsroom/pr/2001/pr2001020601.html>
Compaq OpenVMS news
New white paper entitled, "Using Fibre Channel in a Disaster-Tolerant
OpenVMS Cluster System"
<http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/fibre/>
Attention 2780/3780 Customers! Take our survey and enter a drawing to
win an OpenVMS laptop backpack
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/network/2780-3780.html
Shannon Knows Compaq: OpenVMS - A Renaissance OS for the New Millennium
<http://www.openvms.compaq.com/shannon/skc_openvmsrenaissance.pdf>
Rock solid Reliable Transaction Router (RTR) - Now licensed as part of
OpenVMS
<http://www.compaq.com/products/software/ntenterprise/rtr/v40_article.ht
ml>
Compaq announces OpenVMS Fibre Channel Support for 100 Kilometers now
with DRM support
<http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/fibre/>
Mozilla for OpenVMS Alpha pre-beta (MO.8) kit now available - includes
security
<http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/products/ips/register_mozilla.htm
l>
High performance technical computing news
Compaq Computer Australia and VPAC form multi-million dollar alliance
<http://www.compaq.com.au/aboutus/newsroom/pressreleases/default.asp?sea
rchstring=VPAC&x=20&y=8>
Compaq and APAC join forces in high-performance computing alliance
<http://www.compaq.com.au/aboutus/newsroom/pressreleases/default.asp?sea
rchstring=APAC&x=15&y=10>
Platform Computing signs strategic agreement with Compaq
<http://www.platform.com/platform/news.nsf/PressReleasesView/3307729DE3D
37C0985256A0D00717ADE?OpenDocument>
Compaq and UT Austin enable new computer visualizations
<http://www.compaq.com/hpc/news/news_hpc_19623.html>
Compaq AlphaServer ES40/833 tops the performance tables for Chemical
Sciences benchmarks in latest report
<http://wserv1.dl.ac.uk/CFS/benchmarks/compchem.html>
Technical docs
Updated AlphaServer GS80/GS160/GS320 System Management Console
Installation and User's Guide
<http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/download/gs_console.pdf>
Updated Alpha configuration utility (PC-based, downloadable)
< http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/acu/index.html>
AlphaServer/AlphaStation ES40 updated QuickSpecs (March 19)
<http://www.compaq.com/products/quickspecs/10392_na/10392_na.html>
AlphaServer/AlphaStation ES40 Linux-ready updated QuickSpecs (March 19)
<http://www.compaq.com/products/quickspecs/10393_na/10393_na.html>
AlphaServer GS80 updated QuickSpecs (March 2)
<http://www.compaq.com/products/quickspecs/10697_na/10697_na.pdf>
AlphaServer GS160 updated QuickSpecs (March 2)
<http://www.compaq.com/products/quickspecs/10642_na/10642_na.html>
AlphaServer GS320 updated QuickSpecs (March 2)
<http://www.compaq.com/products/quickspecs/10643_na/10643_na.html>
AlphaServer ES40 updated technical summary
<http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/download/es40_techsummary.pdf>
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