Subject: DIGITAL AlphaServer Update 4/16/98 X-Status: DIGITAL AlphaServer Update April 16, 1998 http://www.digital.com/alphaserverti/problem.htmlj/ghana See the end of this message for information on how to subscribe/unsubscribe --------------------------------------------------- What's new with DIGITAL AlphaServer systems? Read on... "When you look at the grand scenes of the ship in Titanic, you're not seeing just a picture filmed by a camera - you're also seeing hundreds of gigabytes of data," said Scott Ross, president and CEO of Digital Domain Studio. "Without the Alpha systems, we knew that rendering the frames would take far too much time. In film-making, as in any other business, time is money, and that's why we chose the Alpha platform." http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/news/titanic_398.html DIGITAL Goes to Hollywood 64-Bit Alpha and the Entertainment Industry http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/products/render/backgrounder.html DIGITAL, Sybase Deliver Record-Breaking Transaction Processing Performance, Value -- AlphaServer/Sybase Smash UNIX-based $50 per TPM-C Barrier -- AlphaServer 1200 5/533 Delivers Highest Dual-Processor Performance Performance report: http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/performance/sybase_tpc.htmlr.html Press release: http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/news/sybase_498.htmlpc.htmlr.html In today's dynamic IT environments DIGITAL AlphaServer systems offer choice and flexibility. Customers that are running DIGITAL UNIX or OpenVMS today, can also run Windows NT on the same platform in the future if their needs change. http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/tech_docs/alphasrv4100/universal.html Check out the new trade-in offers at the new DIGITAL trade-in website. See how you can get up to three times the savings of our normal trade-in programs and understand the complete story on trade-in's and why DIGITAL is your best choice. http://www.digital.com/tradeinrver/tech_docs/alphasrv4100/universal.html There's a whole new page on AlphaServer clusters http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/products/tru.htmlv4100/universal.html Awards The awards just keep on coming! DIGITAL just captured 10 more AIM awards http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/news/aim_398.htmlv4100/universal.html For the fourth straight year, readers of Datamation magazine have voted a member of DIGITAL's AlphaServer family of 64-bit systems "Server of the Year" in Datamation's Product of the Year contest. Congratulations to the AlphaServer 800. http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/news/datamation_498.htmlniversal.html Articles Corporate IT Needs an Engine that Never Quits This article in PC Week looks at how Boston Edison is using 70 AlphaServers running DIGITAL UNIX for its all-important Energy Management Center with its real-time monitoring and crisis recovery functions. http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/opinion/0330/30coff.html98.htmlniversal.html Don't Let Hewlett-Packard Drag You Down into the Slime," Computerworld, Hong Kong, March 3 http://www.cw.com.hk/comment/c980303001.htmcoff.html98.htmlniversal.html What's the best operating system for web serving? DIGITAL UNIX! BYTE magazine says: "Digital Unix showed itself to be the best platform for publishing static Web content. This OS is, in essence, a turbocharged I/O engine. In our tests, it served up static Web pages nearly instantaneously." http://www.unix.digital.com/byte/index.htmmcoff.html98.htmlniversal.html Press Releases Tandem Selects DIGITAL UNIX to Drive its IA-64 UNIX Telecommunications Strategy http://www.unix.digital.com/new/tandem_digital_pr.html.htmlniversal.html ECC Systems Superdisk - NT/VLM Software Powers DIGITAL's AlphaServer to Hot Iron Award http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/news/ecc_398.htmlml.htmlniversal.html DIGITAL And SBS Technologies, Inc. To Deliver Powerful Alpha-Based Avionics Solutions For Data-Intensive Simulation And Test Applications http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/news/sbs_technologies_498.htmlal.html DIGITAL Showcases Visual Computing Solutions At NAB '98 http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/news/nab98_498.htmles_498.htmlal.html Customer Success Stories ADP "Our end of month data saves were taking up to three hours, but now with the Millennia3(tm) Series, that process is down to j ust 18 minutes. Jobs to run schedules and journals to tape that previously took about six hours can now be completed in 45 minutes." http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/news/adp_398.htmlmles_498.htmlal.html Santa Barbara Studios "No question about it: the DIGITAL boxes are the fastest around for the money. An American Werewolf in Paris could not have been completed on time without them." http://www.success-stories.digital.com/cgi-bin/cssextusr/s=display/i=336 Lucent Technologies "DIGITAL Alpha is the only server powerful enough to satisfy our requirements, provide the growth potential we need, and handle real-time interfaces for over 250 concurrent MFG/PRO users." http://www.success-stories.digital.com/cgi-bin/cssextusr/s=display/i=328 DIGITAL Webserver Gallery Update As a premiere systems integrator, the Systems Resource Group helps companies in the Bahamas maximize their benefits from the latest technology. We're proud that the Systems Resource Group is the April 1998 Site of the Month. http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/gallery/site.htmltusr/s=display/i=328 The following DIGITAL customers and partners are using systems from DIGITAL to power their websites. They recently registered their sites with the DIGITAL Webserver Gallery. Those who also include the Powered by DIGITAL link on their sites will receive "Rule the Internet" T-shirts. 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