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Product:
MX family of jukeboxes
- high-capacity magneto-optical libraries
(from $5,995)
Company: Maxoptix Corp.
(Fremont, CA)
Telephone: (800) 848-3092, (510) 353-9700
Fax: (510) 353-1845
E-mail: dbaughn@maxoptix.com
URL: http://www.maxoptix.com
Platforms: Unix, Windows NT, Windows, Netware, DOS, Macintosh
Description:
Offers capacities ranging from 52GB through 670GB, supports between 20 and over 250 2.6GB disks, and will support up to six MO drives. Including two disk transport for higher performance disks swaps under heavy loads, and a closed air design for higher reliability with no preventive maintenance requirements. The MX 52XT, is based on the 20-slot jukebox and provides 52GB of storage. The MX 552 offers 135GB; the MX 5104 offers 270GB; the MX 5156 offers 405GB; the 5258 offers 670GB.
Product:
MicroSPARC-IIep
- SPARC V8 compliant processor with PCI support
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.37
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: SPARC, PCI
Description:
MicroSPARC-IIep will offer an initial performance of 125 MIPS at 100MHz, and
will be the first SPARC device to offer an on-chip PCI bus controller.
Features a high-speed direct memory interface and flash PROM interface
providing high performance for networked embedded applications. An on-chip
32-bit flash PROM interface allows direct connection to flash devices, and
enables real-time operating systems and applications to boot and execute from
ROM. The PROM interface is suitable for the diskless systems typical in
small, deeply embedded applications. The direct memory interface increases
memory bandwidth by allowing data transfers to take place without blocking
the processor. The DRAM memory interface controller generates all of the
signals needed to support up to 256 Mbytes of system memory, with a 64-bit
wide data bus and support for EDO DRAMs. The on-chip refresh controller is
programmable, and self-refreshed DRAMs are also supported. The
microSPARC-IIep device is able to offer a peak local bus bandwidth of 192
Mbytes per second and a sustained bandwidth of 83 Mbytes per second. On-chip
cache support for the microSPARC-IIep is provided with a 16 Kbyte instruction
cache, and an 8 Kbyte data cache. The integer unit contains 8-window,
136-word registers, and the floating point unit contains 32 x 32 f registers,
a general-purpose execution unit, and a floating point multiplier. The device
will operate at 3.3V (with 3.3V or 5V I/O).
Product:
SunATM 622
- 622 Mbps ATM host adapter card
($4,995)
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.48
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: SPARC, UltraSPARC
Description:
622 Megabits-per-second host adapter card for asynchronous transfer mode
networks. The adapter card conforms to all relevant industry standards
including support for IP over ATM and LAN emulation as well as support for
multiple emulated LANs, multiple logical interfaces, and an SNMP proxy agent
to allow multiple simultaneous SNMP agents in a single end-station.
Product:
Ultra 1 Model 140
- 143 MHz UltraSPARC workstation
($9,995)
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.50
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: UltraSPARC
Description:
Entry-level workstation with a 143 MHz UltraSPARC processor, 32 megabytes of
memory, a 1.05 gigabyte disk, 17-inch display and TurboGX graphics and is
priced at $9,995 (US, Quantity 1). This price is fully discountable under
Sun's normal discount schedule, so volume purcahes will receive even lower
prices. (SPECint_95 4.66, SPECfp_95 7.90)
Product:
Ultra 2 Model 1170
- 167 MHz UltraSPARC workstation
($9,995)
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.50
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: UltraSPARC
Description:
167 MHz UltraSPARC chip workstation that can be upgraded to a two-way MP system simply by adding another CPU module. Ideal applications include fluid dynamics, high-end animation, simulation, and financial portfolio analysis. (SPECint_95 6.20, SPECfp_95 9.27)
Product:
Ultra 2 Model 1200
- 200 MHz UltraSPARC workstation
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.50
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: UltraSPARC
Description:
200 MHz UltraSPARC chip workstation that can be upgraded to a two-way MP system simply by adding another CPU module. Ideal applications include fluid dynamics, high-end animation, simulation, and financial portfolio analysis. (SPECint_95 7.67, SPECfp_95 11.1)
Product:
Ultra 2 Model 2170
- Dual 167 MHz UltraSPARC workstation
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.50
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: UltraSPARC
Description:
Dual 167 MHz UltraSPARC chip workstation that can be upgraded to a two-way MP system simply by adding another CPU module. Ideal applications include fluid dynamics, high-end animation, simulation, and financial portfolio analysis. (SPECint_95 6.39, SPECfp_95 11.8)
Product:
Ultra Enterprise 2
- 200 MHz workgroup server
($20,995 for 64-MB memory and 2-GB storage)
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.35
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: SPARC, UltraSPARC
Description:
200 MHz workgroup server posting performances of 3,107.17 TPC-C transactions
per minute, LADDIS results of 4,303 NFS operations per second, 7.88
SPECint95, and 14.7 SPECfp95. Supports UltraSPARC upgradability and up to 1TB
of disk space. Comes with one or two 167-MHz or 200-MHz processors, 512-KB or
1-MB external cache per CPU, up to 2-GB memory, Fast/Wide SCSI, 100BASE-T,
and CD-ROM.
Product:
Ultra Enterprise 3000
- UltraSPARC-based scalable server
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.47
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: UltraSPARC
Description:
Affordable entry-level departmental system that offers unprecedented power
and reliability. It has four system board slots and supports ten internal
hot-swap disk drives, for 42 GB of storage. Designed for customers deploying
departmental databases, business applications, or file systems requiring both
high performance and high availability. Uses the new Gigaplane system bus
that boosts SMP system throughput, sustaining 2.5GB/second; a balanced I/O
architecture that maintains 400MB/second; Hot-swap system components that
enable greater system up-time by allowing on-line maintenance, requiring
fewer system boots, and simplifying service; Solstice SyMON monitoring tool;
redundant power and cooling increases system availability by allowing the
system to remain running in the event of a power or cooling component
failure.
Product:
Ultra Enterprise 4000
- UltraSPARC-based departmental server
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.47
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: UltraSPARC
Description:
Versatile departmental server with exceptional scalability. It has eight
system board slots and supports: up to 14 UltraSPARC processors; up to 14 GB
of memory; over 4 TB of external storage. Designed for customers deploying
departmental databases, business applications, or file systems requiring both
high performance and high availability. Uses the new Gigaplane system bus
that boosts SMP system throughput, sustaining 2.5GB/second; a balanced I/O
architecture that maintains 400MB/second; Hot-swap system components that
enable greater system up-time by allowing on-line maintenance, requiring
fewer system boots, and simplifying service; Solstice SyMON monitoring tool;
redundant power and cooling increases system availability by allowing the
system to remain running in the event of a power or cooling component
failure.
Product:
Ultra Enterprise 5000
- UltraSPARC-based center server
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.47
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: UltraSPARC
Description:
A scalable and reliable rack mount data center server for mission-critical
applications. It has eight system board slots and supports: up to 14
UltraSPARC processors; up to 14 GB of memory; over 6 TB of external storage.
Designed for customers off-loading mainframe systems or requiring
mainframe-class compute and I/O performance. Target applications for these
data center systems include multi-terabyte data warehouses; large-scale OLTP
applications supporting up to thousands of users; plus high-end,
compute-intensive technical applications for modeling and simulation. Uses
the new Gigaplane system bus that boosts SMP system throughput, sustaining
2.5GB/second; a balanced I/O architecture that maintains 400MB/second;
Hot-swap system components that enable greater system up-time by allowing
on-line maintenance, requiring fewer system boots, and simplifying service;
Solstice SyMON monitoring tool; redundant power and cooling increases system
availability by allowing the system to remain running in the event of a
power or cooling component failure.
Product:
Ultra Enterprise 6000
- UltraSPARC-based large-scale center server
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.47
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: UltraSPARC
Description:
A rack mount data center server that has leading scalability and performance
for large-scale, mission-critical applications. The Enterprise 6000 has 16
system board slots and supports: up to 30 UltraSPARC processors; up to 30 GB
of memory; over 10 TB of external storage. Designed for customers off-loading
mainframe systems or requiring mainframe-class compute and I/O performance.
Target applications for these data center systems include multi-terabyte data
warehouses; large-scale OLTP applications supporting up to thousands of
users; plus high-end, compute-intensive technical applications for modeling
and simulation. Uses the new Gigaplane system bus that boosts SMP system
throughput, sustaining 2.5GB/second; a balanced I/O architecture that
maintains 400MB/second; Hot-swap system components that enable greater system
up-time by allowing on-line maintenance, requiring fewer system boots, and
simplifying service; Solstice SyMON monitoring tool; redundant power and
cooling increases system availability by allowing the system to remain
running in the event of a power or cooling component failure.
Product:
DataFountain
- enterprisewide intranet data delivery
Company: Dimensional Insight
(Burlington, MA)
Telephone: (617) 229-9111
Fax: (617) 229-9113
E-mail: info@dimins.com
URL: http://www.dimins.com
Platforms: Unix, MVS, VMS, Windows NT, Macintosh, OS/2
Description:
Deploy EIS applications on their Web servers, using data from both legacy
systems and relational databases. Can connect to client/server and relational
database technologies for data warehousing or operational data stores.
Consists of the following modules: the Data Integrator, the Builder, and
DiveNet. The Data Integrator provides the functions of a relational database
in that it can join files from multiple sources using a powerful object
language. This eliminates the need for relational technology to integrate
data. The Builder uses data from the Data Integrator or directly from various
data sources and creates a multidimensional data model (MDM), where the
underlying storage structure uses star schema and binary approaches for data
storage. The process is automated, reducing the work load for database
administrators. DiveNet is the graphical user interface which provides
drillable dimensions appearing as hotlinks, as well as pull-down menus.
DiveNet provides users with access to corporate data for both i
Product:
Java Workshop 1.0
- multiplatform integrated Java development environment
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.54
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: Solaris 2 & x86, Windows NT, Windows 95
Description:
Multiplatform, integrated Java development environment that can be used to
animate Web home pages or to develop business applications based on Java
technology. Offers an integrated suite of Java development tools so that
commercial developers have all of the tools they need to build client-side
business applications using Java. Java Workshop is completely written in
Java, and has a web browser interface to aid in navigation.
Product:
NetWorker StorSuite 4.2
- storage management for distributed environments
(Storsuite: $24,000; client: $1,250 (bulk discounts apply))
Company: Legato Systems, Inc.
(Palo Alto, CA)
Telephone: (415) 812-6000
Fax: (415) 812-6032
E-mail: www@legato.com
URL: http://www.legato.com
Platforms: Solaris, HP-UX, AIX
Description:
Enterprise-strength storage management application for distributed environments, combining automated storage capacity management with data protection management. Manages a virtual network whereby data is highly distributed, storage capacity is limited, and users are highly mobile. Allows administrators to fully automate the storage management process or protect high-capacity, on-line databases, link to mainframe systems, or link to numerous system management frameworks such as Digital's PolyCenter, Siemens TransView, Sun's Solstice Enterprise Storage Manager, Tivoli's Tivoli Plus and Hewlett-Packard's OpenView. Allows users to perform on-demand file recovery without administrator intervention. Includes Backup, Archive, HSM, SNMP, Autochanger and 10 Client Connections.
Product:
Netra i 4
- UltraSPARC intranet server
(base price $7,496)
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.15
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: UltraSPARC, intranet
Description:
UltraSPARC intranet server supporting 86 HTTP connections per second. Includes Solaris 2.5, CheckPoint FireWall-First!, Netscape LiveWire site management, Enterprise Server, and Navigator Gold Web, and Netra server's HTML-based administration software.
Product:
ShowMe TV 1.1 and ShowMe Transmitter 1.1
- desktop video transmission and playback capabilities
(ShowMe TV: $200; ShowMe Transmitter: $2,200)
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.18
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: SPARC
Description:
Provides full-motion video playback and VCR-like control of MPEG-1 files on
Sun workstations, and is designed to be used with the new Sun MediaCenter
Servers. Allows Sun workstation users to view live or pre-recorded programs
in a resizable window from a variety of sources, including local or remote
hard disk, CD-ROM, Sun MediaCenter Servers, or the new ShowMe Transmitter
1.1. Other video compression formats supported include RLE, JPEG and CellB.
Viewed video can also be recorded to local disks. ShowMe Transmitter 1.1
supports the latest industry standard broadcasting protocol, called Real-time
Transport Protocol (RTPv2), to provide efficient transmission of audio and
video across a network, and includes one right-to-use license for ShowMe TV.
Product:
Solaris 2.5.1
- SPARC operating environment
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) SUNSOFT, (512) 434-1511
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.46
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: SPARC, UltraSPARC
Description:
All key patches and bug fixes for 2.5 have been incorporated into this
release, making it the highest quality release of Solaris available. Solaris
2.5.1 optimizes the powerful CPU, memory, and I/O configurations of the new
Ultra server family, including hot-plug and environmental support. 64-bit
kernel asynchronous I/O provides added performance in situations using large
databases. Extensions to User ID (UID)/Group ID (GID) enable extended data
types from 16-bit to 32-bit. The maximum number of UIDs has been raised to
over 2 billion, useful to large installations. Graphics drivers have been
enhanced to take advantage of the UltraSPARC processor and deliver high-end
graphics performance. Kodak Color Management System calibration and a GUI
configuration tool enable an unlimited color palette for imaging and
photographic creation. Desktop copackaging includes CDE 1.0.2 with
transparent network resource access and Wabi 2.2 to run productivity software
from Lotus and Microsoft. Server Copackaging includes SyMON,
Product:
Solaris Internet Server
- network Internet access
($2,995)
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) SUNSOFT, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.44
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: Solaris, Windows, Netware, Unix
Description:
Delivers secure and easy access to the Internet for the millions of Novell
NetWare networks, Microsoft Windows and UNIX-based workgroups, and is based
on SunSoft's Solaris 2.5. A software product that enables Novell NetWare,
Microsoft Windows, and UNIX users that work in workgroups to quickly and
easily access the Internet and intranets through a central server. Icludes
Solaris Application Server - the foundation for PC workgroup client/server
and database applications, Solaris PC Administration Server - combines
Solaris Application Server with PC-Admin Lan management utilities for
managing large numbers of PCs from anywhere on the network, and Solaris Base
Server - high performance in a small footprint with SCO compatibility.
Product:
VIS Software Developer's Kit
- Ultrasparc's New-Media Developer's Kit
(Corporate: $1,995; Educational: $995)
Company: Sun Microsystems Computer Company
(Mountain View, CA)
Telephone: (800) 821 4643, (415) 960-1300
E-mail: info@sun.com
FlashBack: 88.40
URL: http://www.sun.com
Platforms: Solaris, SPARC
Description:
Enables independent hardware and software vendors to quickly and easily
leverage the power of UltraSPARC's Visual Instruction Set (VIS) for New-Media
processing and networked application acceleration. The VSDK development tools
are applicable across many development environments and aid in code
optimization. The complete package includes the VIS User's Guide, the VIS "C"
simulator and debugging tool for cross-platform development, INCAS, a Solaris
2.5 linker upgrade and sample C and VIS code. INCAS is a model of the
UltraSPARC processor. INCAS calculates the processor states by cycle and
offers a convenient way to do code performance prediction cycle counting and
to examine processor status at each cycle to assist in debugging and
optimizing code.
Product:
WebOLAP Content Server
- WWW access to data warehouse information
(from $40,000)
Company: Information Advantage, Inc.
(Minneapolis, MN)
Telephone: (612) 820-0702
Fax: (612) 820-0712
E-mail: info@infoadvan.com
URL: http://www.infoadvan.com
Platforms: Unix
Description:
Allows WWW access to data warehouse information with capability to perform online analytical processing of structured database content. Gives capabilities for summarization and calculation on an ad-hoc basis via CGI interfaces. Functions as a completely preconfigured structured content server for intranets and the internet with scalabilty to thousands of users and terabytes of data. Dynamically recalculates data results from CGI-generated SQL database queries. Allows intelligent-agent capabilities to continually perform analysis and alert the user.
Product:
Core Java
- development environment and language advanced description
($39.95)
Product:
Instant Java
- easy, practical way to add applets
($34.95)
Author: John A. Pew
ISBN: 0-13-565821-7
Company: Sunsoft / Prentice Hall
(Upper Saddle River, NJ)
Telephone: (800) 382-3419 or (201) 236-7147
E-mail: books@prenhall.com
FlashBack: 88.05
URL: http://www.sun.com/smi/ssoftpress
Platforms: Java
Description:
Now programmers and nonprogrammers alike can instantly create sizzling Web
pages filled with sound, animation, and interactivity using this Java
cookbook. The book provides a variety of applets and shows users how to
easily plug them into existing Web pages. The applets in this book are
designed to be as flexible as possible. You can customize as few or as many
settings as you wish. With very little effort you can create applets that are
both personal and unique.
Product:
Java By Example
- Learn Java from proven examples
($34.95)
Author: Jerry R. Jackson and Alan L. McClellan
ISBN: 0-13-565763-6
Company: Sunsoft / Prentice Hall
(Upper Saddle River, NJ)
Telephone: (800) 382-3419 or (201) 236-7147
E-mail: books@prenhall.com
FlashBack: 88.04
URL: http://www.sun.com/smi/ssoftpress
Platforms: Java
Description:
Learn Java from proven examples written by experts. Written for intermediate
and experienced programmers, Java By Example presents the Java language
through examples, developing Java applets and applications from simple to
complex. By reviewing real, working code, you will learn the right way to
develop Java code that is elegant, readable, and easy to maintain. The book's
carefully annotated code is designed to help programmers start developing
with Java immediately. The accompanying CD-ROM includes all the sample code
and applets from the book as well as the JDK 1.0 and the beta version for the
Macintosh.
Product:
Just Java
- introduction to Java and object-oriented programming
($34.95)
Author: Peter van der Linden
ISBN: 0-13-565839-X
Company: Sunsoft / Prentice Hall
(Upper Saddle River, NJ)
Telephone: (800) 382-3419 or (201) 236-7147
E-mail: books@prenhall.com
FlashBack: 88.03
URL: http://www.sun.com/smi/ssoftpress
Platforms: Java
Description:
For experienced programmers interested in learning Java. Includes a CD-ROM of
all source code and applets in the book. Covers The Story of O --
Object-Oriented Programming; The Robot Ping-Pong Player; GIGO - Garbage In,
Gospel Out; Associativity and the "Coffeepot Property"; Applications versus
Applets; Identifiers, Comments, Keywords, and Operators; Packages, Classes,
and Interfaces; Arrays, Exceptions, and Threads; Java Libraries -- Networking
and Windowing.
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