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                                              Digital Equipment Corporation
                                          Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2571
Editorial contact:

Sarah Miller
Digital Equipment Corporation 
(508) 264-5420
     or
Glen Zimmerman
Digital Equipment Corporation
(508) 493-9857
     
Dave Woronuk
MegaSys Computer Technologies
(403) 295-0511


	MEGASYS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES SUPPLIES ALPHA AXP-BASED
             SOLUTIONS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES


          Now Being Installed to Monitor Telecommunications
                 Networks of US Sprint and Hyperion


MAYNARD, Mass., January 27, 1993 -- MegaSys Computer Technologies of
Calgary, Alberta, Canada has placed an initial order for more than 
two dozen DEC 3000 Model 400 and Model 500 AXP workstations to 
supply its process control solutions to the telecommunications 
industry.  

     MegaSys' systems currently are being installed and will be used 
to monitor the telecommunications networks of US Sprint, a major 
U.S. telecommunications company, and Hyperion, a Pennsylvania-
based nationwide competitive access provider.  The MegaSys Alpha AXP
workstation-based systems ensure that millions of phone calls get
successfully routed through fiber optic networks across North 
America.  The MegaDac software monitors voice quality and the 
operational status of a varied array of telecommunications equipment 
and configurations.

     MegaSys is a software engineering firm committed to the design 
of customized data management solutions including high-resolution
graphics, real-time alarming systems, and high-speed database 
access.  MegaSys designed its MegaDac solution as a powerful, 
flexible customized monitoring system for telecommunications 
companies that need rapid access to network alarm information. 
Using the X Window graphical user interface, MegaDac gives clients 
the power to graphically monitor and control alarms coming from 
field equipment for more efficient and effective network trouble-
shooting.  

     Porting MegaDac -- an OpenVMS-based application -- from a VAX 
platform to the Alpha AXP platform took only 60 man-hours to 
complete.

     "Network monitoring with our MegaDac system on the Alpha AXP 
platform means unparalleled, revolutionary processing performance.  
In our business, speed is everything," said MegaSys President Dave 
Woronuk.  MegaSys selected the Alpha AXP architecture because of its 
performance and anticipated 25-year design life.  "These factors, 
combined with the portability of our software design, will put us at 
least one year ahead of our competition," said Woronuk. "The fact 
that the Alpha AXP architecture can support the DEC OSF/1 operating 
system also is important, since most telecommunications companies 
have UNIX-based applications," he said.

     Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard, 
Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked 
computer systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered and 
leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor 
computing.  Digital and its business partners deliver the power to 
use the best integrated solutions - from desktop to data center - 
in open information environments.
                               ####

Note to Editors:  Alpha AXP, AXP, DEC, OpenVMS, and VAX are 
                  trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.

     		  OSF and OSF/1 are registered trademarks of the 
                  Open Software Foundation.

     		  UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System 
                  Laboratories, Inc.

     		  MegaSys is a trademark of MegaSys Enterprises, 
                  Ltd.

CORP/93/972
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