From: neves@chimay.cs.colorado.edu (NEVES RICHARD K)
Subject: NT seen running on multi-processor
Summary: Sequent Demonstrates Windows NT on Enterprise-level Symmetry System
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 19:47:58 GMT

Thought the group would be interested in this:

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Sequent Demonstrates Windows NT on Enterprise-level Symmetry System

  SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At the Downsizing Expo Tuesday, Sequent
Computer Systems Inc.  is demonstrating MICROSOFT Windows NT running on
Sequent's enterprise-level, symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) systems.

  This is the largest, most powerful system demonstration of Windows NT to
date.  The Sequent Symmetry systems are configured to show the potential of
Windows NT as an application server running large, mission-critical
applications for both NOVELL NetWare and LAN Manager networks.

  The demonstration brings together all the major components of client-server
computing to show the capabilities of Windows NT as an application server:
powerful SMP platforms, a scalable operating environment, parallel-enabled
network communications, a cooperative server database and innovative
client-server applications.

  Together, these components on a Windows NT-based system allow customers to
protect their investments in current hardware and Windows operating system
technology while enabling them to seamlessly integrate new, high-performance
systems to meet business needs.  * The demonstration also highlights the
scalability of MICROSOFT and Sequent's technologies.  By combining Windows NT
with Sequent's symmetric multiprocessing systems and parallel communications
products, users can achieve dramatic increases in the performance and
PC-client connectivity of their servers, and still receive all the advantages
of a binary-compatible Windows environment.

  The demonstration systems, running in Sequent's booth No.  402, include a
Symmetry 2000/750 server configured with 16 50MHz i486 processors and running
Windows NT.

  Also featured is the world's first parallel implementation of NOVELL's
popular SPX/IPX NetWare protocols on Windows NT, in addition to ORACLE7,
which is based on ORACLE's new cooperative-server database technology.
PeopleSoft's Human Resource Management System, a client-server application
for the enterprise, is also being demonstrated using MICROSOFT Windows
3.1-based clients connected to a Sequent server running Windows NT.

  MICROSOFT will demonstrate SQL Server, its own high-performance, relational
database management system for Windows NT, on a Symmetry 2000/750 server
later this week at MICROSOFT's Database Technical Summit in Seattle.

  ``We see Windows NT expanding the open systems market and becoming a
leading environment for database and application servers for PC LANs,'' said
Casey Powell, CEO and president of Sequent.  ``We will offer both Windows NT
and UNIX-based servers to meet the increasing needs of corporate
client-server computing.''

  ``With proven technology leadership and its ability to integrate finely
tuned networking and database applications, Sequent is in an excellent
position to provide Windows NT-based application servers for corporate
computing environments,'' said Paul Maritz, senior vice president, systems
division at MICROSOFT.  ``We believe customers will immediately recognize the
benefits of Windows NT and Sequent systems for high-performance, networked
client- server computing.''

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