-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash SunFlash September 1991 Table Of Contents SunFLASH Vol 33 #toc September 1991 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash is an electronic news service for Sun Microsystems computer users. It is distributed by more than 80 Sun offices and by about 40 Sun Local Users Groups in more than 30 countries. The Florida SunFlash has a subscription base of more that 30,000 Sun users. This is the September table of contents for the Florida SunFlash. If there are any items that you missed and really want to see, please send the required volume.issue numbers to flash@sunvice.East.Sun.com. For more information about SunFlash, send mail to info-sunflash thus: $ mail info-sunflash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM Subject: info info ^D $ John J. McLaughlin, SunFlash Editor, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary Of September's Messages -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Line Count Vol.# Title 194 33.01 SunSoft Introduces Solaris 143 33.02 Solaris For Intel X86 Platform 472 33.03 Sun's Hottest, Volume 2, Number 1 101 33.04 Call for Papers - SUG Conference 106 33.05 ANNOUNCING THE SUNERGY PROGRAM 153 33.06 3rd Party: Network Peripherals SBus FDDI 72 33.07 Point-to-Point Protocol for Sun 150 33.08 3rd Party: What (and why) is Robochart? 53 33.09 Compiler Licenses Provide Runtime Rights 66 33.10 Security books from O'Reilly & Associates 106 33.11 New SPARCengine IPX Board 167 33.12 SunSoft And UI's ATLAS 209 33.13 "Open" Systems: What Are They? 66 33.14 Introducing SunExpress 234 33.15 Third Party GUI Enhancements 177 33.16 Catalyst Table Of Contents (short) 820 33.17 Catalyst Contents; Ch 1 to 7 (1 of 4) 829 33.18 Catalyst Contents; Ch 8 to 13 (2 of 4) 709 33.19 Catalyst Contents; Ch 14 to 20 (3 of 4) 717 33.20 Catalyst Contents; Ch 21 to 22 (4 of 4) 99 33.21 New Sun Business: SunPro 106 33.22 SunPro Unveils Tools For Solaris 2.0 68 33.23 SunPro To Port Tools, Compilers To Intel 47 33.24 SPARCworks Series Receives Support 45 33.25 4MB to 16MB SIMM Upgrade For IPX 111 33.26 SunSoft To Acquire INTERACTIVE 187 33.27 Sun Unveils Multiprocessing Servers 111 33.28 ComputerVision To Sell $1 Billion Of Sun 86 33.29 Sun To Offer Synoptics Network Products Total 6404 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of Messages Sent This Month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 33.01 SunSoft Introduces Solaris First Shrink-Wrapped Distributed Computing Solution Integrates Most Widely Used 32-bit System Software on a Single CD; Available for SPARC and Intel Platforms SAN JOSE, Calif., --Sept. 4, 1991-- SunSoft, the system software subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today raised the bar in the software market with its introduction of Solaris(TM), the industry's first "shrink-wrapped" distributed computing environment available in volume on a compact disc. Solaris will be available on the computing industry's highest-volume multivendor platforms, SPARC(R)-based RISC systems and Intel 80386/486-based personal computers. 33.02 Solaris For Intel X86 Platform Novell To Partner With SunSoft ASCII To Distribute Product AST Research, Toshiba, NetFRAME Others To Support Solaris SAN JOSE, Calif., --Sept. 4, 1991-- SunSoft, the system software subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced that its Solaris(TM) 2.0 shrink-wrapped distributed computing solution will be available on the industry's highest-volume computing platform, Intel's X86. Solaris 2.0 will bring the power of the world's most widely used 32-bit multitasking system software to the industry's largest base of computer systems. The announcement, made at the company's international Catalyst Developers Conference, represents SunSoft's first move into the non-SPARC(R) arena. 33.03 Sun's Hottest, Volume 2, Number 1 This is the text of a newsletter, "Sun's Hottest", that is being mailed to Sun customers. It is an excellent summary of the products that have been announced over the last few months. -john Affordable, expandable, flexible desktop systems Sun documentation goes online Upgrade options SPARCstation ELC: entry-level powerhouse SPARCstation IPX: integrated accelerated graphics SPARCstation 2 enhancements: muscle-flexing flexibility SPARCserver 2 enhancements: a server for your workgroup SimplifySQL 1.1 IN SHORT 33.04 Call for Papers - SUG Conference, December 1991, San Jose, CA, USA This is a call for papers that was posted to comp.org.sug. -johnj From: peter@sug.std.com (Peter Salus) Newsgroups: comp.org.sug Date: 16 Aug 91 15:56:38 GMT Organization: The Sun User Group SUN USER GROUP Ninth Annual Conference December 9-11, 1991 San Jose, California DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS AND MULTIPROCESSOR TECHNOLOGY The Sun User Group is pleased to host its Ninth Annual Conference and Exhibit which will address distributed applications and multiprocessor technology. Technical papers and presentations concerning both multiprocessor technology and distributed applications, as well as other topics of interest to the Sun/SPARC community are invited. Manufacturers of computer equipment based on SPARC technology are encouraged to participate in this conference which will be paralleled by an exhibition. The 1990 conference and exhibit was attended by over 4000 individuals from all over the world. We expect 1991's to be bigger and better! 33.05 ANNOUNCING THE SUNERGY PROGRAM This is an announcement from the new Sunergy group. I will try to publish a list of known DownLink sites later this month. -johnj Welcome to the Sunergy Program The mission of the Sunergy Program is to provide customers/users: 1) A roadmap to resources available at Sun 2) Information (both technical and non-technical) that will allow for more effective use of Sun products 3) A feedback mechanism into Sun that opens communications between customers and Sun management/developers Sunergy elements include the following: 1) A referral list containing up-to-date listings of important phone numbers within Sun Microsystems 2) A guide to technical white papers and other literature available free through mail order 3) A listing of public domain software sources 4) A bimonthly eletronic newsletter 5) Live interactive satellite broadcasts featuring eminent engineers, developers and executives from Sun and the user community All of these services will be offered free to any interested customers of Sun Microsystems. For further information on this program phone Miyong Byun at 415/336-5847 or email sunergy_information@Sun.Com 33.06 3rd Party: Network Peripherals SBus FDDI This is an article from Mitch Strobin and Darrell Scherbarth of Network Peripherals describing their SBus FDDI card. Please direct you questions about this product to Mitch at 408-954-7300 (Fax: 408-954-8031) Email: (fddi!fastnet.com!mstrobin@uunet.UU.NET). -johnj Network Peripherals S-Bus FDDI Interface Specifications Network Peripherals S-Bus FDDI interface directly attaches Sun SPARCstation 1, 2, IPC, and other S-Bus based workstations to high performance FDDI local area networks. The 100 megabit/second performance of FDDI -- ten times that of Ethernet -- delivers extraordinary network -- and system -- performance to workstation users. When first generation workstations -- with 3 MIPS performance -- were introduced, Ethernet provided the required network performance. Todays workstations -- with 10 times the performance of first generation systems -- need a higher performance network. FDDI is that next generation LAN. FDDI's 100 megabit/second speed meets the requirements of todays -- and tomorrows -- workstation users. The high performance of todays SPARCstations can saturate an Ethernet -- not only limiting workstation performance, but making the network unusable by others as well. FDDI provides high network performance -- to the workstation, and provides high network bandwidth for all users on the network. And FDDI is an open, multi-vendor standard with the support of virtually all computer vendors worldwide. 33.07 Point-to-Point Protocol for Sun This is a Morning Star Technologies press release that was forwarded to me by Bob Sutterfield . Please direct any questions to Jamey Laskey (614) 451-1883 . -johnj Columbus, OH - August 12, 1991 - Morning Star Technologies, a leading wide area communications vendor, today announced the release of asynchronous Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) for Sun Microsystems computers. Morning Star's PPP product for Sun systems provides a transparent, reliable, wide area extension for TCP/IP communications between Local Area Networks (LANs). PPP, an Internet standard described in RFCs 1171 and 1172, is the functional replacement for Serial Line IP (SLIP), a self proclaimed non-standard method for TCP/IP communications over asynchronous serial lines. "PPP was the emerging standard and there were no commercially available products for UNIX. The void was obvious, so we went out and filled it," said Jamey Laskey, Sales Manager at Morning Star. "For example, we use PPP to provide our engineers with the same tools and environment at home as they have in the office. Using ordinary dialup modems, the remote Suns become part of the office LAN." 33.08 3rd Party: What (and why) is Robochart? This is an article by Jack Morrison, Digital Insight that describes the Robochart product. -johnj Whether you're designing software, hardware, or systems, you probably work with diagrams all the time. Not just as static documentation, but as a dynamic tool - for working out problems, seeing how things might fit together. Many of these diagrams are a type of "flow diagram", with objects of various shapes connected by lines, labelled with text. Dataflow diagrams, state-transition diagrams, PERT charts, entity- relationship diagrams, system block diagrams. . . you get the idea. Not to mention flow charts, still widely used despite banishment from "proper" Software Engineering discipline. You probably use pencil and paper to sketch out your diagrams, and completely redo them on a computerized drawing tool if they need to be included in a polished document. And pray, in vain, that you don't need to change them too often. Now, there's a better way. 33.09 New Compiler Licenses Provide Runtime Distribution Rights Attention softare developers who deliver and support ready-to-run applications: Sun Technology Enterprises announces royalty-free distribution rights for the runtime libraries of their C, C++, FORTRAN, and Pascal compilers; and royalty-bearing distribution rights for the Sun Common Lisp runtime libraries. RUNTIME LICENSES ARE NECESSARY BECAUSE: Nearly every program developed for Sun Systems uses the libraries that are bundled with SunOS. In additions, most programs also use libraries that are bundled only with SPARCompilers. The new licensing terms for SPARCompiler C, C++, FORTRAN, Pascal, and Common Lisp enable developers to ship the relevant runtime libraries with their software products. Effective immediately the new terms eliminate the need for special software distribution agreements between Sun and its independent software developer. Except for Sun Common Lisp, developers may deliver the runtime modules without incurring royalties to Sun Technology Enterprises. The SPARCompiler products are as follows: Product Version RUNTIME MODULE Sun C 1.1 Royalty Free Sun C++ 2.1 Royalty Free Sun FORTRAN 1.4 Royalty Free Sun Pascal 2.1 Royalty Free Sun Common Lisp 4.0 Orderable as CLE-X-X-X-0 Existing customers can acquire copies of the new licenses from their Sun sales representative, or in new purchases of SPARCompiler products. 33.10 Security books from O'Reilly & Associates This is a description of a book from O'Reilly & Associates that was posted to comp.newprod by jerry@ora.ora.com (Jerry Peek). Given the increased interest in UNIX security, this should be of value to many people. -johnj Two computer security books are now available from O'Reilly & Associates, publishers of the X Window System series and the UNIX Nutshell Handbook series: Computer Security Basics by Deborah Russell and G.T. Gangemi Sr. 464 pages, $29.95 Audience: Users and managers who need to become security-literate. This book provides an easy-to-understand introduction to the many topics encompassed by the term "computer security"--passwords, access controls, cryptography, trusted operating systems, network security, biometric devices, smart cards, and TEMPEST shielding. It provides detailed information on the Orange Book, the government's standard for the development of trusted systems. It also contains quick-reference material, including a security glossary and a summary of government programs, contacts, and legislation. Practical UNIX Security by Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford 512 pages, $29.95 Audience: UNIX users and system administrators. 33.11 New SPARCengine IPX Board Sun's New SPARCengine Board Is First To Include Integrated Graphics MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --September 11, 1991-- Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation today introduced the SPARCengine(R) IPX(TM), the industry's first board-level product to include built-in graphics along with a RISC processor and networking on just one board. At 24.2 SPECmarks (28.5 MIPS and 4.2 MFLOPs), the new board offers the industry's best performance and is priced below competitive board products. Using highly integrated ASIC and advanced graphics technology, Sun has reduced its graphics accelerator to a single chip and compressed all the other functions of the SPARCstation(TM) IPX workstation onto a compact board. The SPARCengine IPX becomes a new class of single-board computer that delivers greater functionality than ever before to the board industry. 33.12 SunSoft And UI's ATLAS SunSoft contributes Solaris Technologies to UNIX International's Atlas The following announcement was made today, September 16, 1991 by SunSoft, Inc. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 16, 1991 - SunSoft, the system software subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced that it will contribute significant technologies from its Solaris(TM) 2.0 product to UNIX International's Atlas (UI-Atlas(TM)) distributed computing framework. SunSoft introduced Solaris, the industry's first shrink-wrapped distributed computing solution, earlier this month. A core technology within UNIX International's Atlas is ONC, a SunSoft solution that is the industry's most widely-used product for connecting heterogeneous computers. SunSoft will contribute technologies in the area of ONC networking and distributed objects to the Atlas framework. These include the enhanced NFS(TM) distributed file system, the new Network Information Service Plus (NIS+) naming service, and the distributed object management facility (Distributed OMF), which was jointly developed by SunSoft and Hewlett-Packard. These technology contributions will fully complement UNIX Inter- national's System V Release 4 (SVR4) road map, of which the Atlas framework is a part. "While the `80s was the decade of the killer application, the `90s will be the decade of the killer environment, "said Bill Coleman, vice president of system software for Sun Soft. "Through Solaris and initiatives such as Atlas, SunSoft will bring the power of distributed computing to every type of user -- end user, software developer and system administrator." 33.13 "Open" Systems: What Are They? This article first appeared in ComputerWorld in May, 1991. It is reprinted with the permission of its author. -johnj By Scott G. McNealy Sun Microsystems, Inc. In recent years, most companies that built their fortunes on single-vendor proprietary computing strategies have jumped on the open systems bandwagon. And why not? They've heard the market. Customers are voting for open systems with their wallets. In droves. They don't want to be locked into the fortunes of one computing architecture or company. But while the demand for "open systems" is clear, the meaning of the term isn't -- at least not anymore. Most proprietary companies singing the "open systems" theme song these days sound suspiciously like they're crooning "My Way" in the background. How truly open are their "open systems?" How committed will they be to open systems in the long run if those systems are stealing sales from their proprietary lines? Or if adopting open systems means giving up control of a lucrative product? 33.14 Introducing SunExpress SUNEXPRESS, NEW SUN SUBSIDIARY, TO OFFER QUICK ACCESS TO SUN PRODUCTS DEC Veteran Named as President MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --September 16, 1991-- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (SMI), today launched SunExpress, a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to fast delivery of products that enhance Sun's client-server environment. SunExpress joins other recently created subsidiaries: Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC), SunSoft, Sun Technology Enterprises and Sun Microsystems Laboratories. Based in Methuen, Mass. (near Boston), SunExpress offers a toll-free number, extended business hours, knowledgeable telesales representatives, and quick delivery. More than 95 percent of SunExpress orders are delivered within three business days, and in some cases, within 48 hours. The company's catalog includes expansion hardware, accessories, computer supplies, software, printing and communications products and peripherals. The company does not sell any system products. SunExpress will initially serve end users and value-added resellers throughout the United States; estimates of first-year revenues are in excess of $150 million. The company plans to expand operations internationally over the next six months. 33.15 Third Party GUI Enhancements This article consists of three product announcements from comp.newprod that deal with enhancements to GUI toolkits. -johnj Graphical Software Technology Announces New Widgets XRT/graph Version 2 is released. Xv++, A C++ interface for Sun's XView Open Look toolkit. 33.16 Catalyst Table Of Contents (short) The recent Catalyst CD-WARE disc includes a copy of the Catalyst catalog in FrameMaker format and a copy of FrameMaker with which you can read or print it (over 1,200 pages!) A summery Table of Contents for the catalyst catalog is included in this article (section and subsection only). The next four articles contain a very detailed Table Of Contents (section, subsection and product name). See SunFlash 31.18 "SunSoft Releases New Volume Of Compact Disc With SPARC Applications" for a detailed description of the CD-WARE disc or call 1-800-688-9704 x310 for a free subscription. The CD-WARE disc are available internationally. -johnj Chapter # Section and Subsection Page Number 1 ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING/CONSTRUCTION 1 AEC Design and Drafting 3 Civil Engineering and Surveying 12 Construction Management 16 Facilities Management 18 Facilities/Plant Engineering (HVAC, Electrical, Mechanical)23 Marine Engineering 29 Power Systems (Fossil, Hydro, Nuclear) 30 Structural Engineering and Analysis 32 2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 37 Expert Systems Tools 39 Natural Language Processing 54 Neural Networks 55 33.17 Catalyst Contents; Ch 1 to 7 (1 of 4) 1 ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERING/CONSTRUCTION 2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 3 DATA ANALYSIS 4 DATA BASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 5 EARTH RESOURCE ENGINEERING 6 EDUCATION AND COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING 7 ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION 33.18 Catalyst Contents; Ch 8 to 13 (2 of 4) 8 ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING 9 FINANCIAL SERVICES 10 HARDWARE PERIPHERALS 11 IMAGING AND DOCUMENT/RECORDS MANAGEMENT 12 MANUFACTURING 13 MAPPING/GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS 33.19 Catalyst Contents; Ch 14 to 20 (3 of 4) 14 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 15 MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND HEALTHCARE 16 NETWORKING 17 PHARMACEUTICAL/CHEMICAL 18 PHYSICAL SCIENCES 19 PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS, OFFICE AUTOMATION, AND ACCOUNTING 20 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 33.20 Catalyst Contents; Ch 21 to 22 (4 of 4) 21 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING 22 VISUALIZATION, GRAPHICS, AND ANIMATION 33.21 New Sun Business To Focus On Needs Of Professional Developers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.Sept 23., 1991 _ Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced the formation of SunPro, a new business focusing exclusively on the needs of professional programmers. SunPro develops, markets, and supports software products that are crucial to the development of computer applications. These products include optimizing compilers for building new applications, programmer productivity tools that enable the developer to complete work faster and more accurately, and workgroup integration products that help teams of developers work more effectively. Although primarily known as a systems manufacturer, Sun has, since the company's formation, invested heavily in compiler technology and tools to increase the productivity of software developers. While Sun initially targeted these products to its platforms, the company recognized the opportunity to expand its software business in the growing SPARC and Solaris marketplaces. Consequently, in July 1991, Sun Microsystems formed SunPro as a business unit and transferred its entire line of compiler and software development products, along with the associated engineering, marketing, and support staff, to the new organization. 33.22 SunPro Unveils First Development Tools For Solaris 2.0 New tools and features highlight SPARCworks Professional development environment MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 23, 1991 _ SunPro, a new Sun Microsystems, Inc. business, today announced new versions of its SPARCworks and SPARCompiler products. The products, known as the SPARCworks Professional series, offer significant enhancements for C++, ANSI C, FORTRAN and Pascal developers. They are the industry's first compilers and productivity tools developed for Solaris 2.0, the recently introduced UNIX System V Release 4 (SVR4)-based operating environment from SunSoft. "The SPARCworks Professional series is the key to getting the most out of your application and your development team," said Jon Kannegaard, SunPro general manager. "These products take maximum advantage of the underlying platform to offer the best software development environment for Solaris 2.0." 33.23 SunPro To Port Tools, Compilers To Intel Migrates sophisticated, workstation technology to high-end PCs running Solaris 2.0 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 23, 1991 - SunPro, a Sun Microsystems business, today announced it will port versions of its SPARCompiler family of optimizing compilers and SPARCworks family of integrated development tools to Intel 32-bit 80X86 platforms supporting the Solaris 2.0 environment. As a result, a common development environment will be available on SPARC, the most popular workstation processor, and on Intel 80X86 platforms, the leading processors for personal computers. SunPro's announcement follows a similar one by SunSoft, Inc., a Sun subsidiary, for Solaris 2.0. SunPro's SPARCompiler and SPARCworks families have been optimized for Solaris 2.0, which incorporates System V Release 4 (SVR4), the industry standard for UNIX. These products will be supported on the Intel platform to provide a powerful and compatible environment for Intel-based application development and porting. 33.24 SPARCworks Series Receives Support SPARCworks Partners Program formed with key CASE ISVs MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 23, 1991 -- SunPro, a new business unit of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced endorsements by key CASE ISVs of the newly unveiled SPARCworks Professional series of software development products. These vendors become charter members of SunPro's SPARCworks Partners Program which focuses on the development and delivery of complete solutions for the software developer. Developers that cover the range of CASE lifecycle solutions, including front-end design and analysis, implementation, testing, and maintenance, will work to integrate their products with the SPARCworks and SPARCompiler family of products. These companies include Cadre, CaseWare, Interactive Development Environments (IDE), ProCASE, Saber, SunSoft, and Softool. Integration with SPARCworks is made possible by SunPro's session management tool, Open Windows drag-and-drop technology, and ToolTalk, SunSoft's open inter-application communication facility found standard on every Solaris 2.0 distributed computing environment. 33.25 4MB to 16MB SIMM Upgrade For SPARCstation IPX SPARCstation IPX systems currently have all four SIMM slots filled with 4MB SIMMs (16MBs total system memory). Now, those IPX customers requiring more than 16MB of RAM can upgrade one or more of their 4MB SIMMs to 16MB SIMMs at a very attractive upgrade price. 16MB and 4MB SIMMs can be used together in the same SPARCstation IPX as long as it's Sun memory that is being used. Any combination of Sun and non-Sun memory is not supported and is likely to cause parity errors. For each 16MB SIMM upgrade ordered, the customer will be required to return one 4MB SIMM. The 4MB SIMM is returned in the same packaging the 16MB SIMM comes in. Sun plans on shipping 1x16 MB as the standard configuration for SPARCstation IPX. 33.26 SunSoft To Acquire INTERACTIVE Intel-Software Division Of Kodak SunSoft, the system software subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., announced that it will acquire the Intel-Software Division of Interactive Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of the Eastman Kodak Company. MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA --Sept. 26, 1991-- Sun Microsystems, Inc., its subsidiary SunSoft, the Eastman Kodak Company, and its subsidiary INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation, today announced that the companies have reached an agreement in principle for SunSoft to acquire the Intel-UNIX(R) operating system business of INTERACTIVE Systems corporation. SunSoft will acquire the INTERACTIVE Systems Products division, which develops and markets software for the Intel platform. The acquisition enables SunSoft to establish an immediate presence in the Intel 80X86 market by leveraging INTERACTIVE's product and market position. The companies also announced Sun Microsystems' intention to license certain software technologies from Eastman Kodak. All transactions are subject to negotiation, execution of definitive agreements and formal approval by Sun Microsystems' Board of Directors. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed. 33.27 Sun Unveils Powerful, Affordable Multiprocessing Servers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --September 30, 1991-- Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) today introduced a line of powerful, general-purpose multiprocessing servers and software products that bring a new level of performance and value to commercial and technical environments. Unveiled was the SPARCserver(TM) 600MP Series, offering more database performance at a lower cost than any other system in the industry, as well as providing the easiest, least expensive upgrade path. Also introduced was a multiprocessing version of SMCC's UNIX(R) operating environment that runs existing applications unchanged, as well as a family of server management software that boosts availability -- which means the systems' "uptime" -- and lowers system administration costs. SMCC is aiming this open server solution -- hardware and software -- at the countless users in many markets who need the advantages of affordable multiprocessing. Multiprocessing systems achieve high speeds because they utilize more than one processor. SMCC's new products address users' desire for ever-greater performance by quickly running multiple jobs simultaneously and supporting more users on the network. With these servers, SMCC is reaffirming its position as the leading UNIX client-server vendor. While the company is best known as a desktop workstation manufacturer, it had more than $700 million in server business in its last fiscal year. "With this announcement, Sun is poised to increase its share in the UNIX midrange. We might even see them take a noticeable piece of the overall minicomputer market as well," said David Card, director of systems research at International Data Corp., a computer industry analysis firm. 33.28 ComputerVision To Sell $1 Billion Of Sun Bedford, Massachusetts, September 30, 1991 -- Computervision, citing the enthusiastic response to its new CADDS(R) 5 and other design software, announced a new multi-year contract with Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC). Under the contract, Computervision plans to purchase over $200 million worth of SMCC's SPARC(R) workstations and servers per year. This contract replaces a $10 million per year agreement in place since 1989. The announcement was made in conjunction with SMCC's introduction today of its new SPARCserver(TM) 600MP series of multiprocessing servers. 33.29 Sun To Offer Synoptics Network Products SANTA CLARA, Calif., Septmeber 30, 1991 -- In a joint announcement today, Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) said that it will incorporate network management and control systems, known as intelligent hubs, from SynOptics Communications, Inc., into its existing offerings of network services to customers in the U.S. The expanded offering from Sun will enable organizations to connect thousands of desktop users in the high-growth client-server computing environment. The addition of the SynOptics product line extends Sun's current network design, installation and consulting services. The agreement is part of Sun's Professional Services Strategic Partners Program and is designed to assist customers in reducing the complexity of network computing and meeting their needs for on-site support services. In addition, SynOptics will work with Sun to offer SynOptics customers software and hardware integration support for its networking products based upon Sun technology. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For information send mail to info-sunflash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. Archives are on solar.nova.edu and paris.cs.miami.edu. All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third party products are valid in the U.S. only. Please contact your local Sales Representative for details of pricing and product availability in your region. Descriptions of, or references to products or publications within SunFlash does not imply an endorsement of that product or publication by Sun Microsystems. John McLaughlin, SunFlash editor, flash@sunvice.East.Sun.COM. (305) 776-7770.