---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Florida SunFlash Sun Information/Product Abstracts SunFLASH Vol 65 #71 May 1994 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 65.71 Non-Sun Information/Product Abstracts This article contains brief descriptions of several Non-Sun - that is, third Party, Articles. These articles have not been previously posted to SunFlash. They are available from flashadm@sun.com by email only. You may request the full text of any of these articles by sending mail to flashadm@sun.com with a list of 1 or more space separated article numbers (e.g. 63.87 62.32) in the Subject line. -johnj (5 articles, 23 Kb, 479 lines - about 8 US pages) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Article Size In Title Number Kb/lines 65.66 7 135 Schwab Chooses Sun & Amdahl For Systems 65.67 5 101 DB2 to Be Available for Sun Platform 65.68 3 77 Spares Catalog Available from SunExpress 65.69 3 68 Emirates Chooses Sun Systems 65.70 5 98 SITA Selects Sun Computers How To Request An Article - Example ----------------------------------- %mail flashadm@sun.com Subject: 63.39 63.40 ^D % Place the list articles numbers on the same line as the Subject keyword. Separate article numbers with a space (e.g 63.39 63.40). 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If you suspect that your requested article is not getting to you because of an email address problem, then resubmit and add the keyword "email-to" in the body of the message: %mail flashadm@sun.com Subject: 63.39 63.40 email-to foo%bar@name.domain ^D % Replace foo%bar@name.domain with your email address. -johnj ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Abstracts ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 65.66 Schwab Chooses Sun & Amdahl for Brokerage Systems Sun and Amdahl Corporation announced that they have been chosen by Charles Schwab and Co., Inc. to supply, integrate and maintain systems that will support operations of the entire Schwab branch organization and call center network. Over the next several years, Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC) will supply Schwab with 5,000 workstations and 100 server systems and Amdahl will serve as systems integrator and prime contractor for service and support. (135 lines) 65.67 DB2 to Be Available for Sun Platform Sun and IBM announced that they have signed an agreement to make IBM's DB2 relational database product available for Sun(R) SPARC(R) systems running the Solaris(R) software environment. For the first time, DB2 users can take advantage of the scalability and price/performance of SMCC's systems, the industry's number one UNIX(R) RDBMS platform. This will enhance SMCC's rightsizing solutions for customers expanding from centralized mainframes to UNIX open client-server environments. (101 lines) 65.68 New Spares Catalog Available from SunExpress From: ernest.indresano@East.Sun.COM For US Customers Only. The SPARES CATALOG features over 175 spares products manufactured by Sun Microsystems, Inc. companies - everything from systems and options parts to accessories and supplies. Product descriptions, illustrations of Sun systems, and convenient price listings help you quickly and easily identify the parts you need. - Over 175 spares products. - Schematic diagrams of Sun systems. - Competitive prices, free freight. - Same day shipping in most cases. (77 lines) 65.69 Emirates Chooses Sun Systems Emirates, the international airline of the UAE, has chosen Sun Microsystems as its strategic information technology partner. Under the partnership, Sun will provide hardware, software, integration and support services to Emirates in its move to an open systems information architecture. (68 lines) 65.70 SITA Selects Sun Computers Uptime is one of the most critical factors in systems that feed information to the travel industry. This is why SITA, provider of the world's largest data telecommunications network has selected computers from Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation (SMCC). These systems are performing network management, monitoring the data transmissions of SITA's entire network to ensure it is functioning properly. With reliable network management, SITA has been able to upgrade its network, delivering an estimated tenfold increase in transmission capacity and expand from its traditional customer base of travel-related customers to other industries such as, manufacturing and services. (98 lines) ********************************************************************** For information about SunFlash send mail to info-sunflash@Sun.COM. Subscription requests should be sent to sunflash-request@Sun.COM. For last month's digest, send email to flashadm@sun.com with a Subject line of 64.00 For Gopher and WAIS access: sunsite.unc.edu. (Login as 'gopher' for a simple gopher client, 'swais' for a simple WAIS client (over 500 databases). All prices, availability, and other statements relating to Sun or third party products are valid in the U.S. only. 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