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IBM INTRODUCES OS/2 EXTENDED SERVICES
LAS VEGAS, October 21, 1991 . . . IBM today announced Extended
Services for OS/2* and Extended Services with Database Server for
OS/2. These products expand user alternatives for implementing a wide
variety of business applications across IBM and other selected hard-
ware vendor platforms. Also announced was Distributed Database
Connections Services/2 (DDCS/2), a new product for connecting work-
station databases to host databases.
The Extended Services products contain enhancements to the Database
Manager and Communications Manager components which were previously
available in OS/2 Extended Edition 1.3 and run on either OS/2 2.0 or
OS/2 Standard Edition 1.3.
Communications Manager's new functions include integrated Peer-to-Peer
Networking (APPN) support for both End- and Network-nodes, enhanced,
host-based NetView administration of remote servers and workstations,
and allows many of the Token-Ring LAN functions to run on installed
coaxial cabling. Additional new functions include the SAA programming
interface for communications (CPIC) and support for the Network Device
Interface Specification (NDIS), a de-facto standard for attaching
network interface cards.
Important new Database Manager functions include the addition of
forward recovery, database administration tools and state-of-the-art
problem management called First Failure Support Technology/2. In
addition to the existing OS/2 and DOS database clients, Database
Manager also supports a new NETBIOS OS/2 client and a new Windows**
database client.
Extended Services for OS/2 is intended for use on a standalone work-
station. Database Manager users can create databases on their own
workstation, as well as use their workstation to access a remote data-
base server on a host.
IBM Extended Services with Database Server for OS/2 includes the
features and functions of the standalone product as well as providing
the Database Server function for remote clients. It also provides the
new Distributed Feature which allows DOS, Windows or OS/2 Database
clients to run on a LAN. The Database client code has also been
rewritten to run faster and requires less memory.
Created to complement Extended Services, IBM SAA Distributed Database
Connections Services/2 (DDCS/2) is available in a single-user or a
network configuration. It allows Database Manager users (and supported
OS/2, DOS and Windows applications) to access host relational data-
bases conforming to the Distributed Relational Database Architecture
(DRDA).
In addition to appropriately configured PS/2* models, IBM will support
Extended Services on selected hardware vendor products.
Generally available in April 1992, the one-time license fee for
Extended Services for OS/2 is $595 and Extended Services with Database
Server for OS/2 is $1,995. The Distributed Feature that provides
Database Client Application Enablers is $75 per client workstation.
The DDCS/2 single user license is $500; $4,680 for a multi-user.
# # #
* OS/2 and PS/2 are trademarks of the International Business
Machines Corporation.
** Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.