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F O R I N T E R N A L U S E O N L Y
COMPETITIVE ACTION - WEEKLY UPDATE
AUGUST 5, 1993
If you would like to be added, deleted or you have changed locations,
please send a message to Competitive /HP6650. Include your HPDesk
address.
Competitive Action is posted to HP-UX notes in the group hp.marketing.
The string is entitled "hp.competition for <date>".
BC = Beyond Computing
BW = Business Week
CC = Corporate Computing
CIO = CIO
CW = Computer World
DM = Datamation
DNR = Digital news & review
EN = Electronic News
IW = Information Week
MS = Midrange Systems
NC = NCR Connection
OST = Open Systems Today
RSM = RS/Magazine
SE = Sun Expert
SO = Sun Observer
SJMN = San Jose Mercury News
SW = Sun World
UGX = Unigram-X
UR = Unix Review
UW = Unix World
WN = Workstation News
WSJ = Wall Street Journal
Editor,
Nadine Halsted
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Missing or incorrect information may delay delivery of your request.
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DG ARTICLES
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818.
** DATA GENERAL Q3 LOSS TOPS $16M
(EN, 8/2/93, pg. 5)
Data General reported a net loss of $16.4 million for Q3FY93 ending June
26. During Q3 last year, the company reported a net loss of $11.7 million.
The customer base of AViiON systems totals more than 20,000
installations. In June, the company introduced the AV 9500 family which
will be capable of processing 1600 mips and 1,000 tps.
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DIGITAL ARTICLES
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819.
** CAN ALPHA PUSH DEC INTO EDA MAINSTREAM?
(DNR, 7/26/93, pg. 1)
In recent weeks, industry heavyweights including Mentor Graphics,
Cadence, and Viewlogic have unveiled plans to port their design tools to
Alpha AXP system. DEC has traditionally run a distant third behind Sun
and HP in supplying computer platforms for EDA applications.
820.
** DEC TO DRESS UP TUXEDO FOR OSF/1 ON ALPHA
(DNR, 7/26/93, pg. 5)
DEC has developed a 64-bit version of the Tuxedo on-line transaction
processing monitor for its Alpha AXP computers and will begin selling the
software in late August.
821.
** THE ANTENNA
(EN, 7/26/93, pg. 4)
Look for DEC to say its SCSI-2 storage subsystem will be supported on the
Sun platform. DEC has indicated it will support other rival platforms as
well.
822.
** DIGITAL POSTS EARNING OF $113.2 MILLION FOR 4TH PERIOD,
ITS FIRST PROFIT IN 2 YEARS
(WSJ, 7/29/93, pg. B10)
DEC ended a tumultuous year of cost-cutting and layoffs by posting net
income of $113.2 million for the fourth quarter ending July 3, its first profit
in two years.
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HP ARTICLES
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823.
** WORKSTATION UNIT: THE VIEW AT THE TOP - HP EXEC
DISCUSSES COSE, COMPETITION, ENTERPRISE DESKTOP, NT AND
PENTIUM THREATS
(OST, 7/19.93, pg. HP3)
Dataquest is expected to issue a report that places HP in the No. 1 slot in
the workstation market, deposing longtime market leader Sun in market
share for 1992. Gary Eichorn, VP and GM of HP's Workstation System
Group, says "Sun jumped into multiprocessing as early as they did even
though they knew the operating system wasn't ready when they announced
it, and probably still isn't... was because they had significant performance
problems with their architecture."
824.
** EASING AS/400 MIGRATION TO HP-UX
(OST, 7/19/93, pg. 38)
Moving commercial applications for the AS/400 to the HP 9000 will be
eased by a new product, Synon/Open for HP-UX. The product is an escape
valve for AS/400 ISVs and large corporate users to move to Unix while
preserving their applications.
825.
** CALCULATING THE VALUE OF X FOR THE B-2
(IW, 7/26/93, pg. 22)
Northrop is investing in networks of X terminals to replace paper-based
systems used in building the B-2 bomber. Since the beginning of the year,
the division has installed about 450 X terminals from HP to manage B-2
factory floor operations.
826.
** EXCISING A TAX BURDEN
(IW, 7/26/93, pg. 58)
FedEx's new asset management software, running on an HP-based server,
lets the company's tax team analyze mainframe information that had been
virtually inaccessible.
827.
** CA SHIPS UNICENTER FOR HP
(CW, 7/26/93, pg. 56)
Computer Associates International said it has shipped 2,000 copies of its
CA-Unicenter system management software to HP as part of HP's recently
announced bundled promotion for its Unix minicomputers.
828.
** BRIDGING THE GAP
(MS, 7/27/93, pg. 14)
StarWare announces software that links HP Unix machines with AS/400
and Systems/3X. StarWare connectivity software encompasses three
products: Star5250, offers 5250 emulation; StarTools, enables file transfer,
remote command execution, and remote print spooling; and StarMail,
enables E-Mail exchange.
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HITACHI ARTICLES
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829.
** HITACHI REAFFIRMS PA-RISC PLANS
(EN, 8/2/93, pg. 16)
HP and Hitachi said the Japanese company will resell HP's PA-RISC-based
workstations and servers, as well as HP X terminals, under a five-year,
$100 million contract.
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IBM ARTICLES
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830.
** IBM, OVERHAULING ITS BOARD, WILL CREATE
'GOVERNANCE' PANEL OF OUTSIDE DIRECTORS
(WSJ, 7/30/93, pg. A3)
IBM is overhauling the structure of its board in the wake of harsh criticism
of the directors who presided over its slide into crisis. IBM is creating a
committee of outside directors that will nominate directors and handle
shareholder proposals.
831.
** AS/400 ENHANCEMENTS COMING
(OST, 7/19/93, pg. 4)
IBM is planning to spruce up its AS/400 with a multitude of improvements,
including RISC processing and object technology, within three to five
years. The vendor plans to add 64-bit RISC processing to the unit through
field upgrades to protect investments in software and hardware.
832.
** EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
(IW, 7/26/93, pg. 8)
IBM is said to be readying its Highly Parallel Query System, the first of
several specialized parallel processors built with the 6-Mips CMOS chips
being produced by IBM Germany. The system will initially offer 16
multiprocessors that will attach to an IBM mainframe, letting users read
from DB2.
834.
** IBM FLICKS ON TALIGENT
(CW, 7/26/93, pg. 1)
Rather than wait until 1995 for a complete native implementation of
Taligent, IBM is pursuing a course that calls for layering object services
developed for Taligent on top of OS/2 and other operating systems.
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MICROSOFT ARTICLES
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835.
** FTC DECIDES NOT TO DECIDE
(CW, 7/26/93, pg. 4)
Twice was not enough for the Federal Trade Commission, which
deadlocked once again in a vote to determine what action, if any, to take in
its three-year antitrust investigation of Microsoft.
836.
** MICROSOFT'S NET CLIMBED 26% IN ITS 4TH QUARTER
(WSJ, 7/29/93, pg. B10)
Further underlining its hegemony of the global software market, Microsoft
posted its first billion-dollar quarter in sales, with net income climbing by
26%.
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SGI ARTICLES
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837.
** SGI YEARLY SALES TOP $1B - MIPS AIDS YEAR-END NET
(EN, 8/2/93, pg. 8)
Silicon Graphics reported that for its fiscal year ending June 30, the
company's consolidated revenues were $1.1 billion, a 26% increase over the
comparable period last year.
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SUN ARTICLES
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838.
** QUARTERLY NET DOUBLES AT SUN MICROSYSTEMS
(WSJ, 7/29/93, pg. A4)
Sun, confounding a loud chorus of skeptics, said net income for its fiscal
fourth quarter more that doubled to $76.1 million, or 72 cents a share. Sun
was able to boost its gross profit margins to nearly 43% in the period.
839.
** SUN TO MARKET QSTAR'S OPTICAL STORAGE WARE
(OST, 7/19/93, pg. 47)
QStar and Sun have entered a marketing partnership promoting QStar
optical storage software for Sun SPARC platforms to software developers.
QStar also announced that its hierarchical storage management software is
now available to HP 9000 Unix workstations and servers.
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UNISYS ARTICLES
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840.
** INTEL, UNISYS SAID TO PLAN TO DEVELOP COMMERCIAL
USES OF PARALLEL PROCESSING
(WSJ, 8/3/93, pg. B6)
Intel and Unisys are teaming up in the race to develop a form of high-
performance computing power known as parallel processing for the
commercial market.
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OTHER
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841.
** NO TRAIN, NO GAIN - STUDY PROBES CLIENT-SERVER
IMPACT
(IW, 7/26/93, pg. 14)
A study finds that untrained users will spend three to six times as many
hours to reach the same level of functionality on a given application as
trained users. In addition, formal training and support costs about $1,350
per application while an untrained user will eat up between $3,000 and
$5,000 to reach a skill level at, or below, a trained worker.
842.
** CSC CLEARS THE AIR AT THE EPA
(IW, 7/26/93, pg. 16)
Adopting a "we'll pay now so we don't have to pay more later" stance,
Computer Sciences Corp. agreed to pay the Environmental Protection
Agency $2.1 million to settle charges that the company made " false and
misleading statements" and overbilled the government agency.
843.
** IT SALES SPARKED BY GROWTH IN COMPUTER SERVICES
(EN, 8/2/903, pg. 10)
Total US information technology sales in 1992 amounted to $420 billion
and accounted for 7% of the country's gross national product, according to a
soon-to-be-released report. Computer services had the greatest increase
with 25% . Overall employment demands within the IT business are
expected to grow at about 19% CAGR from 1992 to 2002.
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