SOLARIS X86 SOLUTIONS INFORMIX-OnLine for Solaris x86 Informix(R) Software Inc., a leader in software technology, now offers its INFORMIX-OnLine OLTP database server on SunSoft's Solaris(TM) x86 operating environment. OLTP (on-line transaction processing) database applications are widely used for global reservation systems, multinational transportation and shipping management, or in any high-volume, high-availability distributed database environment. Keeping Critical Applications OnLine INFORMIX-OnLine is designed for organizations that need rapid, secure, high-volume database access 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Downtime is minimized through mirroring to duplicate critical data, on-line archiving to avoid interrupting database operations, and logging to roll back uncommitted transactions. With the addition of the INFORMIX-STAR distributed client/server module, INFORMIX-OnLine allows users to transparently manipulate databases at multiple locations. And for maximum flexibility, INFORMIX-OnLine handles images and audio as easily as common data formats. A Stable, Open Platform Solaris x86 is a powerful and versatile UNIX(R) operating environment for the Intel(R) x86 platform. Designed as a foundation for enterprise computing, it supports major industry standards and provides high-performance 32-bit UNIX multitasking, multithreading and multiuser capabilities. Solaris x86 is compatible with Solaris SPARC(R), ensuring full interoperability between the leading CISC (x86) and RISC (SPARC) platforms. And Solaris x86 is scalable from desktops to supercomputers, so that customers can configure heterogeneous enterprise networks and expand them easily as their computing needs evolve. Solaris x86 provides native ONC+(TM) technology-based LAN and WAN networking to support broadly distributed computing and system management. Solaris also includes powerful application and Graphical User Interface (GUI) development tools through the OpenWindows(TM) facility, and a rich suite of user productivity applications under DeskSet(TM). Numerous commercial third-party applications, including many Microsoft(R) Windows and DOS applications, run on the Solaris x86 environment. A Powerful Enterprise Combination INFORMIX-OnLine and Solaris x86 are both designed to support robust enterprise-wide computing solutions. Customers can build scalable client/server applications on the cost-effective Solaris x86 platform and migrate them to Solaris SPARC and other environments within a heterogeneous enterprise configuration. And Solaris x86 database applications can transparently share data with databases on other hardware and operating environments. INFORMIX-OnLine Features and Benefits * High performance: efficient data storage methods allow fast access; buffering data in memory minimizes disk access; simultaneous access by different processors; automatically selects most efficient search strategy * High availability: mirroring of critical data; on-line archiving avoids database access interruptions; logging rolls back uncommitted transactions * Data consistency: built-in mechanisms ensure data integrity without compromising access and performance * Distributed client/server capability: enabled by the addition of INFORMIX-STAR software; two-phase commit protocol ensures data and transaction consistency when multiple databases are used * Administration: menu-driven interface to tools that allow a database administrator (DBA) to tune system performance and control backup and recovery; 100% compatible with the ANSI-SQL89 standard, including integrity constraints described in Addendum 1 * Multimedia support: entire documents, scanned images, audio and other digitized information can be stored like any other data * Stored procedures: allow the DBA to build client/server applications that minimize network traffic; provide tighter transaction control in highly distributed environments * Adherence to standards: native UNIX implementation, adheres to all major applicable standards for maximum interoperability For more information about Informix products, or for the location of the Informix sales office nearest you, contact Informix Software, Inc. at 1-800-331-1763 in the U.S. For international inquiries: Europe, Middle East, Africa contact +44-784-240-444, Asia/Pacific contact +65-298-1716. Solaris x86 Features and Benefits * Provides enterprise computing power and true client/server architecture - Scalable to accommodate a wide range of hardware, from PCs to supercomputers - Fully interoperable with Solaris SPARC * Offers time-tested 32-bit operating system functionality derived from SunOS - Multiprocessing, multithreading, multiuser operating environment * Includes tightly coupled tools and facilities for enterprise networking, application development and end-user productivity - Industry-standard ONC+ network technology supports heterogeneous LAN and WAN configurations, allows users to work interactively with others regardless of location - OpenWindows environment provides toolkits that simplify application and GUI development, including industry-standard OSF/Motif(R) toolkit - DeskSet comprises a versatile, integrated set of user productivity applications, running under SunSoft's GUI. * Runs a wide variety of commercially oriented applications, including popular word processing, spreadsheet and DBMS programs * Incorporates new Wabi(TM) technology designed to run Microsoft Windows applications directly on the Solaris operating environment at native performance levels * Open, non-proprietary architecture provides for open-ended system and network expansion, integration of new applications, and choice of peripherals For more information on Solaris x86, call 1-800-SUNSOFT in the U.S. For international inquiries, call 415-960-3200. 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