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- Item 6808520 95/02/03 10:58
- From: DENISE_SCHNEIDER@NEXT.COM@INTERNET#
- Subject: Cannon Introduces Latest in Line of NEXTSTEP-Optimized Workstations
- Cc: news_from_next_ext@NeXT.COM
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- Contact:
- Vicki Ferrando
- Technology Solutions/West
- (415) 617-4522
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- Lisa Larkin
- CCSI/ATO
- (503) 681-2533
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- Canon Introduces Latest in Line of NEXTSTEP-Optimized Workstations
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- Object.stations Offer Fastest NEXTSTEP Performance for Corporate
- Application Developers and End Users
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- PORTLAND, Ore., January 16, 1995 -- In continued dedication to
- NEXTSTEP users, the Advanced Technologies Operation (ATO) of Canon
- Computer Systems, Inc. (CCSI) today introduced the
- object.station 31, an entry-level addition to its line of Intel
- 486-based personal workstations. The object.station 31 is specially
- optimized to run NEXTSTEP, the most advanced object-oriented software
- for developing custom client-server applications, and is targeted at
- price-conscious corporate buyers who need optimized solutions today.
- Committed NeXT users such as Swiss Bank Corporation use NEXTSTEP and
- the object.station 41 -- Canon's first NEXTSTEP optimized workstation
- --to develop and deploy mission-critical applications
- enterprise-wide.
- "Object.stations combined with NEXTSTEP are the complete solution
- for Fortune 1000 companies' enterprise-wide client/server computing
- needs," said Dale Fuller, director of marketing for the ATO group.
- "NEXTSTEP is the most mature object-oriented software available, and
- combined with our object.stations, provides programmers with the
- performance boost necessary to rapidly develop mission-critical
- custom applications."
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- Object.stations
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- The object.station 31 incorporates a 486DX4/100 MHz microprocessor
- and a high-performance video subsystem to run NEXTSTEP and NEXTSTEP
- applications dramatically faster than other Intel-based systems.
- Canon's proprietary video subsystem speeds video throughput at
- NEXTSTEP's native resolution to dramatically improve overall video
- performance, while maintaining compatibility with a wide-range of
- video standards, including super VGA resolutions.
- The object.station 41, which was introduced in June 1994, employs
- all the performance-enhancing features of the object.station 31, but
- includes additional enhancements to provide even greater performance.
- For example, in place of the object.station 31's IDE interface, the
- object.station 41 incorporates a specially optimized SCSI (Small
- Computer Systems Interface) controller to boost overall I/O
- performance. The object.station 41 performs up to 30 percent faster
- than standard 486-based systems and up to 15 percent faster than
- Pentium-based systems based on NeXT's NX benchmark. And to preserve
- a corporation's existing investment in Windows, Canon has ensured
- that the optimization for NEXTSTEP does not affect an
- object.station's ability to run Windows or Windows applications.
- Object.stations come bundled with a 30-day demo version of Insignia
- Solutions' SoftPC Windows emulation software, allowing users to run
- Windows applications within the NEXTSTEP environment. Object.station
- users can also partition their hard drives to run both Windows and
- NEXTSTEP.
- The object.stations are targeted at existing NEXTSTEP users and
- Fortune 1000 companies in the financial, transportation and
- telecommunications industries that are adopting object technology.
- The object.station 31 and object.station 41 are the first systems in
- a line of CCSI/ATO personal workstations designed to run specific
- advanced operating systems.
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- Configurations
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- Customers can order object.stations "ready out of the box" with
- NEXTSTEP pre-installed. Both models feature 2MB of VRAM, which allow
- video resolutions of up to 1280 x 1024 pixels, and16MB of RAM
- standard, expandable in 16MB increments to 112MB. They come standard
- with 17" color monitors, a NEXTSTEP-specific keyboard with volume and
- brightness controls, and they are upgradeable to the Pentium
- OverDrive CPU, allowing organizations to preserve their hardware
- investments. The object.station 41 features a high resolution
- monitor, 500MB SCSI hard disk, with a 1GB drive available as an
- option. The developer version of the model 41 comes standard with
- 32MB of RAM, expandable to 112MB.
- Pricing for the object.station 31 starts at under $4,000 and the
- object.station 41 at under $5,000. Both systems are available
- immediately, and Canon provides a one-year limited warranty and
- seven-day, 24-hour phone support for buyers.
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- Strategic Partners
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- "Object.stations are the clear choice for NEXTSTEP users, because
- they provide the best performance of any Intel machine we've tested,"
- said Ted Shelton, president and CEO of Information Technology
- Solutions. "Object.stations provide a measurable and noticeable
- improvement over PCs when it comes to developing and deploying
- NEXTSTEP applications."
- Canon is working with Information Technology Solutions and other
- strategic partners to provide customers the service and support they
- need as they adopt object technology, like business and personal
- productivity applications, as well as training in object-oriented
- programming and the NEXTSTEP OS.
- "We're working with Canon's ATO to offer customers a complete
- solution to their business needs," said Chip Goodman, president of
- WhiteLight Systems, another Canon partner. "Our software,
- WhiteLight/Engineer, is used by major international corporations
- for their most challenging budgeting, business modeling, financial
- reporting and planning applications. We use the object.station
- ourselves and recommend it to our customers for terrific NEXTSTEP
- performance at an affordable price."
- Founded in 1992, Canon Computer Systems, Inc. is chartered to lead
- Canon's efforts in the U.S. computing market. The company develops
- and markets desktop and notebook PCs, scanners and printers under the
- Canon brand name using its proven Bubble Jet, laser and other Canon
- technologies. Through its recently formed Advanced Technologies
- Operation (ATO), CCSI supplies optimized personal workstation
- products for Fortune 1000 companies and supports user workgroups and
- enterprise computing requirements worldwide. CCSI is headquartered
- in Costa Mesa, Calif. and the ATO is based in Portland, Ore.
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- Canon and the Canon logo are registered trademarks, and
- object.station is a trademark of Canon, Inc. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are
- registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks
- are properties of their respective owners.
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