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- Technology Solutions/West
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- Lisa Larkin
- CCSI/ATO
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- Canon Announces New Pentium-Based object.stations
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- New object.stations Offer Object-Oriented Users Added Performance and
- Pentium/PCI Capabilities
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- PORTLAND, Ore., May 30, 1995 -- Canon's Advanced Technologies
- Operation (ATO) today announced the first members of its new family
- of Pentium/PCI-based object.stations. The object.stations 50 and
- 52, based on the Pentium 100 and 120MHz processors, join Canon's
- rapidly expanding line of personal workstations designed specifically
- for object-oriented computing. The new object.stations feature
- greater performance, added expansion and dual platform capabilities
- in a new mini tower design.
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- "Today's leading technology companies are adopting objects to solve
- their critical business needs and provide them with a competitive
- edge," said Dale Fuller, director of marketing for the ATO. "Our
- new object.station models have been designed with these customers
- in mind -- we provide cost-effective and easy-to-use solutions that
- allow users to rapidly take advantage of the power of objects."
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- The object.stations 50 and 52 include a Fast SCSI II interface and
- PCI bus for faster performance speeds ideal for true multitasking
- as well as the ability to run both NEXTSTEP and Windows NT operating
- systems, allowing users to harness the power of multiple object-oriented
- programming tools. Canon's family of object.stations are optimized
- specifically to accommodate the demands of object-oriented programming,
- ranging from robust video performance, superior CD-quality audio,
- and LAN and SCSI performance, to the ability to distribute applications
- across multiple platforms.
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- They are targeted for Fortune 1000 companies in financial,
- transportation and telecommunications markets using objects to solve
- critical business needs like faster application development, easier
- application maintenance in a client/server environment and
- cost-effective business process re-engineering.
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- In one large midwest trading firm for example, the Canon object.station
- running NEXTSTEP is used to calculate market positions and display
- real-time graphs of pricing information gathered from financial
- markets. Traders say the speed of the machine and the fast, smooth
- graphics set Canon's machines apart from the competition.
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- "Our new Pentium-based mini tower workstations provide considerable
- performance advantages," added Fuller. "And they enable users to
- choose among different operating systems, maximizing their options."
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- The object.stations 50 and 52 are state-of-the-art, cross platform
- solutions that are compatible with leading industry operating systems
- such as NEXTSTEP, Windows NT, Microsoft DOS and Windows, UNIX and
- others. The object.stations are upgradable to future Pentiums --
- a great investment protection path for customers.
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- Products will be built to order (BTO) in accordance with available
- product configurations ranging in storage size, memory and more.
- The standard configuration includes a 100MHz Pentium processor, 2MB
- of VRAM, a 500MB internal hard drive, 16MB of memory and a 17" color
- monitor. Pricing starts at $4,000 and both systems are available
- in early June.
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- 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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