Platform Vendors

Concurrent Computer Corporation

Concurrent Computer Corporation, headquartered in Oceanport, New Jersey, is a leading worldwide supplier of networked and distributed, high-performance, real-time, fault-tolerant computing systems supported by a technology-based worldwide customer services organization. The Company's products, systems and professional services provide real-time solutions in weather and airspace management, simulation and training, signal intelligence and analysis, hospital administration, measurement and control, and to its Series 3200 system customer base. Its common stock trades on NASDAQ under the symbol CCUR.

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Control Data Systems

Control Data Systems, Inc. helps clients in business and government integrate the complex networks and applications required to compete in today's electronic marketplace. A global systems integrator, Control Data focuses on the architecture, implementation, and lifetime support of electronic commerce, product data management, and client server solutions.

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Dansk Data Elektronik (DDE)

With subsidiaries in 8 countries and joint ventures and partners worldwide, DDE is an international supplier of advanced information systems. DDE develops, manufactures, markets and supports total IT-solutions including vert cal applications and based on DDE's own series of Supermax Enterprise Servers. The target markets include both businesses, industries and organizations. Supermax Enterprise Servers, based on UNIX SVR4.2MP are modular and scalable parallel/multi-processing computers designed with a unique architecture combining local and shared memory technology. In 1982 when the Supermax was first introduced, DDE was first in the world implementing a multiprocessing minicomputer based on UNIX and microprocessors.

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NEC

NEC is one of the world's foremost C&C (Computers and Communications) systems vendors, driving technological innovations in digital communications and distributed computer processing. NEC provides the EWS 4800 Series of workstations and the UP4800 Series of servers running MIPS ABI compliant UNIX based on SVR4 and the MIPS technology. Jointly with Sony Corporation, NEC announced completion of the OCMP specification based on the MIPS ABI for Japanese language and GUI environment in May 1992, and shipped the Operating System compliant with OCMP in December 1992. Formed by the 8 hardware vendor members, OCMP group enjoys the largest share in the Japanese market.

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Pyramid Technology Corporation

Pyramid Technology, a Siemens Nixdorf Company, is a leading provider of scalable enterprise servers delivering the industry's most complete range of UNIX solutions from the desktop to the data center. Pyramid provides premier strategic services for business-critical environments complemented by a full suite of professional programs and support tools that help customers successfully implement scalable enterprise computing. Together with parent company, Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, the companies have a presence in 45 countries and more than 120,000 UNIX system installations worldwide. Pyramid and Siemens Nixdorf's combined mid-range systems operations re resent over $1.6 billion in sales worldwide and make the combined company one of the largest providers of systems in the mid-range UNIX server market.

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Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG (SNI)

Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme (SNI) AG, Paderborn, Germany, is a systems partner with universal expertise in the field of information technology. It is one of the world's largest companies in this area and is the largest supplier of information technology of European origin. In the past fiscal year (October 1, 1993 to September 30, 1994), SNI had incoming orders worth DM 11.7 Billion and revenues of DM11.7 Billion. SNI has a work force of approximately 39,000 and is represented in 45 countries. With a full-line server family ranging from desk top to enterprise servers, more than 10 years experience in commercial UNIX and an installed base of more than 120,000 UNIX servers, SNI is seen as the most competent vendor in the European market. UNIX servers from SNI support the MIPS ABI.

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Silicon Graphics Inc.

Silicon Graphics is the leading manufacturer of visual computing systems. The company delivers interactive three dimensional graphics, digital media and multiprocessing technologies to technical, scientific and creative professionals. Its subsidiary, MIPS Technologies, Inc. designs and licenses the industry's leading RISC processor technology.

From entry level workstations to highly scalable IRIX (UNIX SVR4 based) servers, Silicon Graphics' systems cover a broad range of technical and commercial market requirements. The Silicon Graphics Developer Program supports direct application development for Silicon Graphics systems. Joint Silicon Graphics Sales and Marketing program assistance for ISVs is aligned with local sales divisions worldwide.

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Sony Corporation

Sony has greatly expanded the Japanese UNIX workstation market since its first release of the NEWS workstations line in 1986 aligning with standardization of the UNIX operating system. Sony has extended the MIPS ABI benefits in to the Japanese marketplace through its combined efforts with NEC to deliver the OCMP standard build on the MIPS ABI.

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Tandem Computers Inc.

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