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  1. {PSP PRESS REL:} IBM's OS/2 Warp Server to Support Symmetric-                                                                       
  2. Multiprocessing (SMP)                                                                                                               
  3.                                                                                                                                     
  4. SAN FRANCISCO, February 26, 1996 . . . IBM today announced that it has                                                              
  5. begun alpha testing its OS/2* Warp Server Version 4 symmetric-                                                                      
  6. multiprocessing (SMP) feature, and demonstrated it today on a four-way                                                              
  7. SMP system at the OS/2 Warp Server launch event.  An open beta program is                                                           
  8. planned to begin in the second quarter of 1996, with general availability                                                           
  9. intended for the third quarter of the year.  The OS/2 Warp Server SMP                                                               
  10. feature will be provided as a free upgrade to OS/2 Warp Server                                                                      
  11. Version 4 customers.                                                                                                                
  12.                                                                                                                                     
  13. "SMP exploitation will add support of the largest PC servers to OS/2 Warp                                                           
  14. Server, which we believe already delivers the most functionality into a                                                             
  15. server operating system solution," said Art Olbert, director of product                                                             
  16. plan management, IBM Personal Software Products.  "We expect to                                                                     
  17. significantly enhance the performance of our current OS/2 2.11 SMP                                                                  
  18. offering with the OS/2 Warp Server SMP feature."                                                                                    
  19.                                                                                                                                     
  20. IBM is currently conducting an OS/2 Warp Server SMP alpha program with                                                              
  21. about a dozen business partners, including Oracle Corp., Sybase Inc.,                                                               
  22. Btrieve Technologies Inc., Lotus Development Corp., Compaq Computer                                                                 
  23. Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Unisys Corp., all of which have agreed to                                                            
  24. support IBM in development of the OS/2 Warp Server SMP feature with                                                                 
  25. their respective products.                                                                                                          
  26.                                                                                                                                     
  27. Industry Support for the OS/2 Warp Server SMP Feature                                                                               
  28.                                                                                                                                     
  29. "We have had many strong customer successes with Sybase products on                                                                 
  30. OS/2," said Berl Hartman, Sybase vice president of strategic marketing.                                                             
  31. "OS/2 Warp Server will provide a strong growth path for these loyal                                                                 
  32. customers with applications requiring SMP class solutions."                                                                         
  33.                                                                                                                                     
  34. "At Btrieve Technologies, our developers are specifically architecting                                                              
  35. Btrieve for OS/2 Warp Server to take advantage of the performance                                                                   
  36. benefits to be offered by OS/2 Warp Server's SMP capabilities," said                                                                
  37. Kristin Burkland, director of business development.                                                                                 
  38.                                                                                                                                     
  39. "We support and are working with IBM on optimizing the performance of                                                               
  40. OS/2 Warp Server SMP using Oracle," said Jerry Baker, senior vice                                                                   
  41. president of Oracle's Product and Platform Technologies.                                                                            
  42.                                                                                                                                     
  43. "SMP will be a terrific addition to an already great offering from IBM,"                                                            
  44. said Josh Airall, systems analyst at Cincinnati Bell Information Systems.                                                           
  45. "I've been extremely pleased with OS/2 Warp Server and I'll be happy to                                                             
  46. get my hands on the SMP-enablement feature."                                                                                        
  47.                                                                                                                                     
  48. IBM has long been a leader in the development of SMP technology, which                                                              
  49. greatly enhances computing performance and increases productivity.  IBM                                                             
  50. currently offers SMP support for OS/2 v. 2.11 as well as AIX*, High                                                                 
  51. Availability Management Clustering Program and SPX.                                                                                 
  52.                                                                                                                                     
  53. OS/2 Warp Server:  The Complete Business Solution                                                                                   
  54.                                                                                                                                     
  55. Now generally available, OS/2 Warp Server is IBM's business server                                                                  
  56. solution for customers ranging from small businesses to large                                                                       
  57. enterprises.  It provides a foundation for application serving                                                                      
  58. and file and print sharing, plus a wealth of integrated features                                                                    
  59. including system management, backup and recovery, remote access,                                                                    
  60. enhanced TCP/IP support, advanced print function and LAN Internet access.                                                           
  61.                                                                                                                                     
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  63.                                                                                                                                     
  64. 2/26/96                                                                                                                             
  65.                                                                                                                                     
  66. *  OS/2 and AIX are registered trademarks of IBM Corp.                                                                              
  67.                                                                                                                                     
  68. For Internet users, IBM offers complete information about the company,                                                              
  69. its products, services and technology on the World Wide Web.                                                                        
  70. The IBM home page is at http://www.ibm.com.  The fastest, easiest                                                                   
  71. way to find any information about IBM software is to go to the                                                                      
  72. IBM Software home page at http://www.software.ibm.com.                                                                              
  73.                                                                                                                                     
  74. The IBM Fax Information Service allows you to receive facsimiles of                                                                 
  75. prior IBM product press releases.  Dial 1-800-IBM-4FAX and enter                                                                    
  76. "99" at the voice menu.                                                                                                             
  77.