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1323.0. "Digital and SQl/Server on Windows NT" by CSC32::S_MAUFE (this space for rent) Thu Dec 09 1993 23:09

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   SOURCE: Gene Flynn @ACI       DATE:  12/8/93          DTN: 474-2537
   
   TITLE: SQL on RISC-AXP ALERT 
   
   Suggested Audience:  SALES/SALES SUPPORT
   
   Keywords:  Windows, NT, ALPHA, SQL, RISC, ALERT
   
   New or Update: NEW
   
   SQL on RISC-AXP 12/9 Alert                                             
   
 ALERT!     ALERT!     ALERT!     ALERT!     ALERT!     ALERT!     ALERT!
 
 JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT BY DIGITAL AND MICROSOFT 
 
 On December 9, 1993, Digital representatives will be in the Microsoft booth 
 at Database World - Client/Server World in Chicago to participate in 
 announcing the upcoming availability (end of January 1994) of the Windows 
 NT version of the Microsoft SQL Server Family of Products on RISC-based 
 systems (including Alpha AXP).  Although other RISC-based systems will be 
 mentioned, Digital will be the only vendor physically participating with 
 Microsoft in the announcement. 
 
 Microsoft SQL Server Family of Products:
 
 When tightly integrated with Windows NT, the Microsoft SQL Server Family of 
 Products allows customers to create, install, deploy, use, and manage 
 line-of-business solutions within a unified client-server architecture. 
 With the Microsoft SQL Server Family of Products, individuals using various 
 SQL clients (desktop software) can more easily work with diverse data and 
 information bases; the IS manager can create necessary client/server 
 applications and can maintain better control of the security, integrity, 
 and usability of data and information; and the system manager can monitor 
 and tune performance of systems and processes within the network. 
 
 Optimized for Multi-precessing capabilities of Windows NT:
 
 The Microsoft SQL Server Family of Products is optimized to exploit the 
 multi-processing capabilities of Windows NT. Digital, however, will not be 
 announcing multi-processing Alpha AXP systems at this time (beta systems 
 were shown at Comdex and may be shown at the Chicago announcement).  No 
 final SQL on Alpha AXP performance information is currently available for 
 disclosure to customers. 
 
 Digital will announce its SMP versions of Alpha AXP systems in Q3 FY94.     
 Therefore, when the Microsoft SQL Server Family of products begins shipping 
 in January 1994, customers should consider using single processor Alpha AXP 
 systems for their initial evaluation and pilot platforms. 


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 More Information:
 
 More information about the Microsoft SQL Server family of products and the 
 Digital Alpha AXP systems upon which they run will be available before the 
 the Microsoft SQL Server family of products ships at the end of January 
 1994. 
 
 
 EXCERPT FROM THE PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT: 
 
 
           Microsoft Announces SQL Server Family Availability for
                      DEC Alpha AXP Hardware Platforms
 
                 New Line of Products for RISC-based Systems
           Provides Powerful New Performance Options for Customers
 
 CHICAGO -- December 9, 1993 -- Microsoft announced today at Database World 
 - Client/Server World that the core components of its distributed client- 
 server database product family, Microsoft SQL Server, Open Data Services 
 programmable gateway, Microsoft SQL Server Programmer's Toolkit, and visual 
 database administration tools, are scheduled to be available next month for 
 the Digital Equipment Corporation's Alpha AXP RISC-based platforms running 
 the Microsoft Windows NT operating system.
 
 With this release, Microsoft SQL Server will become the first major 
 parallel processing relational database management system (RDBMS) to be 
 available across the entire range of hardware platforms supported by 
 Windows NT.  Microsoft has been shipping SQL Server for Windows NT and 
 related products for single-processor and multi-processor Intel-based 
 systems since September 1993. 
 
 "The availability of Microsoft SQL Server on the Alpha AXP platform is a 
 great example of Digital's commitment to open client-server computing," 
 said Jesse Lipcon, vice president of systems marketing at Digital.  "For 
 the first time corporate customers will have the necessary performance at 
 attractive prices to make widespread deployment of networked PC database 
 solutions truly feasible. And, Digital's extensive training, support, and 
 applications, and re-engineering services for Windwows NT can help take the 
 risk out of these deployment projects."
 
 According to Rich Taylor, system manager for United Technologies Chemical 
 Systems Division, "By running the Windows NT operating system on a DECpc 
 AXP 150, our financial department completed a project in just two months -- 
 a project that was budgeted for two years of development in a mainframe 
 environment.  With Microsoft SQL Server creating a true client-server 
 environment, we anticipate even greater productivity gains.  The financial 
 department has been able to generate information that was previously 
 inaccessible to them."


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 The RISC-based implementations of Microsoft SQL Server for Windows NT are 
 scheduled to be available at the end of January 1994. 
 
 
 END OF EXCERPTED PRESS RELEASE
 
 More information about the Microsoft SQL Server Family of Products and the 
 Digital Alpha AXP systems upon which they run will be available before the 
 the Microsoft SQL Server Family of Products ships at the end of January 
 1994. 









































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    What is the relationship between this product and Rdb? Is it a direct
    competitor of Rdb?