SCO announces availability of OpenServer Kernel Personality on UnixWare
Announcement posted by SCO Group 02 Aug 2003
OpenServer Kernel Personality (OKP) for UnixWare 7.1.3 leverages the components of OpenServer and UnixWare for greater UNIX scalability, extending the reach of OpenServer applications - giving OpenServer customers more choices
The SCO Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOX), the owner of the UNIX operating system, has announced the availability of OpenServer Kernel Personality (OKP) for customers who want the additional power of UnixWare for their OpenServer applications. Building upon the reliability of OpenServer, UnixWare provides the capability for OpenServer applications to leverage the increased scalability, performance, CPU support and clustering technology available for UnixWare without the need to invest in costly migration projects.
OKP contains Xenix compatibility and supports OpenServer 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.0.6 and the latest 5.0.7 release. Many applications that were written for current and older versions of OpenServer, including SCO UNIX, SCO OpenDesktop, that run on OpenServer 5.0.4 or later release, will run on OKP.
"OpenServer has an excellent track record and reputation for reliability and availability and it continues to be developed and maintained. OKP on UnixWare helps customers gain greater uptime because UnixWare 7.1.3 supports hot plug CPU, hot add memory and hot plug PCI thus eliminating unnecessary downtime," said Kieran O'Shaughnessy, SCO's regional general manager for Australia and New Zealand.
"For customers that have a need for these benefits, OKP is ideal because it protects their investment in OpenServer applications and avoids costly end-user re-training.
"OKP provides more choices for OpenServer customers. They can choose to continue to update their OpenServer environments, or they can use UnixWare 7.1.3 with OKP. Either way, the customer is assured that their investment in OpenServer applications is protected," O'Shaughnessy said.
Some of the additional benefits that customers will gain using OKP on UnixWare 7.1.3 are:
-- Increased reliability through the use of Reliant HA Clusters on UnixWare
-- Support for up to 32 CPUs per server
-- Increased performance of UnixWare
-- Ability to consolidate physical or logical workloads on fewer, more powerful servers
Pricing and Availability
OpenServer Kernel Personality is immediately available as an add-on to UnixWare 7.1.3 via download from the web. Beginning August 1, it will be packaged into the UnixWare media kit.
For a limited time, a license for the Business or Departmental Edition of UnixWare 7.1.3 with OKP is available for special, promotional trade in prices. The promotional trade in price applies to OpenServer 5.0.4 through 5.0.7 and represents a savings of between US$150 and US$200 over the normal trade in price.
For additional information please visit: http://www.sco.com/products/unixware713/
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About The SCO Group
The SCO Group (NASDAQ: SCOX) helps millions of customers in more than 82 countries to grow their businesses with UNIX business solutions. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of more than 11,000 resellers and 4,000 developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localised support and services to all partners and customers. For more information on SCO products and services visit http://www.sco.com.
SCO and the associated SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The SCO Group, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX and UnixWare are registered trademarks of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.
OKP contains Xenix compatibility and supports OpenServer 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.0.6 and the latest 5.0.7 release. Many applications that were written for current and older versions of OpenServer, including SCO UNIX, SCO OpenDesktop, that run on OpenServer 5.0.4 or later release, will run on OKP.
"OpenServer has an excellent track record and reputation for reliability and availability and it continues to be developed and maintained. OKP on UnixWare helps customers gain greater uptime because UnixWare 7.1.3 supports hot plug CPU, hot add memory and hot plug PCI thus eliminating unnecessary downtime," said Kieran O'Shaughnessy, SCO's regional general manager for Australia and New Zealand.
"For customers that have a need for these benefits, OKP is ideal because it protects their investment in OpenServer applications and avoids costly end-user re-training.
"OKP provides more choices for OpenServer customers. They can choose to continue to update their OpenServer environments, or they can use UnixWare 7.1.3 with OKP. Either way, the customer is assured that their investment in OpenServer applications is protected," O'Shaughnessy said.
Some of the additional benefits that customers will gain using OKP on UnixWare 7.1.3 are:
-- Increased reliability through the use of Reliant HA Clusters on UnixWare
-- Support for up to 32 CPUs per server
-- Increased performance of UnixWare
-- Ability to consolidate physical or logical workloads on fewer, more powerful servers
Pricing and Availability
OpenServer Kernel Personality is immediately available as an add-on to UnixWare 7.1.3 via download from the web. Beginning August 1, it will be packaged into the UnixWare media kit.
For a limited time, a license for the Business or Departmental Edition of UnixWare 7.1.3 with OKP is available for special, promotional trade in prices. The promotional trade in price applies to OpenServer 5.0.4 through 5.0.7 and represents a savings of between US$150 and US$200 over the normal trade in price.
For additional information please visit: http://www.sco.com/products/unixware713/
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About The SCO Group
The SCO Group (NASDAQ: SCOX) helps millions of customers in more than 82 countries to grow their businesses with UNIX business solutions. Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of more than 11,000 resellers and 4,000 developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localised support and services to all partners and customers. For more information on SCO products and services visit http://www.sco.com.
SCO and the associated SCO logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of The SCO Group, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX and UnixWare are registered trademarks of The Open Group in the United States and other countries. All other brand or product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify products or services of, their respective owners.