[34] in DCNS Development
FYI -- DEC's new "flagship" project
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From: ANDREA HAUSER <hauser@nemail.enet.dec.com>
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Subject: New Flagship project announced
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Major New Initiative -University of California - Project SEQUOIA 2000
selected for funding by Digital's External Research Program (ERP)
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The research agenda of Digital's ERP includes three major focus areas: large
scale applications integration,distributed systems and electronic
informationaccess/collaboration technology. As a part of the planning
effort, a process was put in place to find new major projects that would fit
in some or all of these areas.
After an extensive and rigorous selection process, involving ERP, its
extended staff, and many other groups within the company, a mid-May
selection of the Sequoia 2000 proposal submitted by Univ of California was
approved and will be funded by the External Research Program. (Specifics are
proprietary until contract signing. - A formal announcement is expected
within the next two weeks)
What is Sequoia 2000?
SEQUOIA 2000 presented a clear powerful technology plan driven by the
demands of global change researchers at the University of California. These
researchers are pushing the state of the art of technology in data storage
and retrieval, network speed and band width, and the ability to use the
massive amounts of data effectively. Areas to be addressed include:
* I/O system technology to store and access massive amounts of
data.
* I/O and networking technology to support data rates
required for remote browsing and visualization.
* Visualization and presentation software for useful
interactive viewing on a client workstation.
* Diverse data types not currently supported by today's
database systems.
* An information repository for sharing information.
This multicampus effort, staffed by top computer scientists and global
change researchers, will have major activity at Berkeley, Santa Barbara and
San Diego. Our long research relationship with UC, specifically Berkeley,
has produced numerous benefits, e.g. the industry standard UNIX on VAX, RISC
technology, INGRES. Sequoia 2000 has the potential of breaking through
several technology bottlenecks critical to advancing the use of computing by
a wide variety of Digital customers and prospects.
!!!note: please refer all press inquiries to:
Joe Codispoti, Powdml::Codispoti, DTN 223-6767 or
Joan Albertelli, RDVAX::Albie, DTN 223-2783
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