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OS/2 NEWS: IBM supports Compaq's SmartStart version 2.3
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (msavio@vnet.IBM.COM)
Fri Aug 11 05:47:44 1995
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 04:49:44 GMT
From: msavio@vnet.IBM.COM
Reply-To: msavio@vnet.IBM.COM
Submitted by: M. Savio (msavio@vnet.ibm.com)
Source: M. Savio (msavio@vnet.ibm.com)
Date received: 1995 August 9
Date posted: 1995 August 10
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IBM Announces Availability of OS/2 Warp on Compaq Server
August 8, 1995
IBM today announced the availability of OS/2* Warp, IBM TCP/IP 2.0,
and the market-leading application server, LAN Server* 4.0, on Compaq
Computer Corporation's SmartStart** version 2.3, the newest version
of its integration tool for installing and integrating reliable servers.
Compaq and IBM have been working together since 1991 to ensure the
highest level of quality, compatibility, and integration of OS/2 and
related software products with Compaq hardware platforms.
SmartStart is Compaq's method of distributing, installing and
optimizing industry standard operating systems on Compaq servers
to ensure a reliable and supportable configuration. Shipped
with Compaq ProLiant** and ProSignia** servers, the SmartStart CD-ROM
package contains encrypted operating systems and software which can
be unlocked simply by purchasing activation keys from Compaq.
Software purchased from Compaq through SmartStart is competitively
priced with software purchased from other vendors.
Compaq's SmartStart version 2.3 contains the following software from
IBM:
OS/2 Warp
OS/2 Warp with WIN-OS2
OS/2 2.11
OS/2 2.11 for SMP
TCP/IP 2.0
LAN Server 4.0 (Entry and Advanced)
LAN Server 3.01 (Entry and Advanced)
LAN Requesters
Future versions and upgrades of OS/2 Warp and LAN Server via
SmartStart -- including IBM's recently announced OS/2 Warp Connect
-- will be fully supported on Compaq servers and available on
SmartStart.
LAN Server 4.0 is a member of the full line of personal systems
software including the award-winning OS/2 operating system and LAN
products for remote access, multimedia, systems and network
management, database and transaction processing, and communications.
It features unmatched usability, interoperability and scalability
and is available on a variety of operating system platforms,
including OS/400*, AIX*, MVS* and VM*.
* Trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business
Machines Corporation
** Trademark or registered trademark of its respective company.
