July 1997

News & announcements

September 1997

August 1997

Week ending 29 August, 1997
New Digital Audio Adapter Delivers Increased Audio Performance to Nonlinear Digital Video Editing
ZNYX RAINswitch Adapter Provides Improved Network Management and Failover Characteristics Using Java-based Management Software
MaxSol Offers Thin-Client, Web-Based, End User, Ad-Hoc Database Query, Reporting and Charting for Digital Windows NT Servers
McAFEE ANNOUNCES FIRST SERVER-BASED NETWORK SECURITY SUITE
Executive Software International Ships Diskeeper Defragmenter for Windows NT in French, German and Japanese
Digital Thunders Into SAPPHIRE'97 With New R/3 Servers, Service Packages, R/3 Performance Leadership
ANS launches new firewall service
Air Force Takes Off With NT
The Best CPU For Your Next PC
Good News, Bad News for NT/Alpha
 
21 August, 1997
ENSONIQ's AudioPCI(TM) PCI Sound Solution Makes the Grade for Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT Certification Program
Progressive Networks announces free EasyStart streaming audio and video servers for Alpha NT
Windows NT Challenges Apple’s Publishing Prominence
 
20 August, 1997
Netscape Communicator V4.0 available for Alpha NT, shipping this month
As feud with Intel sharpens- Digital looks to gray market
Intel: Still a brawler after all these years, editorial by John Dodge, PC Week
 
18 August, 1997
Alpha-based PCs to use Ramtron technology -- ESDRAM
 
15 August, 1997
ORACLE Breaks Memory Barriers Of Windows NT 4.0 with VLM
 
14 August, 1997
INTERSOLV Delivers First Cross-Platform ODBC 3.0 Drivers
 
12 August, 1997
Intel Sues DEC
Digital maintains patent claim against Intel
Intel claim seen leading to settlement
Microsoft Exchange on Digital Intel and Alpha Systems: Performance Report (Postscript and PDF files)
Internet spawns Intel competition - Alpha, PowerPC processors vie for Web-server customers
Who gets credit for Digital's upswing?
Oracle puts OLAP server on Digital Alpha NT
11 August, 1997
CSM Proxy Plus for the Digital ALPHA NT Platform is Now Available from Computer Software Manufaktur
Digital's Industry-Leading PCI-to-PCI Bridge Chips To Meet Power Management Specifications For 1998 PCs
 
 
8 August, 1997
Digital's Alpha Guns for Intel, a really good article with a financial user's perspective
 
6 August, 1997
Special Note: Windows NT Magazine goes AlphaPowered
TriStar PowerStations reach 600 MHz
Digital Unleashes Visual Computing Solutions That Turn Imagination Into Reality at SIGGRAPH '97
DPS Announces Three Major New Product Initiatives
LightWave 3D Used in This Season's Blockbuster Films, an interesting revelation of movies that have used LightWave, predominantly on Alpha platforms
Number Nine's Revolution(TM) 3D Chosen for SAG-ECE Electronics' Highest-Performance Personal Workstations
Microsoft buys VXtreme to boost streaming Media Server (not exactly Alpha related today, but the potential exists given the relationship to Netshow)
 
5 August, 1997
Digital Supports Microsoft's Networked Streaming Multimedia Software For Windows NT
Intergraph Computer Systems and Digital Equipment Corporation Ink Deal to Provide Full Range of High-Performance 3D Graphics Technology for Digital Workstations
Digital Forms Strategic Agreement With Digital Domain For Entertainment Industry Solution
Softimage Introduces New Opportunities for Students
Softimage Announces Second Annual Student Animation Contest With Digital- Intergraph and Odyssey
ELSA today announced GLoria Synergy, the latest graphics accelerator which sets new standards for 2D and 3D graphics acceleration
Softimage Announces Softimage 3D 3.7 Service Pack
NewTek's LightWave 3D Plays a Part in One of the Summer's Blockbuster Motion Pictures
 
4 August, 1997
Hitachi America and SENSE8 Partner to Deliver High-Performance Windows NT 3-D Graphics Platform for Alpha and Intel systems, uses up to 4 Alpha processors for geometry engines
Carrera Announces New 600MHz Workstation, upgradable to 800 MHz
Digital Selects E&S REALimage 3D Graphics Technology for Its High-Performance Workstations
TGS Ships Internet-enabled 3Space Assistant v2.0 for Windows NT
 
1 August, 1997
 
Carrera Expands Visual Effects Studio Line with new NLE system
Netscape SuiteSpot V2.2 for Windows NT Alpha Systems
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