Indus supports Oracle8I

Indus International, provider of enterprise asset management software and services, has announced its support for Oracle8i.

Macola expands international education offerings

Macola has announced a comprehensive training schedule for its international business partners. The classes, focussing on a wide range of key Macola subject material, will be held at various locations around the globe.

SCO`s Tarantella wins prestigious award

SCO`s Web-enabling software, Tarantella, has been honoured with a Crossroads 99 A-List Award. The accolade identifies the industry`s best new enterprise solutions, based on references from users.

Dell offers first pre-installed Oracle8 on PowerEdge

Dell says it has become the first major systems company to provide pre-installed Oracle8 and Oracle8 enterprise edition software on PowerEdge servers.

New ProfitAbility offering from Ixchange

Ixchange has combined its Value Ixchange and AccountAbility offerings to create ProfitAbility, an integrated sales order and distribution management and financial management offering.

HP delivers next generation of complete data-warehouse solutions

Multiterabyte Scalability and Quick Implementation for Finance, Telecommunications and ERP

New high-end, 128-way hp server delivers performance for technical data centers

HP Breaks data-center barriers with new high-end-server technology

Hewlett-Packard yesterday announced its most powerful high-end Unix system, the new HP 9000 V2500 Enterprise Server. HP says the V2500 was designed to tackle demanding decision-support, data warehousing, transaction processing, enterprise resource planning and engineering applications. HP`s vision is to deliver 99.999% uptime -- just five minutes of downtime per year -- by the end of the year 2000. According to the company, the HP 9000 V2500 Enterprise Server is the first single system capable of processing more than 100 000 business transactions per minute.

Inprise delivers industry`s first fully-integrated enterprise application server solution

Inprise has announced Inprise Application Server, touted as the industry`s first fully integrated enterprise application server solution. According to the company, the server accelerates and simplifies the development, integration, deployment and management of distributed enterprise applications. An industry analyst says the application server delivers the last big piece Inprise needed to be a contender in the high-end application-development market.

ISOCOR delivers Meta-Directory for the enterprise

ISOCOR, an Internet messaging and directory software developer, has introduced MetaConnect, which the company says is the first truly scalable solution that merges data and manages changes across directories, databases and applications. [Local rep: Cirrus Technologies]

Red Brick, CableData team on customer care

Red Brick Systems has announced a strategic partnership with CableData to deliver customer care and billing data warehousing solutions powered by Red Brick DecisionScape products, including Red Brick Formation and Red Brick Warehouse. [Local rep: Software Futures]

Unisys wins $1.6m systems integration contract in Brazil

Unisys has announced a $1.6 million systems integration contract with the Ruben Berta Foundation, 100% owned by employees of Varig Airlines of Brazil. The contract calls for Unisys to automate and link all of the foundation`s systems for enhancing service, improving cash flow and reducing cost.