SCO's Tarantella Express Leaves the Station Right on Time
Provides Secure, Browser-based Access to Windows and UNIX Applications
For Millions of SCO OpenServer Release 5 Users
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., Feb. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- SCO (Nasdaq: SCOC) today announced the immediate availability of its Tarantella Express web-enabling software for SCO OpenServer Release 5. Customers can download Tarantella Express from tarantella.sco.com or place orders through SCO's worldwide channel of over 15,000 resellers, distributors, systems integrators, and computer manufacturers.
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Tarantella Express brings the power and functionality of SCO's proven, enterprise-class Tarantella web-enabling software to SCO's channel partners. Designed for smaller, less-complex installations -- up to 45 concurrent users -- Tarantella Express brings true server-based network computing to workgroups and departmental environments. Resellers are reveling in the arrival of Tarantella Express, which has seen explosive demand since its announcement last month.
"Tarantella has been a buzz word with my customers since it was initially introduced," said Bob Darling of ISIS Inc., an SCO Premier Reseller based in Salt Lake City, UT. "Tarantella not only solves issues for my customers, but truly expands the capabilities of their environment. They'll be able to do things that just weren't possible until now. I'm excited to begin filling the demand that has built up over the last month."
"We're thrilled to bring Tarantella to our loyal OpenServer 5 customer base," said Sheila Baker, vice president of US Channel Sales at SCO. "There's been an enormous amount of interest in Tarantella from businesses of all sizes who want, and need, to web-enable their applications. Tarantella will save these businesses money while allowing them to quickly and easily share applications over the Internet, Intranet or Extranet."
Pricing
Tarantella Express pricing starts at $745 for 5 concurrent users accessing both Windows and UNIX System applications, additional users can be added for approximately $99 per user. Tarantella Express for the UnixWare 7 operating system is due in April 2000. Additional versions are planned for other popular server operating systems, including leading Linux platforms.
About Tarantella
Tarantella web-enabling software allows organizations to provide employees, partners, and customers with browser access to server-based applications across the Internet or intranets. The Tarantella product line includes Tarantella Enterprise II for large companies and organizations, Tarantella Express for workgroup and departmental environments, and Tarantella ASP Edition for Application Service Providers. Tarantella products provide access to Windows, mainframe, Linux and UNIX applications, and are available today for all popular RISC and Intel processor-based UNIX servers and will be available next quarter on selected Linux servers. For more information, see tarantella.sco.com .
About SCO
SCO is a global leader in server-based software for networked business computing. SCO is the world's number one provider of UNIX server operating systems, and the leading provider of network computing software that enables clients of all kinds -- including, PCs, graphical terminals, NCs, and other devices -- to have Webtop access to business-critical applications running on servers of all kinds. SCO designed Tarantella web-enabling software, the world's first web-enabling software for network computing. SCO sells and supports its products through a worldwide network of distributors, resellers, systems integrators, and OEMs. For more information, see SCO's WWW home page at: sco.com
NOTE: SCO, The Santa Cruz Operation, the SCO logo, SCO OpenServer, the Tarantella logo, Tarantella, Express and UnixWare are trademarks or registered trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. in the USA and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the US 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.
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02/29/2000 15:00 EST prnewswire.com |
