Savoir Technology Group, Inc.Gains Authorization to Distribute
SCO's Tarantella Web-EnablingSoftware
March 6, 2000 05:51 PM
CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000--
Tarantella Enterprise II and Tarantella Express Deploy Applications Via Web Browser
Savoir Technology Group, Inc. SVTG recently became an authorized distributor of SCO's
SCOC Tarantella Enterprise II Web-enabling software. Tarantella allows computer users to
securely access server-based applications through the Internet or enterprise Intranets via
Java-based Web browsers. Tarantella is available for all major UNIX server platforms and
will be available on leading Linux platforms beginning in April 2000. Also included in this
distribution agreement is Tarantella Express, web-enabling software that deploys both
Windows and UNIX applications for the SMB or departmental markets operating on the
SCO OpenServer Release 5 or SCO UnixWare platforms.
SCO offers the Tarantella Enterprise II products only through Tarantella accredited
Value-Added Resellers purchasing from one of three distributors. Of the three companies
authorized by SCO to distribute Tarantella Enterprise II, Savoir is the only IBM midrange
distributor. Savoir will make Tarantella available through AppsMall.com, an on-line software
shopping mall, with whom Savoir shares a strategic alliance. Detailed Tarantella product
information, downloadable evaluation copies and pricing are available immediately at
www.appsmall.com, or to purchase Tarantella Enterprise II licenses and full product
contact your Savoir sales representative.
SCO and Savoir will offer a free, four-day Tarantella Enterprise II training seminar for Savoir
VARs March 14-17, 2000 at Savoir's Campbell, California location. The seminar will also be
offered at Savoir's San Antonio, Texas operating headquarters April 18-21, 2000.
"Tarantella Enterprise II creates a great revenue potential for our certified Solution
Providers," says Jim Teter, Savoir Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "With Tarantella,
our Resellers can offer true thin client computing for the IBM(R) RS/6000(R) server and IBM
AIX(R) operating system, which are among our top product offerings. As an added benefit,
our Partners will be able to target net-new customers, because Tarantella operates on
such a wide range of server platforms and operating systems."
"In our efforts to get Tarantella out to a broader customer base, we require the combined
strengths of a certified sales and order fulfillment team," reports Sheila Baker, SCO Vice
President of U.S. Channel Sales. "By partnering with Savoir, SCO will be able to tap into a
winning IBM reseller network that is backed by Savoir's progressive sales and technical
support."
SCO SCOC is a global leader in server-based software for networked business computing,
and is the world's number one provider of UNIX server operating systems. For more
information, please visit sco.com.
For more information on Tarantella, please contact Maria Magtalas, Savoir's Campbell,
California-based SCO Product Manager, at 408-341-3688. You may also contact Megan
Fisher, SCO Product Manager at Savoir in San Antonio, Texas, at 210-247-1204. To
register for a seminar, call Whitney Davis, Education Coordinator, at 800-275-6922 ext.
1701.
About Savoir Technology Group Inc.
Savoir Technology Group, Inc. is a leading provider of midrange servers, software, storage,
services and other high technology products to a large network of Resellers, Solution
Providers and OEMs.
The company is organized around five business units: IBM, where it is the largest
distributor of IBM midrange system products in the United States, Canada and Mexico;
Storage products; Wireless products from suppliers such as Aironet and Telxon; Custom
contract manufacturing and Intel based systems. Savoir Technology Group is considered
an industry leader in providing key value-added services to its customer base including
lease options, technical and configuration support, marketing, and a host of e-business
initiatives aimed at helping resellers grow their businesses.
Savoir Corporate offices are in Campbell, California, and Operating Headquarters are
located in San Antonio, Texas.
Savoir Technology Group, Inc. is traded publicly on NASDAQ under the symbol SVTG. For
more information, visit the Savoir Technology Group web site at www.svtg.com.
Savoir Technology Group and the Savoir Technology Group logo are trademarks of Savoir
Technology Group, Inc.
SCO, UnixWare, OpenServer and Tarantella are trademarks of The Santa Cruz Operation,
Inc. in the US and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in
the US and other countries.
IBM, IBM AS/400, IBM S/390, IBM Netfinity and IBM RS/6000 are registered trademarks of
International Business Machines Corporation and are used under license.
When included in this news release, the words "expects," "intends, "anticipates," "plans,"
"projects" and "estimates," and analogous or similar expressions, are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. Such statements are inherently subject to a variety of risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in
such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date of this news release. The company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking
to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained
herein to reflect any changes in the company's expectations with regard thereto or any
change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Savoir Technology Group and the Savoir Technology Group logo are trademarks of Savoir
Technology Group, Inc.
CONTACT: Savoir Technology Group, Inc. P. Scott Munro, 408/341-4767 (Chairman and
CEO) smunro@svtg.com Joe Mertens, 800/275-6922 ext. 1156 (President and COO)
joe.mertens@svtg.com
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