DIGITAL ANNOUNCES NEW COMMERCIAL INTERNET CAPABILITIES AT INTERNET WORLD '94

Digital Equipment Corporation

Karen Quatromoni
TEL 1 508 264 5358
quatromoni@msbcs.enet.dec.com

INTERNET WORLD, San Jose, Cal. -- June 1, 1994 -- Digital Equipment Corporation today announced new commercial Internet services and showcased its Internet support capabilities under the theme, ``Putting the Internet to Work for You.'' At Internet World, Digital is showcasing its abilities to help customes effectively utilize the Internet.

``As commercial uses of the Internet have expanded, Digital has been in the forefront in finding creative ways to use this technology to meet customer needs,'' said Dr. Samuel H. Fuller, vice president for Corporate Research.

At Internet World, Digital announced:

The Internet Electronic Connection: Ordering over the Internet

Digital today becomes the first vendor in the computer industry to provide complete, consolidated electronic information and ordering over the Internet. Through easy-to-use menus, commercial customers now have the ability to obtain current descriptions of Digital's hardware, software, services, and third-party products, plus read the latest announcements of special offers and new products, and find pointers to many other Internet services. Users in the U.S. can also configure systems, generate price quotations, and place orders, a capability which will be extended worldwide in the future. Customers may register on-line for an Internet Electronic Connection account by using telnet to reach Orders.Sales.Digital.Com.

Digital Internet Services: Software Patches via the Internet

Digital service and warranty customers in the U.S. will be able to access all software patches via the Internet. Patches to the ULTRIX and OSF/1 operating systems are now available, and patches for the OpenVMS operating system will soon be available. This gives service customers the ability to log into a system (via FTP) to pull patches on their own initiative, rather than having to log a call with the Customer Support Center (CSC) and then the CSC shipping the patch to the customer by conventional means.

An online search utility is also available under the World Wide Web interface to allow for keyword searches through the release notes, patch descriptions, and READMEs for all patches. This will assist customers in locating patches designed to fix problems they have identified in their own environment.

This and other Digital Web offerings can be accessed from node: http://www.service.digital.com. For more information regarding either the FTP Patch Service or Digital's Service Webserver contact info@service.digital.com.

Digtital demonstrated these new capabilities as well as its recently announced comprehensive Internet Security Services to help make private computer networks and databases secure from intrusion from the Internet. Digital's Internet Security Services include:

Screen External Access Link (S.E.A.L.) - a combination of custom security consulting, Internet security policy development and rules definitions, installation and configuration of customized software, training in all facets of S.E.A.L.'s operation, and post-delivery telephone support.
Optional components and consulting which include: additional customized application gateways; configuration of public domain software; cryptographic and authentication capabilities; and computer and network security consulting.

Digital also demonstrated its participation in CommerceNet and MecklerWeb (see separate release), two commercial Internet services, The City of Palo Alto and Wells Fargo Bank -- two customers for whom Digital set up World Wide Web servers -- will be in the Digital booth to demonstrate the capabilities of their servers.

Digital has been a long-time supporter of the Internet; for example, providing systems that act as relay points for newsgroup communications, and developing public domain software like FTPmail, which enables users with limited electronic mail capabilites to access remote files. Digital is also a sponsoring member of the non-profit CommerceNet consortium, which is building an open Internet-based public information network that features services and applications that meet the reliability, security, and access needs of commercial organizations.

The one-year-old Alpha AXP Internet program enables Internet users to test drive Alpha AXP systems for free, evaluating the Alpha AXP architecture using their own applications. Users can select systems running either the DEC OSF/1 or OpenVMS operating systems, and configurations range from workstations to servers. To access these systems, customers should telnet to the desires system and log in as axpguest (no password) and fill out a short questionaire. Systems currently available include:

axposf.pa.dec.com: DEC 4000 Model 7100 AXP server running DEC OSF/1 operating system.
axpvms.pa.dec.com: DEC 4000 Model 720 AXP server running Open VMS AXP operating system.
axposf.stanford.edu: DEC 3000 Model 8000 AXP workstation running DEC OSF/1 operating system.
axpvms.cc.utexas.edu: DEC 3000 Model 800 AXP workstation running OpenVMS AXP operating system.

Digital Equipment Corporation is the world's leader in open client/server solutions from personal computing to integrated worldwide information systems. Digital's scalable Alpha AXP platforms, storage, networking, software and services, together with industry-focused solutions from business partners, help organizations compete and win in today's global marketplace.

Last Updated 6/1/94.

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