The SCO Group, Inc. ("SCO") (Nasdaq: SCOX), a leading provider of UNIX(R) software technology for distributed, embedded and network-based systems, today announced the availability of several new products and updates that augment the company's UNIX offerings and new Me Inc. digital services. The company announced the immediate availability of:
* Subscriptions and OEM Commercial Licenses for MySQL for SCO
OpenServer 6
* Me Inc. Shout and Vote digital services from SCO
* SCO Online Data Manager and Mirroring for OpenServer 6
* SCOoffice 4.1 Maintenance Pack 4 with Connector 3
* UnixWare 7.1.4 Maintenance Pack 3
"SCO has been focused on working with our partners, extending our product lines and bringing greater value to our customers," said Tim Negris, executive vice president for sales and marketing, The SCO Group, Inc. "The shipment of these products is evidence of our continued commitment to our customers and reseller channel to focus on innovation and deliver market leading technologies. SCO will continue to stay focused on delivering many new technologies to our customers throughout 2006."
Me Inc. Digital Services for Smart Handheld Devices
SCO today made available its first set of Me Inc. digital services for smart handheld devices. These Me Inc. services include Shout and Vote which allow users to improve communication, collaboration, and control for groups of any size.
The Me Inc. Shout service provides a unique way to quickly communicate to small groups or large audiences using text or audio messages created directly from a smartphone. Such messages can be received by other smartphone users, or end users of traditional desktops, laptops or Web browsers. Early adopters of the Me Inc. Shout technology have included traditional businesses, political organizations, universities and professional sports teams that have a need to communicate quickly to a large audience. One organization, the National Basketball Association's Utah Jazz, sent one such Shout message to more than 38,000 registered fans and season ticket holders and plans to send more in the future.
The Me Inc. Vote service is an easy-to-use polling service that lets users gather instant opinions and feedback from customers, employees, associates and friends. Using Vote, the smartphone user can quickly create and disseminate an opinion poll and allow voting participants to graphically view the results of the polling on a real-time basis.
Subscriptions to Me Inc. digital services for smart handheld devices are now available in North American markets starting at $9.99 per month. SCO plans to roll out these and other Me Inc. services throughout other world markets in the near future.
MySQL Certification for SCO OpenServer 6
SCO and MySQL AB have worked together over the past six months to certify MySQL 4.1 and 5.0 for the SCO OpenServer 6 platform. Customers can now gain a significant advantage in application reliability, performance and manageability by deploying one of the most popular open source databases on SCO OpenServer 6. The MySQL Network subscription service provides certified enterprise-grade database software along with production technical support and proactive services. For ISVs and OEM developers, SCO also offers a commercial license that is designed to meet the unique re-distribution requirements of deploying third-party solutions.
SCO Online Data Manager and SCO Mirroring for OpenServer 6
SCO today announced the availability of its Online Data Manager and Mirroring solutions for SCO OpenServer 6. The SCO Online Data Manager and Disk Mirroring provide customers with the tools to manage and protect their critical business data.
The Online Data Manager (ODM) provides redundant array of independent disk (RAID) level support as well as online disk performance analysis. ODM includes a graphical administration tool for increased ease of use in analyzing disk hot spots or high areas of disk activity. It also supports online filesystem resizing, migration, and RAID level modifications.
For SCO OpenServer 6 customers who only need a software mirroring solution to enhance the availability of disk storage systems without the need for RAID features, SCO offers Disk Mirroring for OpenServer 6. The mirroring option for OpenServer 6 provides increased data availability by providing fault tolerance against disk failures and faster data access. By adding a second disk to their systems and mirroring, administrators will automatically have access to their business-critical data should their primary disk fail.
SCOoffice 4.1 Maintenance Pack 4 with Connector 3
SCO has made available the 4th Maintenance Pack for SCOoffice Server 4.1 which includes Connector 3 for easily connecting SCOoffice Server to Windows desktops using Microsoft Outlook to maintain groupware and address book capabilities typically associated with Microsoft Exchange. In addition to supporting e-mail, Connector 3 with SCOoffice Server supports such features in Microsoft Outlook as folder sharing, calendaring, scheduling, contacts, notes and tasks. Connector 3 is a native MAPI implementation and comes with an easy to use click-and-go installation and configuration tool. SCOoffice 4.1 with Connector 3 supports Windows 2000, XP and 2003 as well as Outlook versions 2000, XP and 2003.
UnixWare 7.1.4 Maintenance Pack 3
Maintenance Pack 3 for UnixWare 7.1.4 customers is now available and provides single certification support for customers to execute native OpenServer 6 applications on UnixWare. In addition, the maintenance pack provides updates to many open source packages including security enhancements with OpenSSL and OpenSSH, the latest Samba server, the common UNIX printing system (CUPS) and Mozilla browser.
Availability & Pricing
Maintenance packs for the products mentioned are available to existing customers of those products at no charge and are immediately available. For more information, customers should contact their local SCO reseller or call 1-800-SCO-UNIX toll free within the U.S. and Canada. Other customers may contact their local SCO office or visit http://www.sco.com/products for more information.
About SCO
The SCO Group (Nasdaq: SCOX) is a leading provider of UNIX software technology for distributed, embedded and network-based systems, offering SCO OpenServer for small to medium business, UnixWare for enterprise applications, and Me Inc. for digital network services. SCO's highly innovative and reliable solutions help millions of customers grow their businesses everyday, from SCO OpenServer on main street to UnixWare on Wall Street, and beyond. SCO owns the core UNIX operating system, originally developed by AT&T/Bell Labs and is the exclusive licensor to Unix-based system software providers.
Headquartered in Lindon, Utah, SCO has a worldwide network of thousands of resellers and developers. SCO Global Services provides reliable localized support and services to partners and customers. For more information on SCO products and services, visit http://www.sco.com.
SCO, SCO OpenServer, the associated SCO logo, and Me Inc. are trademarks or registered trademarks of The SCO Group, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX and UnixWare are registered trademarks of The Open Group. Windows, Microsoft and Outlook are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. MySQL is a registered trademark of MySQL AB in the USA 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.