Having completed their merger as Stardent Computer Inc with Allen Michels as chairman, Bill Poduska as chief executive, Ardent Computer Corp and Stellar Computer Inc say that over the past three months, they have integrated the sales force, and started the task of cross implementing software. Ardent’s DORE object-oriented library of graphics subroutines for the Titan range has already been implemented on Stellar’s GS1000/DS1000 series, said the company, and work is continuing to move Stellar’s Application Visualisation System over to the Titan. In the UK, Stardent Computer made its first public appearance at the Alexander Palace venue of the Computer Graphics Show although both Stellar and Ardent also had stands. The merged UK operation, based at Stellar’s headquarters in Guildford, Surrey, will be up and running in a few weeks. Ardent’s offices in Milton Keynes look likely to close, though no firm decision has been reached, but all staff at both sites presently around 15 – will be retained.
