Amdahl Corp has brought forward the general availability of Release 2.1 of its UTS Unix, the release that links mainframes with workstations, minicomputers and supercomputers. UTS 2.1 features expanded communications capabilities that enable MVS and Unix systems to coexist as equal partners and communicate in the same operating environments. Security and reliability are also improved, and a new file system option is designed to provide users with the data integrity of fully redundant disks without their associated costs (CI No 1,519). The ship date was brought forward because of its success at beta test sites, the company says – it had been set for first quarter 1991 – and early users include US West Communications, Grumman Data Centers Inc in support of the NASA Johnson Space Center, and AT&T Co.
