Tandem Computers Inc said it’s got about a dozen promises to use its ServerNet interconnect technology OEM apart from Compaq Computer Corp and NEC Corp, and the first of those to raise its head is Dell Computer Corp. Dell will use it to cluster its Windows NT servers. The others are all personal computer companies, though some play outside the Wintel world as well, according to Andreas Schreyer, director of product marketing for ServerNet and ServerWare at Tandem. He also claimed that Tandem is working with two or three of the more pure Unix players about getting its ServerNet interconnect into the Unix space. We couldn’t find anyone willing to admit to working with it beyond those already known, but Tandem swears they will be announced within 60 days. It’s not clear whether the two or three Unix companies are included in the twelve. The plan for ServerNet is to support NetWare eventually, as well as Unix and NT, as many partners are PC companies that have a multi-OS strategy, said Schreyer.
