Sequoia Systems Inc of Marlborough, Massachusetts has now launched its top-end Series 300 range of 68030-based systems running Pick and Unix, as promised back in January, (CI No 1,092). The fault-tolerant transaction processing machines are compatible with existing Sequoia systems and can support up to 1,000 users. Each Series 300 box can come with as many as a daunting 64 CPUs, and is claimed to deliver 50% more power than the Series 200. A 300-user version with four processors costs $653,000 and is available now. Sequoia, ITL Information Technology Plc’s US software partner, is aiming to tempt customers away from traditional transaction processsing system manufacturers such as IBM and DEC, as well as from fault-tolerant vendors such as Tandem Computers and Stratus Computer. It had sales of $14.7m for the first half of its fiscal year.
