ITL Information Technology Plc’s US software partner, Sequoia Systems Inc of Marlborough, Massachusetts has unveiled a new entry-level fault-tolerant box in its family of transaction processing systems that run the Pick and Unix operating systems. The Series 200E starts at $300,000 and is available now for both operating systems in the US, and offers a 38% price-performance improvement over its predecessor. Presumably based on the 68030, although it is not stated, the 200E for Unix comes with two processors, 32Mb memory, two 850Mb disk drives, a 6250 tape drive, two console terminals, and 32 user ports for $300,000. The 200E has the same configuration, plus the Pick operating system, and 32 Pick user licences, at $350,000. It is claimed to supports up to 100 users, and Sequoia aims to use the new machines to build upon its penetration of the telecommunications and government markets and to go after a broader base of Pick users both horizontally and vertically, looking at manufacturing, distribution, financial services and health care providers.
