ICL Espana SA has won an order for 225 Sparc-based DRS 6000 Unix systems to the provincial and administrative office the Spanish Social Security’s General Treasurer’s Office and the Naval Social Institute. The contract is worth $15.6m and ICL had to tender against 15 other companies. The DRS/6000s are to integrate with the host systems and provide automatic distribution of libraries and files. 200 systems will be used in treasury offices for administration and management and the remaining 25 will be used in provincial offices of the Naval Social Institute. Also, in addition to the Unix kit, ICL Espana is to supply over 3,000 workstations, making the network one of the largest Unix nets in Spain.
