Tadpole and Oridus Align to Provide Network Appliances for Secure, Real-Time Engineering Web Collaboration
Tadpole Embeds Oridus' SpaceCruiser(TM) Software Technology Into Its SPARC(TM) Solaris(TM) Plug-In Network Appliances to Support the Industries' Drive to Cut Design Cycles
NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2002--
Tadpole today announces at the 39th Design Automation Conference
(DAC) a strategic business and technology partnership with Oridus,
Inc. that introduces to the electronics industry a new breed of
plug-in network appliances. Deployable "out-of-the-box" into a
corporate network from any location, at any time, the appliances will
enable engineers to securely collaborate and interact on data rich
files over the Internet and help them to slash lengthy design cycles.
Under terms of the agreement, Tadpole will embed Oridus'
SpaceCruiser software into its Solaris-based, UltraSPARC(TM) chip
driven servers, laptops and workstations. The "Oridus-by-Tadpole" Web
collaborative solutions allow engineers to securely collaborate on
complex integrated circuitry design, as well as test and debug
prototypes over the Internet in real time. In addition, the appliances
can help strengthen a company's remote customer support and technical
training initiatives by providing direct and timely on-line access to
these services.
Tadpole's hardware build-out skills are legendary in the Sun
Solaris industry. Its lines of servers, laptops and workstations form
the business computing hub of Global 2000 and federal agencies alike.
By applying these skills to the plug-in network appliance market, and
embedding best-of-breed software such as SpaceCruiser into its growing
lines of single-appliance solutions, the firm offers enterprises a
truly optimized, unbreakable network experience that eliminates the
costly and time consuming practice of system integration characterized
by other solutions on today's market.
Oridus supplies powerful Web-based collaboration infrastructures
connecting companies worldwide. The company's SpaceCruiser is a
Web-based client/server communication solution designed specifically
for secure Internet interaction and collaboration. SpaceCruiser
resides on the user's internal site, behind corporate firewalls, for
optimum security and control of information coming into, and out of, a
corporate network. It consists of a set of applications that run on
the SpaceCruiser Server and support the specific needs of the
electronics industry for such tasks as the interactive review of mask
data, AutoCAD databases, layouts, and packaging. SpaceCruiser is the
only truly platform-independent Web collaboration solution that
supports PC to UNIX® and UNIX to PC. Deployed across an enterprise,
it increases employee productivity, speeds design cycles, and enhances
customer support and training.
Kuochun Lee, president of Oridus, comments, "Today, the worldwide
engineering community gains access to powerful new machines for
optimum design whether it be from the desktop, on the road, or across
the globe. The high-performance Tadpole machines enabled with secure
Internet communication technology from Oridus arm designers with the
best solution for increased productivity, better team communication
and faster product development. This relationship certainly places
Tadpole and Oridus in the lead position as best-of-breed suppliers to
the global electronics industry for secure Web collaboration
appliances."
Graham Brown, president of Tadpole's hardware businesses, adds:
"Oridus-by-Tadpole" network appliances raise the bar on secure Web
collaboration and interaction. Together we will provide engineers with
solutions tuned to outperform general-purpose servers and provide
instant access to the richest of data files and documents."
About Oridus, Inc.
Oridus provides highly secure, Web-based communication solutions
to link companies, employees, and customers worldwide. SpaceCruiser,
the company's innovative client/server software, creates a proven and
easily deployable application environment for Web conferencing, remote
customer support, design publishing and collaboration, e-learning,
distance training, remote IC design, and test and debug. SpaceCruiser
runs cross-platform, PC to UNIX, providing the most comprehensive
solution for IC design over the Web. Leading companies worldwide are
experiencing the productivity, time and cost benefits of the
SpaceCruiser technology. Oridus has headquarters at 39560 Stevenson
Place, Suite 221, Fremont, California. More information about Oridus
can be found at http://www.Oridus.com.
About Tadpole
Tadpole (LSE:TAD) builds and markets specialized UNIX platforms
and solutions for compute intensive environments. Built in Carlsbad,
California, the company's hardware include laptops and transportable
servers, rack mountable compute servers, and enterprise server
appliances. Tadpole's platforms are resource manageable, power saving,
space saving, generating an early return on investment. All Tadpole
solutions are best-of-breed and 100 percent Sun SPARC binary
compatible. The company is one of Sun's elite Master Value Added
Integrators (MVAIs) that design and manufacture specialized system
infrastructure solutions for the Sun server market, and a Sun iForce
Partner. For more information, visit http://www.tadpole.com, or
contact Tadpole by email sales@tadpole.com.
Oridus and SpaceCruiser are trademarks of Oridus, Inc. Sun, Sun
Microsystems, and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All
SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other brand and
product names are or may be trademarks of, and are used to identify
products or services of their respective owners.
Contact:
Tadpole
Graham Brown, 760/929-0992
grahamb@tadpole.com
or
Hugh Paterson for Tadpole, +44 207 231 9300
hughp@patcom-media.com
or
Oridus
Jingwen Yuan, 510/796-1111
jingwen@oridus.com
or
Nancy Sheffield for Oridus, 408/269-0849
nancypr@aol.com
