Digital Equipment Corp, Maynard, Massachusetts, is cranking up a new VLM64 marketing campaign around the AlphaServer 8400’s ability to run optimised databases in large amounts of memory. The company is also taking Oracle Corp’s Very Large Memory database-in-main memory option down to its AlphaServer 2100 line. Until now Very Large Memory has been available only on the high-end 8400 Turbo Lasers. DEC says it’s now also working on similar capabilities for Informix Software Inc, Sybase Inc and Software AG. There is a new generation of 2100s in the pipeline for the spring, and the line will be fitted with 300MHz parts in the meantime. The high-end 8400s will also be moved up to 21164s clocked at 350MHz by mid-year.
