Pyramid Technology, Mountain View, California, has announced a European expansion programme, signing an exclusive distribution and support agreement for Sweden, Norway and Denmark with the Norwegian data and telecommunications specialist Scanvest Ring A/S. The two companies initially came together in 1985 with Scanvest’s acquisition of Standard Systems, then Pyramid’s non exclusive distributor in Sweden. According to managing director Helge Midttun, the intention is for Scanvest, now 51% owned by Ing C Olivetti SpA, to serve more as a systems integrator, and to migrate from proprietary to open systems. In addition, Pyramid has set up its Benelux operation with new offices in Amsterdam, and will be announcing a Paris based subsidiary early next year. A new version of X25, developed in the UK, is due to be released soon, and there is a new range of systems in the pipeline, updating the company’s pioneering RISC systems with an upgrade to CMOS and TTL technology, which is due for release next year. At present Pyramid regards Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro, Massachusetts, as its main competitor, and intends to concentrate on developing RISC processors for integration into fault-tolerant transaction processing systems in response to this.
