DEC has won what could turn out to be a major contract for Ultrix-based systems from the UK Government Employment Department’s Training Agency for the new Training and Enterprise Councils, currently being set up to provide vocational and educational training throughout Britain. The contract has an initial value of UKP700,000, but DEC says that it could lead to sales of over UKP18m. The systems, either DECsystem 3100s or DECsystem 5400s, will be provided with GOSIP-compliant communications software, and up to 2,000 DECstation 300 personal computers from Olivetti will be connected via Ethernet, using PC-Interface software from Locus Computing Corp. Implementation began in February, and continues over the next 18 months.
