1 SCO OpenServer™ Growth Strategy Paul Hurford, Product Manager Mart Withers, Marketing Manager
Dec 26, 2015
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SCO OpenServer™ Growth Strategy
Paul Hurford, Product ManagerMart Withers, Marketing Manager
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Agenda
Company Overview Introducing ‘Legend’ ‘Legend’ Release Features SCO Update, Maintenance &
Supplements Project SVR6 SCOx Update Options Market Demand Your Resources
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Company Overview
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Company Overview
Lindon, Utah
SCOX
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UNIX®
McDonald’s, Target, BMW, Kroger, Safeway, Nasdaq, Deutsche Bahn
$60,000,000+
$130 million
12.2 million
$.60 to $14.90
Earned $4 million during Q2 and Debt Free
Headquarters
Nasdaq
Employees
IP Assets
Sample Customers
Annual Sales
Market Cap
Shares Outstanding
52 Wk Trading Range
Financials
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group
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Company Overview
SCO’s strength is in simplifying
complex IT technologies that enable VARs
and developers to deliver cost effective
solutions to small-to-medium businesses
(SMBs) and branch offices.
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Mass Merch.ConveniencePharmacy Supermarkets
SCO Addresses Specific Verticals
www.sco.com/company/success
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ManufacturingFinance TelephonySpecialty Retail
SCO Addresses Specific Verticals
www.sco.com/company/success
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Telecom
• Apex Voice
Communication• Conference Call Serv.• Telcordia Tech.• Wildfire Comms.
Systems
Finance
• Abacus Systems
• Accountix
• Credit Systems
• Infonancial Software
• Open Systems
Accounting
• ParaData Financial
Systems
• Profitmaster Canada
Retail
• ACR Systems
• Geac Restaurant
Systems
• High Touch
• ICM Systems
• Micros Systems
• Reynolds & Reynolds
• Master Merchant
• PCMS
Medical
• American Healthnet
• Clinical Computing
• Health Business Systems
• Health Care Computer
• Medic Computer Systems
• Medical Manager
• PDX Pharmacy
• Tech Rx
Third-Party Applications ‘Made for SCO’
www.sco.com/solutions
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SCO’s UNIX Strategy
SCO UNIX products are the backbone of many of the global Fortune 500 Concentrate on core SCO UNIX business Increase focus on OEM, ISV, and IHV
partnerships to provide solutions to our customers
Emphasize SCO UNIX superior integration, reliability, security, and scalability
Extend total cost of ownership advantages
SCOx Web Services and SVR6 extend the SCO UNIX roadmap
Expand professional services and support
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Introducing ‘Legend’
The code name for the Next SCO OpenServer Release
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“Hero’s get RememberedBut
Legends never die”
The Sandlot, 1993 - The Babe (Art LaFleur)
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Legend Design Considerations
We Studied Failed Designs
Really BAD AttemptsTo Fix failed Designs
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Legend Design Considerations
Innovative Designs
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Legend Design Considerations
Rugged Designs
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Legend Design Considerations
But we really wanted a design that would BLOW Away any past release of OpenServer
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Legend Design Considerations
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Legend – The Next Release of SCO OpenServer
Increased investment in SCO’s highest revenue generating product Maintain rock-solid stability Massively extended to become an SVR6
Operating Environment Focused and targeted at new application
and hardware support Meet today’s and tomorrow’s growing
business demands
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‘Legend’ Release Features
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‘Legend’
Release
‘Legend’
Release
The Road to
Calendar Quarters
Q1 ‘03 Q2 ‘03 Q3 ‘03 Q4 ‘03 Q2 ‘04Q1 ‘04
Q1 ‘05 Q2 ‘05 Q3 ‘05 Q4 ‘05Q4 ‘04Q3 ‘04
‘Legend’ Beta Forum 2004
‘Legend’ Beta Forum 2004
Update 4Update 4
5.0.7 Supplement
CD #1
5.0.7 Supplement
CD #1
Update 2Update 2
5.0.7 Supplement
CD #2
5.0.7 Supplement
CD #2
Legend Update 1Legend
Update 1Legend
Update 2Legend
Update 2
Legend Supplement
CD #1
Legend Supplement
CD #1
OpenServer 5.0.7
OpenServer 5.0.7
Maintenance Pack 1
Maintenance Pack 1
Update 1Update 1 Update 3Update 3
5.0.7 Supplement
CD #3
5.0.7 Supplement
CD #3
Potential Maintenance
Pack 2
Potential Maintenance
Pack 2
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Legend – The Next Release of SCO OpenServer
Hardware support Security Database, Java®, and
Application support Web
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Legend – Hardware Feature Set
USB Printer support Internet Printing Protocol
support (CUPS) Many new printer drivers New and updated HBAs
(lsil, slha, ad320) Enhanced SATA support Katmai & Prescot
multimedia instruction set support
Support for more than 2 IDE controllers
Full ACPI support BTLD from CD-ROM BTLD with native UDI
drivers Pro DVD Record Joliet CDFS support Greater than 4Ghz CPU
support
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Legend – Security Feature Set
IPsec – Internet Protocol Security
VPN – Virtual Private Network PAM + NSS (Pluggable Authentication
Modules + Name Service Switch)
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Legend – Database, Java and Application Support
Our Goals for Legend are Clear Kernel-level threads User-level threads Large file support (greater than 2GB)
MySQL
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Legend – Web Feature Set
Complete reliable Web Support Apache 2 Java 1.4 Mozilla 1.x Java plug-in for Mozilla
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Legend – Infrastructure Feature Set
Native port of the UnixWare® compiler GCC 3 Optimized for latest Pentium® CPUs BIND 9 with h2n for easy configuration Termcap entries for UnixWare 7 and
Linux Improved Windows® compatibility
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SCO Update Information & Release Schedule
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Update Options
For SCO OpenServer Releases Purchase SCO Update bundled with
the OS (15% additional) Purchase SCO Update as a
standalone product (20% additional)
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Update Options - Definitions
Supplement Release - Update Pack # - A license for the next full OS
release with new features delivered in 3 – 4 month increments
Maintenance Pack # - A Free package of updated device drivers, bug fixes, etc.
Stand alone package updates - A Free package of the latest standalone Open Source packages, BTLDs, etc.
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SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 Update Pack 1
Released on Web July 30, 2003 Hyper-threading support Large ATA disk support (greater than
137GB)
Install to root partitions above 1024 cylinders
New shells: bash, zsh, tcsh
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SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 1
Released on Web July 30, 2003 Software Manager supports SCO Update Intel® PRO/1000 PCI Ethernet adapters NVIDIA® RIVA TNT2, Vanta, and
GeForce chipset-based video adapters Graphics, Web and X11 library
enhancements Perl 5.8.0 with new XML components Apache 1.3.28
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SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 Supplement CD
Scheduled for September 2003 Update Pack 1 Maintenance Pack 1 Adaptec Ultra320 (ad320) driver Enhanced IDE (wd) driver Java 1.3.1_08 Samba 2.2.8
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SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 Update Pack 2
Scheduled for a November 2003 release Feature Candidates
Internet Printing Protocol support (CUPS) — Network printer support
DNS Parser (h2n) — Easy configuration of DNS
Serial ATA Assurance Testing — Ensure legacy Serial ATA is supported
Katmai New Instructions (KNI) support — Allow applications to take advantage of the extended multi-media instructions
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SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 Update Pack 3
Scheduled for a March 2004 release Feature Candidates
USB printer support — Needed for POS printers, etc.
Support for more than 2 IDE controllers — Common customer request for more storage devices
SCOadmin FTP Manager — Graphical administration of FTP server
BIND 9 — With h2n for easy configuration Posix-compliant user-level threads library —
Supplemented with full kernel threads in Legend release
ProDVD Record — Ability to write to DVDs Joliet CD filesystem — Additional industry
standard CD format
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SCO OpenServer 5.0.7 Update Pack 4
Scheduled for a July 2004 release Feature Candidates
Large file support (greater than 2GB) gimp-print GCC 3 Samba 3 Apache 2 Java 1.4 32-bit FAT support PAM/NSS IPsec VPN MySQL
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SCO OpenServer Legend Baseline Release
Scheduled for an October 2004 release Traditional OS and new SVR6 OE Editions Kernel threads Optimized for latest Pentium CPUs Full ACPI support Greater than 4Ghz CPU support Rollup of Update Packs 1, 2, 3 and 4
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Project SVR6
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System V Release 6
The next generation of platform technology from SCO
The first truly complete operating environment from device support to middleware
Powered by the same UNIX operating system technology you know and trust
“The real future of UNIX® isn’t the operating system, but the stack of services and applications that runs atop it.” David Coursey
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SVR6 Operating Environment Summary
Based around existing SCO operating systems Provides core management and middleware
services Provides a suite of horizontal solutions to allow for
server consolidation opportunities Contains an environment allowing the development
of next-generation clustered Web applications Integrates and plays well with existing Microsoft®
networks Unrivaled and expanded security Provides a friendly graphical look and feel for both
users and administrators that follows modern desktop OS paradigms
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SCOx
SCOx Web Services Grow Your Business
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The SCOx Strategy
Building Technology and Programs that enablecompanies to grow their business, connect tocustomers, and integrate with suppliers using
specialized Web services.
Building Technology and Programs that enablecompanies to grow their business, connect tocustomers, and integrate with suppliers using
specialized Web services.
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A framework that enables, expands and extends
your business through Web services
SCOx enables the cost-effective implementation of complex technologies Delivers best-of-breed business applications and online services
SCOx expands the reach of solution providers to a broader market Allows partners and developers to work with existing and future applications
SCOx extends the functionality of applications to the Web Resides in a hybrid environment – online, onsite or both
SCOx Web Service Solutions Grow your Business!
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Market Demand
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Marketing Initiatives
Highly Qualified Leads Ready-to-use Templates and
Campaigns City-to-City Tour Product Web Seminars Solutions Focus Success Stories Upgrade Campaign Vendor Recruitment Vertical Markets
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Your Resources
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Contact Information
Paul HurfordProduct [email protected]+1-831-427-7583
Mart WithersMarketing [email protected]+1-801-932-5427
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More Information
Brochure Compatible Hardware Letter from SCO CEO New Features Software Downloads Success Stories Third-Party Applications
www.sco.com/products/openserver
1-800-SCO-UNIX
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Other Sessions
“Birds of a Feather” Monday, 8:30 PM Room #203
“Leveraging the Strengths of UnixWare and OpenServer”Tuesday, 1:30 PM and 2:45 PMRoom #303
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Thank You for Your Participation
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The Road to ‘Legend’
OpenServer 5.0.7 – Feb 21, 2003 Update Pack 1 - July 30, 2003 Maintenance Pack 1 - July 30, 2003 Supplement CD - August 29, 2003 Update Pack 2 - November 2003 Update Pack 3 - March 2004 Maintenance Pack 2 - March, 2004 Update Pack 4 - July, 2004 Legend Beta - Forum 2004
Legend Release - October 2004 Legend UP-1 - February, 2005 Legend MP-1 - February, 2005 Legend Supplement 1 - Mar, 2005 Legend UP-2 - July, 2005 Legend UP-3 - October, 2005
Follow-on Release to Legend baseline