NCR Canada Ltd.

NCR Canada Ltd.

NCR is dedicated to being a world-class provider of computer
products and services to customers in all industries. The
company is also leveraging its expertise and market presence to
provide computer solutions to three targeted industries ---
Retail, Financial and Communications. It also has a strong
Systemedia business that develops, produces and markets a
complete line of information products.

Revenue -- 8.46 billion
Employees -- 38,300 worldwide/19,000 U.S.

Locations worldwide -- 1,100 offices and 26 development and
manufacturing locations in more than 120 countries.

Top five international countries in revenue: Japan, Germany,
Switzerland, United Kingdom and France.

NCR Computer Systems Group develops, manufactures and markets
computer systems. The computer hardware platforms are based on
the WorldMark Family of midrange servers, which offer a
combination of affordability, scalability and performance
unprecedented in the computer industry. WorldMark series
incorporates a common hardware building block across high-end
symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), and massively parallel
processing (MPP) systems. Key software enablers like Lifekeeper
and TOP END extend the systems' reliability, performance and
cost-effectiveness. NCR Financial Systems Group is an industry
leader in three target areas: financial delivery systems,
relationship banking data warehousing solutions and payment
systems/item processing. These delivery solutions allow
financial institutions to reach customers more effectively and
develop more tightly
linked relationships through self-service banking branch
automation, call centers and home banking channels.

NCR Retail Systems Group is a world leader in end-to-end retail
solutions serving the food, general merchandise, and hospitality
segments. Our neighborhood retailing solution portfolio assists
retailers in maximizing revenues and reducing costs through
innovative solutions including store automation, network and
systems management, merchandising and logistics, and retail data
warehousing.

NCR Worldwide Services is composed of 20,000 service
professionals in 1,100 locations and 120 countries. Worldwide
Services aggressively provides superior service value to all of
our customers within target industries, as well as those outside
of these industries. Worldwide Services is recognized as an
industry leader in providing data warehousing services solutions,
end-to-end networking services and designing, implementing and
supporting complex, open systems environments.

NCR Systemedia Group develops, produces and markets a complete
line of information products to satisfy our customers' rapidly
changing information technology needs including: transaction
processing media, auto identification media, business form
communication products, managing documents and media and a full
line of integrated equipment solutions.

Highlights :
* IDC reports NCR is the leader in worldwide, commercial UNIX
mid-range systems ($100,000 to $1 million) with a 13.2 percent
market share.

* NCR is the leader in the commercial massively parallel
processing market with a 50 percent market share.
* NCR was the fastest-growing vendor in the medium-scale UNIX
market during 1993-1994.
* NCR is growing faster than the industry average in the
advanced operating environment server/host category.
* In 1995, NCR's professional services business grew 29 percent
and its customer support business grew 13 percent.
* InformationWeek ranked NCR in the top tier of worldwide
consulting companies.
* According to International Data Corporation, NCR services and
supports more retail and financial transaction-based
systems that anyone else in the world.
* The Standish Group reports that TOP END is the fastest growing
member in the middleware solutions market.
* NCR is the world leader in ATMs with a 33 percent market
share.
* NCR has the largest installed base of low-and medium-speed
MICR (magnetic ink character recognition) products.
* NCR is recognized by the Tower Group as the best and most
experienced company in relationship banking, which refers to
capabilities enabling a bank to mine its information and offer
customers individualized products and services.
* NCR Retail Group was the Grand Award Winner of the American
Product Excellence Award for the 7870 Bi-Optic Scanner/Scale.
* NCR is a world leader in point-of-sale terminals with greater
than a 20 percent market share.
* NCR is the world's leading provider of slot scanners with an
estimated
40 percent market share.
* NCR is a leading supplier of data warehousing solutions in the
retail market, including the world's four largest retailers.
* NCR Systemedia Group is the global leader in stock and
customer paper rolls for retail point-of-sale equipment and
ATMs.
* NCR Systemedia Group has superior expertise in inking cassette
design and manufacture and in the design and manufacture of
labels and label/form combinations.

History :
1884 - John H. Patterson founded the National Cash Register
Company, maker of the first mechanical cash registers.
1906 - Charles F. Kettering designed the first cash register
powered by an electric motor.
1952 - NCR acquired Computer Research Corporation (CRC), of
Hawthorne, California, which produced a line of digital
computers with applications in aviation.
1953 - NCR established the Electronics Division to continue to
pursue electronic applications for business machines.
1974 - Company changes name to NCR Corporation.
1982 - The First NCR Tower supermicrocomputer system was
launched, establishing NCR as a pioneer in bringing industry
standards and open systems architecture to the computer market.
1991 - NCR was acquired by AT&T.
1995 - Lars Nyberg appointed chairman and CEO of AT&T GIS.
1995 - AT&T announces spin-off of AT&T GIS by the end of 1996.

Company Details

Year Established: 1973

Total Sales ($CDN): $50,000,000 +

Number of Employees: 600

Company Information

Dave Gerth
Title: Logistics Manager
Telephone: (519) 884-1710
Fax: (519) 884-0610
Email: Click Here

Products

Worldmark 3455/3455-xp Servers

Ncr Worldmark 4100 Servers
Leveraging years of experience in architecting powerful, scalable symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) systems, NCR created the WorldMark 4100 servers to deliver maximum performance for the most demanding departmental applications in business critical environments. Scalable to eight processors, the WorldMark 4100 servers are equipped to support the current Intel Pentium processors as well as the next generation Intel processor family with a simple in-box upgrade. To address the particular needs of departmental application environments and large replicated server environments, NCR designed three models of the WorldMark 4100: the WorldMark 4100S server, WorldMark 4100C server, and WorldMark 4150S server. The WorldMark 4100S supports from two to eight 90 MHz or 133 MHz Intel Pentium processors and delivers industry-leading SMP technology. In addition to these features, the WorldMark 4100C server provides LifeKeeper FRS, NCR's clustering solution software designed to provide fault resilience and enhanced processing power. Using a single point of administration, up to eight systems can be joined in a cluster to provide a cost-effective means of increasing performance and ensuring data availability. NCR equipped the WorldMark 4150S server with features to ensure that your system remains up and running and that your data remains available and intact. The WorldMark 4150S delivers industry-leading availability features, including: an advanced 10 GB or 20 GB internal disk array, internal hot plug replaceable disk drives, an internal UPS, full power fail recovery and a dedicated diagnostic subsystem. Exceptional Investment Protection : Rapid, economical scalability to eight processors, increased system availability and clustering. Powerful SMP Performance : Intel processing power and symmetric multiprocessing with optimized cache architecture. Robust Reliability and Availability : System options ensure data integrity and system availability. Superior Enterprise Solutions and Services : Combining the NCR WorldMark servers with other NCR and third party software, networking, integration services and support services.

Ncr Worldmark 3500/3500-xp Servers
The WorldMark 3500 represents a superior value proposition for customers worldwide. The WorldMark 3500 family provides superior price/performance, reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS), and customer investment protection. With the release of the WorldMark 3500-XP, NCR has taken superior symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) architecture and made it even better. The WorldMark 3500-XP enhances your ability to move and use information in business critical environments. The WorldMark 3500-XP offers significant performance enhancements through several key technologies: a new processor board supporting up to four processors per board, increased cache, disconnect memory, a smarter scheduling algorithm, and a faster SCSI controller. With NCR'ss LifeKeeper software, supported by NCR UNIX SVR4 MP-RAS, the WorldMark 3575 and WorldMark 3575-XP Fault Resilient Servers provide superior availability, clustering scalability and high performance. The WorldMark 3575 and WorldMark 3575-XP are well-suited for mission critical environments. The WorldMark 3500 family delivers mainframe class performance for OLTP and Decision Enabling applications in corporate and regional datacenter environments. Coupled with NCR software, third party software, networking, integration services and support services. Superior Performance : Scaling to sixteen Pentium processors and 4 GB EDAC Memory. Superior Investment Protection : Allowing customers to add computing power as needs grow. SuperiorAvailability : Offering hot-pluggable disk drives and fans, redundant power supplies, power fail recovery, and a diagnostic subsystem. Superior Enterprise Solutions and Services : Combining the NCR WorldMark servers with other NCR and third party software, networking, integration services and support services.

Ncr Worldmark 3600/3600-xp Servers
The linear scalability of the WorldMark 3600 allows workload throughput to increase as the number of processing nodes are increased. With the WorldMark 3600 server's highly scalable architecture, you can expand your computing power incrementally as your business grows. Unlike mainframe computing, where growth in processing power means installation of a large upgrade or another very expensive mainframe, the WorldMark 3600 allows you to expand your system incrementally whether you are adding more power to accommodate natural business growth, new users, or increased database capacity. Combining superior performance, unprecedented scalability, parallel relational database capabilities, and an open computing environment, the WorldMark 3600 is a high-end enterprise server uniquely designed to meet the demands of today's commercial enterprise. The WorldMark 3600 massively parallel computing system is ideal for commercial complex transaction processing and decision support environments. Using industry-leading technology, the WorldMark 3600 couples hundreds of powerful Intel Pentium and i486 processors in a single MPP system configuration. To meet the most demanding performance requirements, the WorldMark 3600 implements a relational database model using a parallel processing approach. Rather than managing your data within a single processing node, the WorldMark 3600 distributes tasks to many processing nodes. Superior Investment Protection : Allowing customers to add computing power as needs grow. Outstanding Scalability : Up to 64 AP Nodes (1,024 CPUs) interconnected via YNETOver 350 AMPs supporting the Teradata Database connected via YNET. Superior Availability : The NCR 3600's parallel architecture and component redundancy provide state-of-the-art reliability and availability. Demonstrated World Leader : For very large database processing for commercial applications.s.

Ncr Worldmark 5100s Servers
The WorldMark 5100S server uses one of the fastest open system SMP designs ever benchmarked, maximizing potential for your most demanding mission critical applications.The WorldMark 5100S server starts with a single SMP processor subsystem (node) and maintains that same platform as your information processing needs change. Unprecedented processing power and processor scalability are attained through the WorldMark 5100S server's support of 4 to 32 90 MHz or 133 MHz Intel Pentium processors within a single processor subsystem. The WorldMark 5100S server will also support the next generation Intel processor family, enabling even greater processing performance. Along with the performance and scalability advantages gained with the WorldMark 5100S server, this system also offers outstanding availability, reliability, and serviceability through many features, including: Hot swappable and hot addable disk drives, hot swappable power supplies, batteries, and fans; Optional redundant battery backup; Redundant power supplies and fans While the WorldMark 5100S is the foundation for many departmental or small enterprise information solutions, it also serves as the basic building block for clusters and MPP solutions. Multiple node systems are constructed with the WorldMark 5100 server's common processor subsystem as the foundation in these solutions: NCR LifeKeeper Switchover, Oracle Parallel Server Clusters, and MPP configurations for Teradata and other merchant databases. The WorldMark 5100S server is the Symmetrical Multiprocessing (SMP) member of the WorldMark Series 5000 family of servers. Using a modular cabinet, a series of 'subsystems,' and the most advanced system technology, the WorldMark 5100S server offers exceptional price/performance and investment protection through a unique design that provides the ultimate in system scalability. Exceptional Investment Protection : Rapid, efficient scalability to 32 Intel Pentium processors and next generation Intel processors. Ultimate Scalability : Provides the basic building blocks for larger systems including clusters and massively parallel processing solutions. Powerful SMP Performance : Intel processing power and symmetric multiprocessing with optimized cache architecture. Robust Reliability and Availability : System options ensure data integrity and system availability. Superior Enterprise Solutions and Services : Combining the NCR WorldMark servers with other NCR and third party software, networking, integration services and support services..

Ncr Worldmark 5100c Servers
We add the clustering and fault resilient capabilities of NCR LifeKeeper to the system along with the Administration Workstation (AWS), an innovative systems management solution which provides a single point of control of your configuration, no matter how many WorldMark nodes you decide to employ. Finally, we add to this the ability to quickly, easily and inexpensively grow the system into a Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) architecture. The WorldMark 5100C clearly stands out as a system that provides outstanding investment protection and flexibility in a complete platform-level solution. NCR LifeKeeper FRS, an integral part of the WorldMark 5100C server, is a clustering software solution which can be employed with Oracle Parallel Server to enable users to have simultaneous access to databases and shared applications. It can also be employed with other merchant databases to provide high availability. Up to eight processor subsystems can be joined in a single cluster to provide a cost-effective means of increasing performance and ensuring high data availability. As you continue to perform more of your vital processing on open systems, you require a system that is available, often 24 hours a day, able to grow, and easy to manage. The WorldMark 5100C server, the clustered member of the WorldMark Series 5000 family of servers, meets all of these requirements. The WorldMark 5100C offers exceptional availability, performance, manageability and investment protection through a unique scalable system design that is compatible with other NCR LifeKeeper clustered systems. It uses the same processor subsystem (node) found in the WorldMark 5100S, providing the same performance, in-box scalability and high availability features. Exceptional Investment Protection through System Scalability : Provides the basic building blocks for larger systems, clustering up to 8 processor subsystems and scalable to MPP solutions. High Availability and Performance : Clustering provides consistent uptime and high performance. Easy to Manage : AWS allows a single operational view and provides effortless monitoring of the entire system. Powerful SMP Performance : Intel processing power and symmetric multiprocessing with optimized cache architecture. Superior Enterprise Solutions and Services : Combining the NCR WorldMark servers with other NCR and third party software, networking, integration services and support services.

Ncr Worldmark 5100m Servers
The linear subsystem scalability of the WorldMark 5100M allows workload throughput to increase as you increase the number of processor subsystems. The parallel processing performance provided by the WorldMark 5100M server coupled with the industry's leading databases, brings you outstanding information solutions. The WorldMark 5100M supports Teradata Database solutions and mixed configurations consisting of Teradata and merchant databases, including: Oracle Parallel Server, SYBASE Navigation Server and INFORMIX OnLine Dynamic ServerTM XPS solutions. The NCR scalable BYNET; Interconnect is the key ingredient for multiple processor subsystems to work as a team to enable the largest commercial databases in the world. A fault resilient high performer, BYNET provides an interconnection network that enables multiple processor subsystems to communicate in a high-speed, loosely coupled design. The BYNET network bandwidth scales linearly, providing unparalleled database connectivity and power for growth. With the WorldMark 5100M server's highly scalable architecture, that uses the WorldMark 5100S server's processor subsystem as its foundation, you can expand your system incrementally, easily accommodating natural business growth, new users, new applications or increased database capacity. The WorldMark 5100M server is the Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) member of the WorldMark Series 5000 family of servers. Using a modular cabinet, a series of 'subsystems,' and the most advanced interconnect technology, the WorldMark 5100M server offers exceptional performance, availability and investment protection for your most advanced and critical information processing environments. These environments include decision support, data warehousing and enterprise-wide mission critical online complex transaction processing (OLCP). To meet your most demanding performance requirements, the WorldMark 5100M server implements a relational database model using the parallel processing approach. Rather than managing your data within a single processor subsystem (node), the WorldMark 5100M distributes tasks to many processor subsystems. Exceptional Investment Protection through System Scalability : Provides the building blocks to enable up to 16 processor subsystems (nodes) and up to 512 processors in an MPP solution. High Availability : Parallel architecture and component redundancy provide superior reliability and availability. Maximum Performance : Intel processor power, parallel processing, and high speed BYNET interconnect. Easy to Manage : AWS allows a single operational view and provides effortless monitoring of the entire system. Superior Enterprise Solutions and Services : Combining the NCR WorldMark servers with other NCR and third party software, networking, integration services and support services.s.

Ncr S10 Server
The NCR S10 sets new standards for value in the LAN file and print server industry. Superior system performance, scalability, and support for industry-standard software and hardware allow the S10 to meet the needs of environments requiring file/print applications, e-mail and fax applications, small LAN database packages, and small branch processing applications.The S10 offers superior scalability by supporting 60, 75, and 90 MHz Intel Pentium processors and up to 128 MB Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) or Parity memory using industry-standard SIMM technology. Seven drive bays and seven bus mastering I/O slots (4 EISA, 2 PCI, and 1 shared) provide additional scalability and flexibility within the system. A well-designed PCI/EISA architecture offers exceptional bandwidth, integration, and performance levels and enables peripherals to take full advantage of Intel processor power. NCR created the S10 with advanced applications and software that allow integrated personal computing and communications (PC&C) solutions through voice and data, simultaneous file and application-sharing abilities, call control features, file-management tracking, and network resource mapping. In addition, the S10 features an advanced set of server management software applications that can be used independently or integrated for customized server management functions including fault resilience, performance tuning, monitoring and analysis capabilities. Additional options such as ECC memory and RAID levels 0,1, and 5 further ensure maximum data integrity. The NCR S10 provides customers with true flexibility by supporting industry-standard operating systems such as Novell NetWare and UnixWare, Microsoft Windows NTTM Server, SCO UNIX, and IBM OS/2, in addition to NCR UNIX SVR4 MP-RAS. Effective Server Management : Integrated software applications maximize network uptime providing advanced fault resilience. Open Systems Compatibility : Support for industry-standard hardware and software. PCI/EISA Architecture : For higher bandwidth, higher integration, and maximum peripheral performance. Exceptional Performance : Intel processor power, PCI and EISA, Fast and Wide SCSI-2. Reliability and Availability : ECC memory, RAID levels 0,1, and 5 ensure system uptime. Aggressive Pricing : Exceptional performance, priced competitively.

Ncr S40 Server
Powerful networking capabilities and support for the most advanced computing and communications technologies allow the NCR S40 server to meet the needs of today networks. Designed for demanding environments requiring super server applications, database management, and LAN consolidation, NCR created the scalable S40 to support from one to four 100 MHz and 133 MHz Intel Pentium processors. The S40 features a dual PCI bus and EISA architecture delivering twice the performance bandwidth as typical bus architectures. To further streamline performance, the S40 true symmetrical multiprocessing cache architecture is optimized to manage multiple applications. Recognizing that today networking applications require both computing and communications abilities, NCR designed the S40 with advanced applications and software that allow integrated voice and data solutions, simultaneous file and application-sharing abilities, call control features, file-management tracking, and network resource mapping. In addition, the S40 features advanced server management capabilities. These tools can be used independently or integrated for customized server management functions including fault tolerance, performance tuning, monitoring and analysis capabilities. Features such as ECC memory, RAID levels 0, 1, and 5 and hot-pluggable drives ensure data integrity without system interruption. Support for a broad range of industry-standard hardware and software allows maximum flexibility in choosing a customized business solution. The NCR S40 supports operating systems such as Novell NetWare and UnixWare, Microsoft Windows NT Server, SCO UNIX, SCO MPX, and IBM OS/2, in addition to NCR UNIX SVR4 MP-RAS. Effective Server Management : Integrated software applications maximize network uptime providing advanced fault resilience. Intelligent Architecture : Dual PCI bus and EISA architecture for high performance in demanding environments. Exceptional Performance : Intel processor power, PCI and EISA, and true symmetrical multiprocessor optimized cache architecture. Reliability and Availability : ECC Dataguard memory, hot-pluggable drives, and RAID ensure system uptime. Open Systems Compatibility : Support for industry-standard hardware and software.

Ncr 3404 Desktop Server
The NCR 3404 takes full advantage of Intel Pentium processor power through a well-designed PCI/EISA architecture. The PCI local bus offers exceptional bandwidth, integration, and higher performance levels than other buses, ensuring streamlined system and peripheral performance. Fast and Wide SCSI-2 further boosts performance by eliminating system bottlenecks. The NCR 3404 ensures protection of mission critical data by offering features such as Error Checking and Correcting memory and RAID levels 0,1 and 5. To facilitate configuration and support, the NCR 3404 desktop server supports industry-standard operating systems such as Novell NetWare and UnixWare, Microsoft Windows NT Server, SCO UNIX, and IBM OS/2, in addition to NCR UNIX SVR4 MP-RAS. The NCR 3404 desktop server delivers the most competitively priced Intel Pentium processor-based desktop server in the LAN file and print application server industry. The NCR 3404 offers a high-performance architecture, scalability for investment protection, and compatibility with industry-standard software and hardware. The NCR 3404 offers superior scalability by supporting 60 MHz, 75 MHz and 90 MHz Intel Pentium processors, and six drive bays, seven bus mastering I/O slots (4 EISA, 2 PCI, and 1 shared), and a 1MB cache upgrade option. Value Price Performance : Exceptional performance, priced competitively. Intelligent Architecture : PCI/EISA architecture for higher bandwidth, higher integration, and maximum peripheral performance. Intel Pentium Processor Power : Supports 60 MHz, 75 MHz and 90 MHz Intel Pentium processors. Reliability and Availability : ECC memory and RAID levels 0,1and 5 ensure system uptime. Open Systems Compatibility : Support For industry-standard hardware and software.

Ncr 3416xl Desktop Server
Using Intel Pentium processors and high performance symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP) architecture, the NCR 3416 XL delivers industry-leading price/performance while offering a superior upgrade path. This member of the NCR server family offers true two-way SMP and high performance uniprocessor configurations as well as hot pluggable drives. The NCR ServerCentric design ensures superior system responsiveness, availability, and scalability all in an aggressively priced entry-level system.The NCR 3416 XL offers industry-leading CPU technology, a unique board architecture, and an EISA bus design to increase bit transfer performance and user flexibility. High performance two-way set associative, zero wait state cache architecture is optimized for scalable concurrency needs of servers. The NCR 3416 XL is ideally suited for local area networks requiring Novell NetWare and UnixWare, Microsoft Windows NT Server, SCO UNIX, SCO MPX, IBM OS/2, and NCR UNIX SVR4 MP-RAS applications. Reliability & Availability : Protects your information assets. Hardware and Software Support : Thousands of engineers located in 120 countries. Outstanding Performance : Improved system responsiveness. Compatibility : Designed for key environments. Aggressively Priced : Pentium processor and superior product quality at competitive prices.

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