Tandem-Compaq clustering package targets telecom. (Tandem Computer's Integrity XC)(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)

Tandem Computer this quarter plans to release its first product combining Tandem and Compaq technology -- the Integrity XC -- which puts Tandem's NonStop Clusters for SCO UnixWare on Compaq's Intel-based servers.

The latest version of Tandem's NonStop Clusters, also part of the release, allows for as many as six server nodes and will expand to 16 nodes by year's end, said Bill Saulnier, director of product marketing at Tandem.

Integrity XC is aimed squarely at telecommunications networks.

"In telecommunications, availability problems are a show stopper," Saulnier said. For that reason, NonStop Clusters goes beyond fail-over protection to let administrators …