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    Information Research Services Updated: 04 February 1998
         
             
                 
              January:
DIGITAL announces the
Prioris ZX 5133MP superserver.
                 
              February:
DIGITAL announces the
SA-110 StrongARM microprocessor.
                 
              March:
DIGITAL announces a new release of its industry-leading 64-bit operating system,
DIGITAL UNIX Version 4.0.
                 
              April:
DIGITAL is the first information technology sponsor for the 100th running of the
Boston Marathon.
                     
              May:
At a worldwide customer event broadcast live via Internet audio and video, DIGITAL announces its strategy to accelerate the growth of the
Internet as the environment of choice for cyberworkers.
                     
              July:
DIGITAL announces 500MHz and 433MHz versions of its
Alpha 21164 RISC microprocessor, strengthening its four-year claim to the world's fastest and highest-performance microprocessors.
                 
              July:
The General Services Administration (GSA) of the Federal Government awards DIGITAL MCS the contract for the remarketing, recycling, and environmentally-safe disposal of approximately
one million pounds of obsolete computer equipment from Government agencies.
                     
              July:
DIGITAL becomes the first computer company to operate an Internet Network Access Point (NAP) when it opens the
DIGITAL Internet Exchange in Palo Alto, California.
                 
              November:
DIGITAL unveils the new
Prioris HX 6000 series of 200 MHz Pentium Pro-based application servers.
                     
              December:
OpenVMS/VAX V7.1 and OpenVMS/Alpha V7.1 are released.