When was Tandem Computers created?

Tandem Computers was a major manufacturer of fault-tolerant computers founded in 1974 by James Treybig. It was the first company to address the transaction processing (OLTP) market for online reservations and financial transfers.

1. Is Tandem Computers still in business?
2. Who bought Tandem Computers?
3. What is Tandem technology?
4. What is IBM tandem?
5. What was tandem 16?
6. Where is Compaq now?
7. Is tandem a mainframe?
8. What is non stop kernel?
9. What is Tandem HP NonStop?
10. What is Tandem IT equipment?
11. What is the code used in IBM mainframe computers?
12. What does Lenovo make?
13. Is Compaq a good brand?

Is Tandem Computers still in business?

Tandem Computers, Inc.

It remained independent until 1997, when it became a server division within Compaq. It is now a server division within Hewlett Packard Enterprise, following Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Compaq and the split of Hewlett Packard into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Who bought Tandem Computers?

Compaq Computer Corp. said yesterday it plans to buy struggling Tandem Computers Inc. for about $3 billion in stock.

What is Tandem technology?

Tandem Technologies is a fuel cell company dedicated to the continuing development of Hydrogen Fuel Cells and their applications.

What is IBM tandem?

The Probe for Tandem connects to a Tandem device over TCP/IP. It receives EMS session data from the Tandem device in the form of an ASCII data feed.

What was tandem 16?

The tandem 16 is s nonstop series of system which were used by the banking industries. They need to adopt the machine and run their machine during repair and expansion. Tandem is a nonstop operating system which is different from Unix and HP 3000's MPE.

Where is Compaq now?

In 2001 Compaq began merger talks with Hewlett-Packard, which reached fruition in 2002. Although Compaq is no longer an independent company, the Compaq brand continues as a Hewlett-Packard line of personal computers.

Is tandem a mainframe?

They are an expensive machine, but you get what you pay for, because they're very stabile, as in "Tandem Non-Stop". However, I've never thought of them as a Mainframe. Tandem has a neat (and powerful) Assembler named TAL (Tandem Assembler Language) as well as their own version of COBOL, named SCOBOL.

What is non stop kernel?

NonStop OS is a message-based operating system designed for fault tolerance. It works with process pairs and ensures that backup processes on redundant CPUs take over in case of a process or CPU failure. Data integrity is maintained during those takeovers; no transactions or data are lost or corrupted.

What is Tandem HP NonStop?

Overview. Since 1976, HP NonStop (Originally introduced by Tandem Computers Inc. ... The HP NonStop system is a highly fault-tolerant and highly scalable process-oriented hardware platform used mainly to support and sustain very large amounts of transactions.

What is Tandem IT equipment?

Tandem Computers was a major manufacturer of fault-tolerant computers founded in 1974 by James Treybig. ... Tandem computers were designed from the ground up for fault-tolerant operation in banks, stock exchanges, credit card companies and ATM machines.

What is the code used in IBM mainframe computers?

Later, IBM provided compilers for the newly developed higher-level programming languages Fortran, COMTRAN and later COBOL.

What does Lenovo make?

Lenovo is a manufacturer of personal computers, smartphones, televisions, and wearable devices.

Is Compaq a good brand?

Compaq laptops were excellent. I still have one from 2000 and, yes, I cannot use modern software on it, but it still runs fine with the old software. HP wanted Compaq because in those days Compaq was a high-end brand, but they mismanaged it.