Short Take: SAP and IBM release database server

SAP AG has certified the IBM System/390 platform as a database server for the R/3 System. SAP and IBM announced the certification after concluding a ten-month joint development effort. Five companies--Amoco, IBM PC, Lufthansa Systems, Motorola, and Carl Zeiss Jena--will receive the platform in a pilot program; general availability is planned for mid-1997.