Motorola Computer Group

Pact Signed: Alpha Microsystems, a business computer maker in Santa Ana, said last week that it signed an agreement with Tempe, Ariz.-based Motorola Computer Group to buy $4.2 million in computer systems. Alpha Microsystems will sell the computer systems, which are based on the reduced instruction set computing technology commonly used in workstations, under its own name. It will package the computer with its own software applications.

Pact Signed: Alpha Microsystems, a business computer maker in Santa Ana, said last week that it signed an agreement with Tempe, Ariz.-based Motorola Computer Group to buy $4.2 million in computer systems. Alpha Microsystems will sell the computer systems, which are based on the reduced instruction set computing technology commonly used in workstations, under its own name. It will package the computer with its own software applications.

IBM Execs Shuffle; Taligent Chief Leaves for Motorola: The changes came two days after the surprise departure of IBM's chief financial officer, Jerome York. Lee Reiswig was moved from general manager of the OS/2 operating program group to general manager of technical strategy for the software division. Succeeding Reiswig will be John W. Thompson. Separately, Joe Guglielmi, chief executive of the Taligent joint venture with Apple Computer Inc.

General Automation Inc., an Anaheim-based computer company, said Monday that it has purchased the rights to sell two lines of computer systems from Motorola Inc. for $36 million. Under a multiyear agreement, Motorola Computer Group in Tempe, Ariz., will manufacture its Delta Series 3000 and Delta Series 8000 computers for General Automation, which will resell the computers to its own customers.

* Vincent L. Romano has been named executive vice president, sales and marketing for FutureLink Distribution Corp. in Irvine. Romano was formerly senior vice president, worldwide sales at USinternetworking Inc. He has also held executive sales positions at Motorola Computer Group, Data General, ShareTech and Honeywell. * Craig Thibault has joined Collaborative West in San Clemente as a principal.