AT&T Paradyne, NCR's sister company, already offers remote channel-to-channel connectivity via an OEM agreement with IBM that allows it to resell the 3172. Any effort by NCR to address that market with the 5900 series would be "redundant," Babich said.
NetWorth, Inc. last week provided a glimpse into its future when it displayed a prototype of its next-generation hub at the NetWorld 93 trade show here.The NetWorth Series 6000 is a multigigabit-capacity device that will provide integrated switching and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) capabilities in addition to support for the traditional token-ring, Ethernet and Fiber Distributed Data Interface networks.
A key component of the new device will be the Network Services Engine (NSE), which Tiffany 1837 Money clip serve as a high-end personal computer platform supporting a variety of network services.Users, for example, could load Novell, Inc.'s software-based MultiProtocol Router onto the platform, as well as applications for net management and local-area network-to-host connectivity.The NSE will be a revamped version of the NetWare Application Engine (NAE) processor module found in existing Series 4000 hubs. It will be housed in a drawer that occupies the bottom half of the 10-slot 6000 and be based on an Intel Corp. 80486DX2 microprocessor.
Last week, NetWorth also rolled out HubWare, a series of NetWare Loadable Modules (NLM) Return to Tiffany Cuff links run on the 4000's NAE. Initial HubWare offerings will include the local-and wide-area version of MPR and a NetWare for SAA gateway. The applications range in price from $495 to $6,995 and are available now.It is expected that the HubWare products will also be able to run in the NSE, giving users access to more than 30 applications Engine-turned money clip services via NLMs.Because the NSE is housed in a separate compartment, it will not take up any slots, unlike the current NAE, which requires two slots in the 4000. The NSE connects to the 6000's backplane and management bus, so it can be used to compile net management information about the segments and devices attached to the 6000, eliminating the need for a management module.The NSE, which is field-upgradable to Intel's Pentium chip, also offers five drive bays and 10G bytes of storage. A stackable version of the NSE is under development that will be geared to remote office environments.
"Users can load the needed server and routing software onto the NSE, creating a branch in a box that could be shipped out to a remote site, where technical support staff is usually nonexistent," said Phyllis Dyer, the 6000's product-line manager.Since management functionality has been offloaded to the NSE, all 10 of the 6000's slots can be used for a variety of interface modules. The 6000, which features dual power supplies for Tiffany Engine-turned money clip, will also support existing 4000 modules.According to Dyer, the 6000 will feature integrated switching and ATM functionality, but the company has not made the final determination on how that will be incorporated into the device.The 6000 will be officially unveiled in either late November or early December and ship soon after that. Pricing has not been determined.Cray Communications, Inc. this week will become the latest in a long line of vendors to invade the lucrative low-end router market.
Scott Rey, Cray's director of marketing, said his company's new router line will address Tiffany 1837 bookmark user requirements for remote branch office routers, including simplicity, centralized network management and, perhaps most importantly, low price.Cray's new router line includes two versions: the Ethernet BR6100, a three-port device that supports a single Ethernet and two wide-area network ports; and the Ethernet-Token Ring BR6500, a four-port model that supports one Ethernet, one token ring and two WAN interfaces.
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