November 1999
Industry News
VMIC Enhances Its 333MHz SBC
VMIC has enhanced its high-performance Pentium II processor-based VMEbus SBC
by offering up to 512Mb of SDRAM, the VMIVME-7695. This high-end SBC brings 333MHz Pentium
II processing power to VMEbus in a single slot. In addition, this product provides
flash-disk capability with the M-Systems's DiskOnChip 2000 flash disk. The DiskOnChip 2000
can be used as boot flash memory, or it can be installed by the BIOS as an additional
standard drive. No additional software is required. This SBC also supports diskless
operations with booting from Ethernet or flash.
No. 500, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Lucent Launches DSL Platform
Addressing the exploding market for Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) services,
Lucent Technologies today announced a new carrier-class DSL platform that will allow
service providers for the first time to offer business and residential customers the
highest quality of voice over DSL - along with high-speed data, Internet and video
services - all over one copper connection. Called Stinger, Lucent's breakthrough DSL
access concentrator offers industry-leading Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities,
enabling service providers to prioritize voice services while delivering dedicated access
to bandwidth-hungry data services at the same time. Stinger's advanced features enable it
to deliver voice traffic over DSL with the same high quality and reliability that
customers expect today.
No. 501, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
InfoInterActive Teams With RADVision
InfoInterActive (IIA) announced that it has teamed with RADVision to improve its Voice
over IP (VoIP) solution for Internet Call Manager (ICM). Using RADVision technology and
open standards such as H.323, IIA's new gatekeeper improves the routing of calls across
IP-based telephony networks, allowing more capacity and better margins for ICM service
providers. For example, IIA's solution allows national ICM service providers to avoid
placing servers at the edge of the network, or transporting all calls to centralized data
centers, providing cost savings. IIA is partnering with market leaders such as Cisco and
RADVision to provide versions of Internet Call Manager for an ever-increasing number of
network scenarios.
No. 502, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
TimeStep Intros PERMIT Enterprise 2.0
TimeStep has announced the release of PERMIT Enterprise version 2.0, the latest generation
of TimeStep's award winning IP-VPN product suite. To meet the evolving needs of today's
business environment, TimeStep has added redundancy and extended authentication for remote
access. Time Step is also introducing an enhanced version of its VPN gateway hardware, the
PERMIT/Gate 4620. Improving upon its PERMIT/Gate 4520 platform, the new VPN gatway
supports more than 1,000 simultaneous secure sessions, giving it a large tunnel capacity.
No. 503, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
MiTAC Intros MCH-702
MiTAC Industrial has introduced the MCH-702, a 12.25" high, 20-slot, 10 disk drive
chassis. This versatile, ruggedized 19" rackmount chassis is configured with a
passive backplane or Baby AT/ATX motherboard with versatile full-size slots with multiple
configuration of ISA, PCI, and PICMG bus connections. Designed for redundancy, high
reliability, and protection, the MCH-702 includes standard 400 watt AC AT or ATX power
supplies with optional redundant hot-swappable or DC power supplies. Specially designed
for easy service, the MCH-702 has 8 front mounted drive bays, 2 rear mounted easy access
to lower deck, and 10 high-speed, hot swappable cooling fans. The MCH-702's wide range of
system configurations is ideal for applications in telecommunications, CTI, and other
places where critical operations are a must.
No. 504, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Analog Devices Announces T1-On-A-Chip
Analog Devices, today announced a chip that enables a new level of communications capacity
for networking and remote access equipment. The new ADSP-21mod980 contains 24 ports, the
equivalent of a T1 communications line, achieving the highest level of density in the
industry with a single integrated circuit. The new high-density Internet access solution
enables the convergence of voice and data networks through a unique ability to configure
any port for any protocol. Measuring approximately 1.9 square inches, the ADSP-21mod980
consumes the lowest power and space per port and is based on a field-proven architecture
that is programmable and flexible.
No. 505, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Ziatech Partners With Lynx For Operating System Support
Ziatech and Lynx Real Time Systems announced a partnership designed to
provide enhanced applied computing solutions integrating Ziatech's CompactPCI computers
and the "hard real-time" capabilities of the LynxOS for high-end communications
equipment. Ziatech will offer the Lynx operating system as an option to several of its
CompactPCI single board computer and development platforms, which are integrated into a
variety of telecommunications and Internet infrastructure equipment. Applications such as
DSL, VoIP equipment, high-performance ATM switches, and other emerging communication
platforms benefit from the CompactPCI open architecture.
No. 506, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Coyote Signs Distribution Agreement with Ericsson
Coyote Technologies has announced it has signed a distribution agreement with Ericsson
Inc. (Nasdaq: ERICY) allowing Coyote to market a carrier-class "networked" Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solution, which consists of Ericsson's IPT 1.6 IP Telephony
Solution and Coyote's DSS Switch, to carriers and Internet service providers (ISPs).
Coyote's "networked" VoIP solution will enable carriers and ISPs flexible
routing of voice, fax and data traffic over legacy circuit- and IP-based packet networks
using the public switched telephone network (PSTN), virtual private networks and/or the
InternetEricsson's IPT 1.6 is a high-capacity platform that enables carriers to offer
worldwide IP telephony voice services as well as fax over IP. A highly reliable and
scalable system, IPT 1.6 is standards-based and is commercially available now. The IPT 1.6
is being deployed by carriers around the world with T1, E1 and SS7 interfaces to the PSTN.
No. 507, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Network Instruments Provides Analysis Tools
Network Instruments, LLC today announced the release of Observer 6.2, a robust, low-cost
protocol analyzer and the first traffic management and troubleshooting tool for shared and
switched environments to offer Voice over IP (VoIP) H.323 protocol decoding. In many
organizations VoIP connections are becoming increasingly important and companies cannot
afford to have either their VoIP connection down or have trouble making and maintaining
VoIP communications. The Observer 6.2 VoIP decode allows administrators to troubleshoot a
connection quickly and easily with a complete H.323 protocol decodes.
No. 508, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
MCG: RTOS Support for CPX8000
Motorola Computer Group (MCG) has announced real-time operating system
support for its CPX8000 family of high-availability, CompactPCI-based embedded computing
platforms. Supporting real-time operating systems on this open platform will allow
telecommunications OEMs to standardize on a common system platform that can be used across
a broad range of data and telephony applications in both carrier and enterprise markets.
The CPX8000 series is intended for applications that need to meet or exceed five-nines
(99.999 percent) availability.
No. 509, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Cisco Announces AVVID
Cisco Systems has announced AVVID, the architecture for voice, video, and
integrated data for the corporate enterprise. This standards-based flexible architecture
enables customers to thrive in Internet-based business models while achieving a lower
total cost of ownership for the overall network. Cisco AVVID signals the availability of
New World voice, video, and data solutions for the enterprise. Cisco AVVID is comprised of
four building blocks: IP infrastructure systems such as multilayer intelligent switches,
routers, and gateways with vital network services like QoS, security, and management; call
processing platforms and solutions; applications like unified messaging, collaborative
capabilities, IP contact centers, etc.; and intelligent IP-enabled clients including IP
telephones and software-based phones and video clients.
No. 510, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Connex Intros Suite Of Internet Conferencing Services
Connex International has introduced a range of Internet services that include Connex
Presents, e-Message, and Online Archiving. Connex Presents, an Internet presentation tool,
reinforces teleconferences with live, real-time slide presentations using the Internet.
With a feature called e-Message, e-mail simultaneously alerts all propsective attendees,
helping to generate a large audience for the presentation. Working in conjunction with
Connex Presents, e-Message boosts participation by issuing invitations, confirmations, and
special notices. At the end of the conference, Online Archiving ensures that the orginal
materials and new documents will be available to those who missed the live portion, or may
just want to review the proceedings.
No. 511, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
PairGain, Jetstream Sign Voice Over DSL Agreement
PairGain Technologies announced that it has signed an agreement with Jetstream
Communications to incorporate Jetstream's Voice over DSL (VoDSL) technology into future
PairGain CPE equipment. The technology integration will enable PairGain's existing VoDSL
products to support both next-generation voice services, as well as traditional POTS. All
voice traffic delivered to the public switched telephone network will arrive via
Jetstream's CPX-1000 Voice Gateway. This combination enables PairGain to offer both ILECs
and CLECs VoDSL products that maximize the revenue potential from advanced integrated
voice and data DSL services and minimize the use of expensive network facilities.
No. 512, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Interspeed Announces Support For IP Multicast Over DSL
Interspeed, a Brooktrout company, announced support for IP multicast services over DSL
networks. This support will enable service providers to expand their product offerings
using their existing Interspeed DSL platform and help increase revenue generation
potential, while simultaneously reducing overall equipment and network management costs.
Interspeed's family of single box DSL Access Routers (DSLARs), including the new
Interspeed DART support IP multicast, which is enabled through the DSLARs' integration,
which includes complete Layer 2 switching and IP routing. Since these capabilities are
build into the DSLARs, Interspeed can route digital information to the appropriate network
using advanced IP multicast protocols, including Internet Gateway Multicast (IGMP) and
Multicast Open Shortest Past First (MOSPF).
No. 513, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
SBS Technologies Intros Model 714P
SBS Technologies has introduced the Model 714P, a general purpose rugged
enclosure designed for use in a wide variety of demanding applications, such as data
acquisition, factory automation, and computer telephony. The Model 714P is equipped
standard with a 14-slot ISA passive backplane, but can easily accommodate a variety of
PCI/ISA dual bus backplanes offering 4,6, or 7 PCI slots. Optional split backplanes are
also available for multiple systems operation. The enclosure is equipped with a standard
300W, 115/230 VAC (65K hour rated) power supply.
No. 514, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Spring Tide Selects IRE's VPN Technology
Information Resource Engineering (IRE) has announced that Spring Tide Networks has entered
into an agreement to license IRE's SafeNet DSP "Security System on a Chip" to
increase the security and performance of its new IP Service Switch 5000 line of
carrier-class products. By integrating the SafeNet DSP into its Pipeline PacketFlow
architecture, Spring Tide will be able to provide processing power that enables the
platform to terminate and switch more than 100,000 secure tunnels at full-line speed with
minimum latency. This strategic partnership will enable Spring Tide to meet the increasing
market demand for high bandwidth, secure communications over public IP networks.
No. 515, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
VPNet Intros VSU-1200 VPNware System
VPNet Technologies has introduced the highly scalable VSU-1200 VPNware
System, a virtual private network (VPN) gateway designed to provide the high capacity,
high-availability, and fail over protection required by enterprise and service provider
networks. To this end, the VSU-1200 offers high fail-over and switchover support of
redundant IPSec engines, power supplies, and cooling fans. To meet the increasing
bandwidth demands of today's networks, the VSU-1200 offers a full 100 Mbps performance
while executing Triple DES (Data Encryption Standard) encryption, and scales to 7,500
simultaneous VPNs.
No. 516, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
DVSI Intros Toll-Quality Multi-Rate Vocoder Chip
Digital Voice Systems, Inc. (DVSI) has announced the addition of the AMBE-2000 Vocoder
Chip to its family of voice compression products. Its high performance and flexible design
configurations makes it an option for commercial, consumer, and military applications.
Incorporating DVSI's latest AMBE+ Vocoder Technology, the AMBE-2000 Vocoder Chip delivers
toll-quality speech at 4.0 Kbps and can operate at virtually any defined bit rate between
2.0 and 9.6 Kbps. This integrated circuit combines high voice quality with robustness to
bit errors and acoustic noise.
No. 517, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Industrial CPU Announces iServer 6/6000
Industrial CPU Systems has announced the iServer 6/6000 series, the latest addition to its
line of products specifically designed to meet customer needs in telecommunications, call
center, and e-commerce environments. The scalable and expandable 600MHz PIII-based server
delivers a combination of high power processor, 144GB of RAID-5 hot swappable drives, 800
watt quad hot swappable power supply, and 20 PCI/ISA I/O slots in a rack-optimized 5U form
factor for space constrained high density applications. The iServer 6/6000 server series
is UL/FCC/CE approved and it is designed to meet Belcore NEBS Level 3 standard.
No. 518, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Quicknet Announces Internet PhoneJACK - PCI
Quicknet Technologies has announced the Internet PhoneJACK - PCI, a single
channel, full-duplex PCI audio card designed to enhanced Voice over IP (VoIP). The
Internet PhoneJACK - PCI turns analog telephones and PBXs into Internet telephones with
hardware-based echo cancellation, full-duplex audio, and speakerphone capability. The
fourth generation version of the Internet PhoneJACK product series, Internet PhoneJACK -
PCI features a new higher-performance Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a high speed 32-bit
PCI card format, and full Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0, and Linux capability. With
Internet PhoneJACK - PCI, users pick up the telephone to make an Internet phone call, or
answer the phone when it rings to receive an Internet phone call. Using Internet PhoneJACK
interface, the Internet PhoneJACK - PCI is compatible with phone systems in over 165
countries.
No. 519, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Path 1 Releases First Product For Field Trials
Path 1 Network Technologies has announced the release of its first technology evaluation
product, the TechCircuit Multimedia Gateway (TMG) for field trials. Path 1 will release
the TMG product to third parties for testing, and for evaluation for incorporation into
their infrastructure. The TMG delivers real-time digital communications, including audio,
voice, video, and data over standard IP networks. By incorporating Path 1's TrueCircuit
core technology, the TMG propels real-time communications past all other IP transmissions
providing the speed and real-time quality of service (QoS) usually guarenteed only in
circuit-switched networks.
No. 520, www.itmag.com/freeinfo |
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