3Com Ships AccessBuilder 4000 ISDN WANStack System for Medium-Sized Businesses and Remote Offices.WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 1996--3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ) announced today the AccessBuilder 4000 ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. WANStack system and a new software upgrade package to address the networking needs of growing remote access applications in medium-sized businesses and enterprise remote offices. Available now, the AccessBuilder 4000 ISDN WANStack is a 32-port modular remote access system for ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI See ISDN. BRI - Basic Rate Interface ) connections. Utilizing important software protocols, such as Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol See PPTP. (communications, protocol) Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol - (PPTP) A tunneling protocol for connecting Windows NT clients and servers over Remote Access Services (RAS). PPTP can be used to create a Virtual Private Network between computers running NT. (PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) A protocol from Microsoft that is used to create a virtual private network (VPN) over the Internet. Remote users can access their corporate networks via any ISP that supports PPTP on its servers. ), Multilink PPP See PPP. , and spoofing, the system is able to accept calls across any of the system's ports by dividing them into individual B channels and dynamically assigning them to unutilized ports. 3Com also is shipping the software capabilities as an upgrade for current customers of AccessBuilder 4000 remote access servers. All of 3Com's solutions for wide area networking are a part of the company's Transcend Networking framework, which provides customers with a useful approach to scaling the performance, extending the reach, and managing the growth of their networks. "With the movement of remote access toward the center of the network, enterprises are making efforts to protect earlier investments by redeploying their departmental-level remote access servers to the edge or remote offices. By enabling the AccessBuilder 4000 products with PPTP, Multilink PPP and spoofing software, 3Com is allowing IS professionals to bring together their point products and have them work and be managed as a system," said Chandy Nilakantan, general manager of 3Com Enterprise Access. Pricing and Availability The AccessBuilder 4000 ISDN WANStack system is available now for $16,495 and $18,496 (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ), respectively for S/T S/T Such That S/T Self-Titled (also seen as ST) S/T Short Ton(s) and U interfaces. Future AccessBuilder 4000 users automatically receive the software when the product is purchased. For existing users, a software upgrade package is available. 3Com Corporation has helped more than 45 million people gain access to critical information through high-speed networks. Designed to serve large enterprises, service providers, small offices and homes, 3Com products provide a scalable architecture to meet the present and future connectivity needs of today's users. With research and development on three continents, 3Com is one of the data networking industry's largest and fastest growing companies. 3Com's innovative engineering, marketing, sales and support simplify communication, optimize network reliability and protect customer investments. For further information, visit our World Wide Web site: http://www.3Com.com . -0- Note to Editors: 3Com, AccessBuilder and Transcend are registered trademarks of 3Com Corporation. WANStack is a trademark of 3Com Corporation. All other brands and names are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: 3Com Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Jennifer Wade, 408/764-5137 Jennifer_Wade@3Com.com |
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