ADC Offers Rapid Migration Program for Excite@Home Transition; ADC's FastFlow Products Allow Cable Operators to Quickly and Successfully Manage the Upcoming Transition.Business Editors & Technology Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2002 ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. (Nasdaq:ADCT ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform ; www.adc.com), a leading global supplier of fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber , network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, today announced a limited-time free offer for its field-proven Excite@Home(TM) migration solution. Under this program, ADC will design, configure and install FastFlow(TM) Broadband Provisioning Manager (BPM) software for a 30-day trial. With this solution, MSOs can begin to prepare their networks for an alternative ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. before Excite@Home ceases operation on February 28, 2002. The deadline for cable operators to sign up for the free program is January 22, 2002. ADC's FastFlow BPM and IP Management (IPM (1) (Impressions Per Minute) Generally refers to document scanners that scan both sides of the page at the same time. Thus, a scanner that scans at 100 ppm (pages per minute) can provide 200 ipm. See ppm and document scanner. ) solutions enable the rapid deployment of new ISP services with minimal disruption to subscriber services. Extensively evaluated and tested by major MSOs including Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. and AT&T Broadband, this solution is in production use today for hundreds of thousands of subscribers nationwide. ADC's solutions manage the critical elements of service fulfillment and activation to ensure service continuation, improve operational efficiencies and help increase revenue from subscribers. "With the end of Excite@Home broadband services only weeks away, ADC is ready with field-proven services and solutions to ease the pain of migration," said Dave Paolino, president of ADC's IP Cable Business Unit. "In a recent effort for Cox Communications, ADC configured 150 distributed servers and had the system ready for nationwide subscriber provisioning in less than a week. This is the kind of professional service that only a company such as ADC - with its broad and deep experience in cable networks - can accomplish." Standards-based Solutions for Carrier-Class Provisioning FastFlow BPM is a robust, carrier-class solution that device activation and configuration within DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS 1.0/1.1 and PacketCable/EuroPacketCable compliant networks, and also supports multiple ISP selection. ADC's FastFlow BPM is the industry's most scalable, feature-rich service provisioning system for the deployment and activation of advanced IP-based cable services. The product simplifies the service provisioning process enabling faster take-rates and provides extensive SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. fault management tools to maintain acceptable service quality levels once consumers have subscribed. FastFlow IPM provides centralized administration and management of the IP addresses required to deploy advanced broadband services. In conjunction with American Registry of Internet Numbers (ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers, Chantilly, VA, www.arin.net) An organization founded in 1997 to dispense IP addresses in North and South America, the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa. This was previous handled by Network Solutions, Inc., (InterNIC), which manages domain names. ), it automatically reserves, tracks and replenishes IP addresses and supports IP block allocation, sub-network partitioning and depletion notification. Its Graphic User Interface See GUI. (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) can stand-alone or be integrated into a current OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. user interface. Since IP addresses today are still generally managed manually, this product is designed to offer a self-reliant data service provider tremendous operational efficiencies. The synergy between FastFlow Broadband Provisioning Manager and FastFlow IP Management offers a provisioning solution that is robust, seamless and accountable from a single source. This is an ideal technical and economical solution that scales to support deployment of additional services to a growing customer base, meets the need for multiple ISPs and complies with ARIN. In addition, its standards-based, open architecture allows FastFlow to interface with an MSO's current OSS as well as with future OSS products, helping to promote a good return on investment. ADC's Cable Solutions ADC simplifies multiservice, multivendor cable systems and helps accelerate the delivery of new revenue streams for the cable operator. Through technically advanced, carrier-class IP networking products, operational support system and infrastructure connectivity products, ADC helps to maximize operators' return on investments. Supported by its professional service capabilities, ADC's cost-effective, future-proof solutions leverage field-proven expertise to enable advanced service deployments worldwide. About ADC ADC is The Broadband Company(TM). ADC tailors high-quality, custom solutions of network equipment, fiber optics, software and systems integration services that enable communications service providers to deliver high-speed Internet, data, video and voice services to consumers and businesses worldwide. ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT) has sales into nearly 100 countries and is included in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq 100 Index Nasdaq 100 Index A market-capitalization-weighted index of the largest and most active nonfinancial domestic and international issues listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. . Learn more about ADC Telecommunications, Inc. at www.adc.com. |
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