ADC Telecommunications Redefines Wide-area Network Access in Europe.GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 1999-- ServicePoint(TM) delivers mission-critical application performance, while controlling WAN access costs ADC Telecommunications ADC Telecommunications (NASDAQ: ADCT) is a communications company located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. History In 1935, Ralph Allison founded ADC Telecommunications in the basement of his south Minneapolis home, inventing ADC's very (Nasdaq:ADCT ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform ; www.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. .com) Access Products Division, a leading supplier of network access solutions, is now offering E1 products for ServicePoint, its innovative line of service delivery access devices. The ServicePoint service delivery platform centers around the concept of termination, monitoring and control. These three functions are critical to the successful performance of the network and are now available in one access device. The ServicePoint portfolio of products allows service providers and enterprise network managers to add functionality as they need it through software downloads. The ServicePoint E1 2041 includes ServicePoint monitoring software and the ServicePoint E1 2141 features an add/drop port for connecting routers and voice traffic to integrated service offerings. Both models have an embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. Simple Network Management Protocol (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. ) agent and local Ethernet port A socket on a computer or network device for plugging in an Ethernet cable. See WAN port. , as well as in-band access options. "The ServicePoint platform is a cost-effective access solution for European businesses and service providers. It addresses the growing needs of network managers to understand and control their increasing WAN resources and costs, while ensuring a consistent level of performance for their mission-critical applications," said Clyde Jenkins, vice president and general manager for ADC Access Products Division. "Service providers now have an economical solution to deploy value-added managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality to their customers, resulting in increased revenue and customer satisfaction." The ServicePoint Service Delivery Units (SDUs) help enterprise network managers terminate, monitor and control their WAN bandwidth. They can now identify and monitor how their WAN is being used and ensure they have purchased the right amount of bandwidth. Other monitoring features include the ability to deliver end-to-end metrics on delay, data delivery and availability. This provides users with performance reports that verify actual performance against service telephone, cable television, Internet, broadcast, wireless and private communications networks. ADC's syste at www.adc.com. For additional information about ADC Access Products, visit www.adc.com/access. |
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