AOpen's New SOHO Networking Hubs/Switches Provide Best Ever Price/Performance; Enticing promotions help launch SOHO products with stand-out features.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2000 AOpen America, Inc. today announced a new series of networking products that deliver to the SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. (small office/home office See SOHO. ) market the highest-performance, state-of-the-art networking available. Manufactured for seamless compatibility and modularity, the AOH-605/608 and AOW-605/608 networking hubs and switches are another example of AOpen using its position as a world market leader to guarantee its customers the latest in technology at highly competitive prices. And the free training course offered with the purchase of any of AOpen's fast networking hubs and switches ensures that customers will be able to integrate these new components into their networks with ease. Both the AOH-605 (5-port, 10/100 Mbps) hub and AOH-608 (8-port, 10/100 Mbps) SOHO hub offer plug and play installation with automatic port configuration, CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection) The LAN access method used in Ethernet. When a device wants to gain access to the network, it checks to see if the network is quiet (senses the carrier). protocol for complete data integrity, dedicated TP ports providing auto-negotiation capability for 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX medium select, and a built-in switch function allowing inter-communication between the 10Mbps and 100Mbps segments. The AOW-605 offers 5 full/half duplex ports, NWay 10M/100M auto-detect Ethernet/Fast Ethernet, and operation at maximum packet filtering See packet filter. and forwarding rates. It also supports store-and-forward packet switching A network technology that breaks up a message into small packets for transmission. Unlike circuit switching, which requires the establishment of a dedicated point-to-point connection, each packet in a packet-switched network contains a destination address. . The AOW-608 offers 8 full/half duplex ports, NWay 10/100Mbps switched Ethernet An Ethernet network that is controlled by a switch instead of a shared hub. The switch cross connects all clients, servers and network devices, giving each sending-receiving pair the full rated transmission speed. , wire-speed filtering and forwarding rates, and store-and-forward switching. All hubs in this series are highly expandable using switched uplink technology, and all ports have easy-to-view LED indicators. "Our newest networking solutions are all easy to install, easy to use, reliable, energy-efficient and compact," said Jerry Huang, Director of Marketing and Communications for AOpen America. "And, like all of our products, they are ISO- iso- or is- pref. 1. Equal; uniform: isobar. 2. Isomeric: isopropyl. 3. 9001 certified and comply fully with industry standards." Customers who purchase any of AOpen's fast networking hubs between now and July 31, 2000, will be eligible to register for Networking Essentials: Implementing Networking Applications, a free, three-hour, online networking training course from eLeaningIT.com. This $125 value allows AOpen channel partners to leverage AOpen's product benefits by enabling customers to immediately incorporate into their networks and fully utilize their new hubs. In addition, each customer who signs up for the eLearningIT course is automatically entered in a drawing to win a 4-Day/3-Night resort vacation in such appealing locations as Athens, Vienna, Mexico City, and St. Thomas. The channel partner who enrolls the winning customer will win a resort vacation as well. Pricing and availability All products are available now through AOpen's channel partners. The products are retail priced at $119 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. for the AOW-608, $90.00 for the AOW-605, $90.00 for the AOH-608 and $75.00 for the AOH-605. About AOpen America Headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , AOpen America is the world's largest total component solutions manufacturer and a member of an $8.5 billion technology group. Leveraging more than 23 years of technology manufacturing experience and more than 1,000 Group patents, AOpen designs, develops and markets advanced PC motherboards, optical drives, PC housings, peripherals, multimedia and networking solutions for resellers, system integrators and those who value reliability and performance. Editor's Note: More information about AOpen, AOpen Products, services, and business partners is available on the World Wide Web at: www.AOpenUSA.com. AOpen is a registered trademark of AOpen Inc. All other products, brand names or companies are trademarks or registered marks of their respective companies. |
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