AccessLan & Atreus Systems Join Forces to Offer ASP Platform to Service Providers to Enable Application Hosting Services for the Hospitality, Medical, and MTU Vertical Markets.Business Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2000 Joint Solution speeds connections for road warriors
The Road Warriors were a professional wrestling tag team famously comprised of Michael "Hawk" Hegstrand and Joseph "Animal" Laurinaitis, though other members , unclogs pipes at hospitals, and boosts Web profitability with distributed delivery of streaming content, Internet-based application hosting, and IP-enabled telephony over DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary Atreus Systems Corporation, a pioneer and leader in Broadband Application Management solutions, and AccessLan Communications, pioneer of PacketLoop and i-SLAM, and the No. 1 supplier of equipment for VoDSL, announced a partnership that, using AccessLan's PacketLoop i-SLAM technology, will enable service providers to deliver IP-based multi-line voice and high speed data services to the hospitality, medical, multi-tenant unit (MTU (1) (Maximum Transmission Unit, Maximum Transfer Unit) The largest frame size that can be transmitted over the network. For example, an Ethernet MTU is 1,500 bytes. Messages longer than the MTU must be divided into smaller frames. ), and multi-dwelling unit vertical markets. AccessLan, the leading supplier of DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexor) A central office (CO) device for ADSL service that intermixes voice traffic and DSL traffic onto a customer's DSL line. It also separates incoming phone and data signals and directs them onto the appropriate carrier's network. See DSL. equipment for Voice-over-DSL (VoDSL), recently unveiled a new class of IP-intelligent DSLAMs or "i-SLAMs" which will enable service providers to offer Internet-based services, such as e-commerce, web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. , application hosting, streaming audio and video and next-generation IP telephony. AccessLan's PacketLoop i-SLAM will provide sophisticated IP Quality of Service (QoS) and packet-level classification to deliver carrier-scale integrated Internet service, in addition to the VoDSL and "best effort" Internet access offered by the current generation of Layer-2 DSL platforms. Atreus Broadband Application Management solutions enables service providers, BLECs and ASPs to leverage their existing broadband networks for tailored application delivery. The Atreus xLINK product suite includes the xLINK Authority(TM), an Application Management Platform located at the service providers' site; and a number of remote Broadband Application Controllers (guestLINK(TM), officeLINK(TM), homeLINK(TM), medLINK(TM)) located at the customer premise. With the Atreus solution, service providers have a platform, an application infrastructure, from which to manage and customize the entire service delivery cycle for services including Internet access, email, movies, music, VPNs, localized content, application hosting, affinity programs, and other value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. services like Voice-over-DSL and Video-over-DSL. The xLINK Application Management Platform performs central management of the remote Broadband Application Controllers, implements and manages policies, enables dynamic service creation and distribution and gathers valuable information on subscribers preferences, ultimately providing a cost-effective platform for launching integrated voice, data and content oriented services. The Broadband Application Controllers are intelligent hardware devices that register, activate and connect subscribers to a tailored suite of broadband services. "Leveraging the broadband infrastructure is the key to success in this market. AccessLan's PacketLoop i-SLAM takes the DSLAM to a new level of sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. - as an IP service manager." said Andrea Baptiste, vice president of Marketing and Sales for Atreus Systems Corporation. "AccessLan's Internet scaling architecture coupled with Atreus' application management solutions enables service providers to fill the pipes with tailored broadband services and applications for their customers." "AccessLan is pleased to invite Atreus Systems to our PacketLoop-Powered Alliance as a provider of Broadband Application Management solutions to our service provider customers," said AccessLan director of Marketing Celeste Celeste is a woman's first name. Celeste may also refer to: in Music
variety of services, including providing Internet access to road warriors from their hotel rooms on Atreus' guestLINK, to healthcare professionals using medLINK for Internet services and networked medical applications, and officeLINK will be an excellent source of revenue to the BLECs who are targeting multi-tenant unit buildings. "The sweet spot in the DSL market for service providers is small to mid-sized businesses," said Kumar Shah, AccessLan vice president of Marketing. "The combination of AccessLan's i-SLAM and Atreus Systems' Broadband Application Management platform allows service providers to deliver a turnkey telecommunications and IT solution to this customer segment and thereby evolve from being commodity bandwidth providers to sophisticated turnkey service providers." About Atreus Systems Atreus Systems Corporation, a pioneer and leader in Broadband Application Management solutions, develops and markets product solutions that enable service providers to leverage their existing broadband networks for tailored application delivery. Atreus' Linux-powered, rack mountable xLINK Authority(TM) provides a cost-effective platform for launching integrated voice, data and content oriented services. The Atreus xLINK product suite delivers specific solutions for such vertical markets as the hospitality, Multi-Tenant Unit (MTU), Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU (1) (Multiple Dwelling Unit) A commercial or residential building with multiple offices or apartments. See BLEC. (2) (Multiply-Divide Unit) A high-speed circuit that performs multiplication and division within the CPU. ), and small medium enterprise (SME (1) (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) See SMB. (2) (Subject Matter Expert) An individual who is well-versed in the policies and procedures of a particular department or division. ) markets. Implementation of xLINK's distributed architecture and unique approach to managing services, subscribers, and the policies that link them together enables services to be developed and administered centrally, then rapidly deployed to the customer base. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Atreus Systems specializes in the development, marketing, and sales of xLINK(TM) product suites and StartSmart(TM) professional services to telecommunications carriers, Application Service Providers (ASPs) and Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISPs) globally. For more information, visit the company's website at www.atreuscorp.com or call (613) 233-1741. About AccessLan AccessLan Communications, Inc., a pioneer of PacketLoop -- the next generation Local Loop -- is a leading supplier of carrier-class DSLAM equipment for VoDSL and Internet services. The company targets the Local Exchange Carrier (LEC (1) (LAN Emulation Client) A software driver that provides LAN emulation (LANE) in an ATM network. It resides in an ATM end station or in a computer system that provides the LAN to ATM conversion, often known as a LAN access device. See LANE. ) market, with co-located Central Office equipment; the Business Tenant Services (BTS BTS - Bug Tracking System ) market, with both stackable and chassis-based DSL devices specially designed for commercial buildings and office parks; and today's hottest cross-industry broadband service, Voice over DSL (VoDSL). AccessLan's PacketLoop DSL architecture creates a variable-rate infrastructure with intrinsic Quality-of-Service (QoS) management, ideally suited to delivery of differentiated services, including Voice, Internet/Intranet Access, Frame Relay, and VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. . Founded in 1997, AccessLan is financed by leading venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners, Berkeley International Capital, Highland Capital, Tudor Private Equity Fund, The Ignite Group, Intel Corporation and NIF NIF See: Note issuance facility Ventures. The company is 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. . The company can be reached at (888) 411-4DSL, or at www.accesslan.com. Atreus, the Atreus logo, xLINK, guestLINK, officeLINK, homeLINK, medLINK and StartSmart are trademarks of Atreus Systems Corporation. 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