Allergan Signs Four-Year Renewal and Extension With Infonet; Company Migrates 43 Sites Worldwide to Global Frame Relay Network.Business Editors EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2000 Infonet Services Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IN)(Frankfurt:IN), a leading provider of global communications services, today announced that Allergan Inc. (NYSE:AGN AGN Again (Amateur Radio) AGN Active Galactic Nucleus AGN Acute Glomerulonephritis AGN Accountants Global Network AGN Air Gabon (ICAO code) ) a technology-driven, global health care company, has extended its contract and will continue to deploy Infonet's Global Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. services worldwide. Because Allergan markets its products in more than 100 countries and manufactures products at facilities in Ireland, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. , Brazil and the United States, its global frame relay network provides the communications infrastructure the company requires to effectively manage its operations. The network supports applications ranging from SAP to Microsoft Exchange groupware, and intranet and Internet access for employees at major Allergan sites in 25 countries around the world. To support its goals worldwide, Allergan looked for a partner that could provide the quality of service the company demanded. With its global implementation of SAP, the frame relay network played an even more critical role, providing the foundation for its core business processes. In 1996, Allergan evaluated five global providers that offered to develop turnkey solutions that included managing the global network, providing both local and in-country presence and installing and maintaining premise equipment at major Allergan sites and selected Infonet. &uot;Allergan is very pleased to renew its business relationship with Infonet for another four years. We are also very excited to be implementing Infonet's new network technology in the form of their Global Frame Relay (GFR GFR - Grim File Reaper ) offering,&uot; commented Jeff Winston, Allergan's Vice President of Information Technology. Infonet's Global Frame Relay network services provide point-to-point connectivity among sites, using a single access link from each LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. to the wide area network. Global Frame Relay includes site-to-site provisioning, network design and configuration, ongoing network management and maintenance. Infonet's GFR also offers three Customized Networking Options (CNOs) which provide true Class of Service based on the unique performance requirements of the applications supporting Allergan's business needs. CNOs enable the creation of application-specific overlay networks on a site-by-site basis. Additionally each CNO CNO abbr. chief of naval operations is selectable on a per-PVC basis. &uot;Once our migration is complete, Allergan will look at leveraging the class of service capabilities of GFR to further tune our network's performance. In Phase II we will tune applications, like e-mail, and assign priorities for applications and protocols to take advantage of Infonet's CNO offerings. Although we considered competing network services providers, the strength of our existing partnership with Infonet made this an easy decision,&uot; Winston remarked. &uot;We are pleased to have earned the confidence of Allergan, a leader in global health care,&uot; stated Bob DaGiau, Infonet's Vice President of Global Intranet Services Marketing. &uot;Allergan understands and appreciates Infonet's application-oriented approach to networking and will derive even greater competitive advantage when the company leverages our Global Frame Relay's unique Class of Service options to differentiate its applications and further customizes its network,&uot; he concluded. About Allergan Inc. Founded in 1948 and headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Allergan provides eye care and specialty pharmaceutical products worldwide. Allergan develops and commercializes products in the eye care pharmaceutical, ophthalmic surgical device, over-the-counter contact lens contact lens, thin plastic lens worn between the eye and eyelid that may be used instead of eyeglasses. Actors, models, and others wear them for appearance, and athletes use them for safety and convenience. care, movement disorder, and dermatological markets that deliver value to customers, satisfy unmet needs and improve patients' lives. In 1999, the company reported revenues of $1.406 billion worldwide. About Infonet Infonet Services Corp. is a world leader in providing global communications services to multinational enterprises. Infonet provides Internet, intranet, ATM, remote access, electronic commerce services and integrated voice/data solutions plus a full suite of messaging and collaborative products and services. Infonet's services are supported locally in more than 60 countries and territories around the world. The World Network from Infonet is accessible terrestrially or via satellite worldwide. Infonet trades publicly on the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and Frankfurt stock exchanges Frankfurt Stock Exchange The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS. under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors IN. News and information are available at www.infonet.com. |
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