Ameritech Selects Cisco Dial Access Product Line to Power ROAM Remote Access Service; With a Cisco Powered Network, Ameritech Offers Customers Reliable and Secure Remote Access to Corporate Networks.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)--Sept. 16, 1997--Ameritech (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AIT) and Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) today announced that Ameritech has selected Cisco's family of dial access products, including the AS5200 universal access server and AccessPath system, for the Ameritech Remote Office Access Manager (ROAM) service. With a Cisco Powered Network, Ameritech's ROAM private dial network service allows companies to provide reliable and secure access to their own corporate intranets for their mobile work force, work-at- home employees and customers. ROAM is a managed dial service, which contrasts with corporate access via the Internet. The service helps companies avoid many of the pitfalls of installing and supporting dial access in house. ROAM also includes optional desktop installation and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services through ROAM Desktop 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 (RDMS RDMS Relational Database Management System RDMS Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers) RDMS Research Data Management Services (University of Delaware, Newark, DE) ). "By leveraging the strengths of our two companies, we can reassure our customers that they will have the industry's most reliable, seamless and secure connections to corporate, LAN-based applications," said Christina Clayton, Ameritech senior product manager. The Ameritech ROAM service leverages Cisco's AS5200 and AccessPath systems to provide customers at any location with high performance access to distributed databases, electronic mail, host computer systems and optionally the Internet. Users can dial into these resources over Integrated Services Digital Network Integrated services digital network (ISDN) A generic term referring to the integration of communications services transported over digital facilities such as wire pairs, coaxial cables, optical fibers, microwave radio, and satellites. (ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. ), switched cellular or regular phone lines via a single phone number. Before connections are allowed, callers are authenticated through a multi-level security system, which ensures that only authorized users gain access. Customers have the option of administering user moves, adds and changes themselves or outsourcing this task to Ameritech. Additionally, ROAM provides on-demand usage reports that allow companies to cross-charge departments or measure the utilization of dial resources provided through ROAM. In this manner, they can understand and contain the costs of dial access, while quickly providing for growth. Cisco's AccessPath is a fully pre-configured dial access system that merges universal dial access, industry-leading routing and high-speed data backhaul capabilities into a single, scalable architecture with no single point of failure. The AccessPath system will allow Ameritech to provide reliable, high-performance access. AccessPath also provides for seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. of technologies such as higher- density modems, channelized Refers to an architecture that transmits data in channels. It often refers to the 64 Kbps channels in T1 lines, which were originally developed to handle digitized voice streams (TDM). See TDM. T-3, ATM and integrated voice services, as customer needs require. The AccessPath system's extensive modem and network management capabilities provide a real-time status of the entire dial point-of-presence (POP), rather than requiring network personnel to scan each component for trouble at the system or port level. Management of the entire system is accomplished using any Java-enabled browser. Roland Acra, Cisco's senior director of dial marketing, said, "Ameritech's relationship with Cisco will enable Ameritech to deliver a high level of network interoperability and performance, as well as new, advanced and differentiated services." The Cisco Powered Network designation acknowledges Ameritech's ability to provide innovative services and increase customer confidence in the performance and reliability of services, which are based predominantly on Cisco equipment and software. In addition to participating in the Cisco Powered Network Program, Ameritech is a Cisco Gold-Certified Partner, providing comprehensive support for ROAM and other Cisco-based data services. About Ameritech Ameritech serves millions of customers in 50 states and 40 countries. Ameritech provides a full range of communications services, including local and long distance telephone, cellular, paging, security, monitoring, cable TV, electronic commerce, on-line services and more. One of the world's 100 largest companies, Ameritech (www.ameritech.com) has 68,000 employees, one million shareowners, and $23 billion in assets. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at http://www.cisco.com . -0- Note to Editors: Cisco, Cisco Systems, and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Ameritech Jean Medina 312/364-2134 jean.w.medina@ameritech.com or Cisco Systems, Inc. Steve Bauer 408/526-4433 sbauer@cisco.com |
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