Ann Arbor company's product named finalist in Editor's Choice Awards competition; DirectRoute Remote RO-1 router nominated as finalist for network connectivity product of the year.ANN ARBOR Ann Arbor, city (1990 pop. 109,592), seat of Washtenaw co., S Mich., on the Huron River; inc. 1851. It is a research and educational center, with a large number of government and industrial research and development firms, many in high-technology fields such as , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1995--Symplex(TM) Communications, a worldwide provider of 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 WAN connectivity solutions, today announced that its DirectRoute(TM) Remote RO-1 connection-oriented switching router router Portable electric power tool used in carpentry and furniture making that consists of an electric motor, a base, two handle knobs, and bits (cutting tools). A router can cut fancy edges for shelving, grooves for storm windows and weather stripping, circles and ovals has been named a finalist for outstanding network connectivity product of the year in MacUser's 1995 Editor's Choice Awards. The 11th Annual MacUser Editor's Choice or Eddy Awards salute the industry's most innovative software and hardware products in a number of categories. The awards will be presented at the first online awards ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 17, 1995, hosted on America Online See AOL. . The MacUser "Eddy" Award recognizes the best Macintosh hardware and software products released throughout the year. Winners were selected based on their technological innovation, quality, performance, user friendliness, and value to Macintosh users. "We are honored to be chosen as a finalist by MacUser for network connectivity product of the year. Our goal with the DirectRoute RO-1 router was to lower the cost and complexity barriers of high-speed internetworking," said George Brostoff, Symplex chief executive officer. "The DirectRoute RO-1 router has received accolades from end users and industry insiders alike as a truly innovative solution for linking LANs with unparalleled speed and simplicity. We are very grateful for this prestigious award, which recognizes our accomplishments in innovating a new breed of internetworking solutions." The DirectRoute RO-1 is a modem-sized router that connects small remote LANs, remote offices, workgroups or individuals with moderate bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal of 128Kbps. It supports 1 Basic Rate ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. line and 1 Ethernet interface. Unlike other single BRI See ISDN. BRI - Basic Rate Interface ISDN products on the market that are soley designed for single users, the RO-1 is designed as a LAN internetworking device for multiple users. An alternative to remote office routers for connecting remote LANs, the RO-1 supports up to 20 users or 12 total sites, and can connect two sites at the same time. The DirectRoute RO-1 is part of an entire family of DirectRoute routers designed for multi-user LAN internetworking and currently includes: the DR-1/Basic Rate, the DR-1/Primary Rate, the Remote RO-1 and DR Manager. With outstanding ease-of-use and intuitive installation menus, DirectRoute RO-1 eliminates the complex issues typically associated with internetworking. Its unique Connection-Oriented Route Establishment (CORE) network design model creates direct connections from end node to final destination, eliminating the typical store and forward delays associated with leased-line solutions. MacUser is a monthly magazine dedicated to providing comprehensive, comparative, lab-based evaluations of Macintosh products. Its rate base of 510,000 reaches the most involved, active business buyers in the industry. Headquartered in Foster City, Calif., MacUser is published by Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., the leading publisher of computer magazines. About Symplex Communications Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Symplex Communications develops, manufactures and markets innovative internetworking solutions designed to optimize optimize - optimisation LAN-WAN connectivity. In 1994, Symplex introduced DirectRoute, an innovative connection-oriented switched internetworking solution. In 1983, Symplex pioneered the industry with Datamizer(TM), the first synchronous data Synchronous data Information available at the same time. To test option-pricing models, the price of the option and of the underlying should be synchronous and reflect the same moment in the market. compression solution. Symplex has applied its expertise in advanced routing and data compression data compression Process of reducing the amount of data needed for storage or transmission of a given piece of information (text, graphics, video, sound, etc.), typically by use of encoding techniques. to help organizations and government institutions improve the performance, flexibility and reliability of their networks. For additional information on Symplex and DirectRoute, visit Symplex's World Wide Web site at http://www.symplex.com. All products and company names mentioned are marks of registered trademarks of their respective companies. NOTE TO EDITORS: A double slash appears after http: in the World Wide Web address. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: S & S Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. 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