Antara Introduces Higher Density Network Testing Products; Delivers the Industry's Most Flexible and Affordable Gigabit Ethernet Network Testing Solution.Campbell, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1999-- Company Also Lowers Prices For Its Port Authority/GT And Port Authority/Manufacturing Network Testing Products Antara(TM) LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control today announced new Gigabit modules for its popular Port Authority/GT and Port Authority/Manufacturing products to deliver an affordable and flexible Gigabit-speed network testing solution. With these new modules, Antara offers the highest port density in a single chassis of any product available today. Antara's Port Authority/Manufacturing products, designed for testing in manufacturing and quality assurance environments, now offer up to 104 10/100 UTP UTP (uridine triphosphate): see uracil. (Unshielded Twisted Pair) See twisted pair. UTP - unshielded twisted pair ports or combinations of UTP and Gigabit ports. Port Authority/GT, the company's portable solution for general equipment test and data traffic generation, now delivers up to 40 10/100 UTP or 10 Gigabit ports (modules can also be mixed for maximum flexibility). Antara has standardized these products on the industry-standard CompactPCI chassis to make it simple for customers to purchase and configure a system that meets their specific needs, whether for manufacturing test or for general purpose testing in the enterprise. The company also announced that it has lowered its prices on several existing media modules by up to 40 percent, making it affordable for companies to access high-end networking test equipment. "We are committed to delivering the most robust, flexible and cost effective testing products to meet market demand," said Chuck Kolstad, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Antara. "The introduction of our Gigabit media modules, coupled with our new price structure, provide superior solutions at dramatically lower prices than other products available today." "Antara's products provide us with a plug-and-play solution that creates real-world, high-capacity traffic patterns and conditions to stress network devices," said Ralph Decker, lab manager at KeyLabs Inc., the industry's leading, independent network and applications test lab. "The new high-speed modules give us the flexibility to populate To plug in chips or components into a printed circuit board. A fully populated board is one that contains all the devices it can hold. the Port Authority chassis to meet our specific needs -- whether we are testing at 10/100 or Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. speeds. The lower prices make Antara's solution very attractive." About Antara Port Authority Products Antara is the first company to address network testing with a broad array of products that provide device testing from the manufacturing floor to monitoring real world enterprise networks. All Antara products include GT-VIEW, a powerful Java-based test tool. With just a few mouse clicks, users create complex and repeatable test environments that stress network devices and networks from a real-world perspective. Each port on Antara's media modules contains a virtual four-node 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. and hub, which creates real-world traffic conditions at full line rate. Antara's flagship products A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. include: Antara Port Authority/Manufacturing, designed specifically for network product manufacturing environments and quality assurance applications. Port Authority offers network product manufacturers an easy and cost-effective way to deploy full IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.3 conformance testing Conformance testing or type testing is testing to determine whether a system meets some specified standard. To aid in this, many test procedures and test setups have been developed, either by the standard's maintainers or external organizations, specifically for from a single platform. This translates into higher yields, lower return and rework re·work tr.v. re·worked, re·work·ing, re·works 1. To work over again; revise. 2. To subject to a repeated or new process. n. costs, and ultimately, improved customer satisfaction. Antara Port Authority/GT, an affordable product that simplifies general equipment test and traffic generation. Port Authority/GT is a standards-based product that creates real world wire speed traffic and can test 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet devices from Layers 2 and up. Port Authority/GT is ideal for applications such as quality assurance, device validation before live deployment, field tests and ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. service. Antara Port Authority/IT, the first non-invasive multi-tap gigabit appliance that enables networking analysis software to reach real-time application level monitoring at 10/100 and Gigabit speeds. Port Authority/IT is built on an open systems architecture that easily integrates with other applications for network troubleshooting, delivering a complete view of network performance. Pricing and Availability The Port Authority Gigabit modules are available now. The selling price for the two-port gigabit module has been reduced by 40 percent to $2398 per port. The average selling price The average sales price of goods or commodities. Especially used in the retail sector and technology distribution. for the new eight-port 100BASE-FX Module and the eight-port Combination module (2 MII 1. (body) MII - A consortium of Microsoft, IBM, and Intel. 2. (storage) MII - A broadcast component video tape format licensed by Panasonic. ports, 2 100Base-FX, 4 UTP) both start at $799 per port. The average selling price for the eight-port UTP 10/100 modules starts at $699 per port, reduced from $1299 per port. These modules are available now. About Antara, LLC Based in the heart of Silicon Valley, Antara LLC was founded in July 1998 by networking industry visionary Vinod Bhardwaj to address network reliability issues through better product testing solutions. Bhardwaj invented Ethernet switching and previously founded Kalpana (now part of Cisco). Antara designs, manufactures and markets a comprehensive, intelligent networking device testing and monitoring solutions. The company offers an easy and cost-effective means of deploying performance, functional and standards-based conformance testing from a single platform using a powerful ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. architecture. For more information call 408/341-1400 or visit http://www.antara.net. Editorial note: Artwork available. Antara, the Antara logo and Port Authority are trademarks of Antara, LLC. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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