Asante IntraCore 8000 Passes the Test of Educational Network Environments; Academics in Illinois School District Give IntraCore Highest Honors.Business/Technology Editors EVANSTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000 Evanston/Skokie School District has completed a successful upgrade of 15 schools to switched 10/100 Ethernet to the desktop and a switched Fiber Optic backbone in each school using Asante Technologies, 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 :ASNT ASNT American Society of Non-destructive Testing ASNT American Society for Neural Transplantation ASNT Astrological Association of North Texas (Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex) ASNT Application Sharing Nt .OB) IntraCore(TM) 8000 10/100/1000 multi-service switches in all wiring closets The central distribution or servicing point for cables in a network. See MDF and wire center. . The new network supports moving data/voice/video over Ethernet/IP. IntraCore Connects Schools Simply, Quickly and Affordably John Scarsi, Director of Information Technology at Evanston/Skokie School District, says "We had used much smaller Asante equipment before, and were satisfied with their reliability. We took one look at the IntraCore 8000 specs (SPECificationS) The details of the components built into a device. See specification. and our future network design, and we decided this would give the best performance." Evanston used switched 10/100 Ethernet to the desktop and switched 100BaseFX as the backbone technology for the initial installation, with the ability to upgrade to a switched 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. backbone in the future. The modular flexibility allows Evanston to use switched 100 Mbps Ethernet over fiber technology as the backbone today and upgrade to switched Gigabit Ethernet for the school backbones if and when they need it. Scalable Technology for Growing Student Population The IntraCore 8000 has a very cost-effective 100BaseFX uplink module that makes deploying a switched 100BaseFX backbone very inexpensive. In addition, Evanston can upgrade the uplink to Gigabit Ethernet in the future. In addition, the combination of the 8000's stackable architecture, 3 expansion slots A receptacle inside a computer or other electronic system that accepts a printed circuit board. The number of slots determines future expansion. See PC data buses. (hardware) expansion slot - A connector in a computer into which an expansion card can be plugged. and 8 port 10/100 switch expansion modules allows the 8000 to be scaled from 24 to 192 switched 10/100 ports per stack in `bite-sized' 8 port increments -- minimizing investments in unneeded port capacity. The IntraCore 8000 stacks installed in each schools main distribution frame stack can support up to 12 switched Gigabit Ethernet ports, providing more than enough switched Gigabit ports for even the district's largest high schools when they decide to upgrade the backbone from to switched Gigabit Ethernet - without having to install new switches. Michael Cozzi, Principal and Sr. Systems Engineer of Cozzi Consulting (a division of Media Micro), a value added reseller See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). for Asante Technologies, assisted the district's IT staff with this huge undertaking. "Because I've had miles of great experience with Asante, I didn't have a problem recommending the IntraCore 8000 to them. I have absolutely no trepidation trepidation /trep·i·da·tion/ (trep?i-da´shun) 1. tremor. 2. nervous anxiety and fear.trep´idant trep·i·da·tion n. 1. An involuntary trembling or quivering. walking into any situation and recommending Asante products, because they've done miraculous mi·rac·u·lous adj. 1. Of the nature of a miracle; preternatural. 2. So astounding as to suggest a miracle; phenomenal: a miraculous recovery; a miraculous escape. 3. things for my customers," lauded Cozzi. IntraCore Grows with Evanston The Evanston IT team has just completed the first major phase of installing the IntraCore 8000 systems. Each school has 1-3 wiring closets each, and from 100 to 550 ports. There are 6 data connections per classroom, 5 serviced by an IntraCore 8000 and 1 by legacy 10 Mbps Ethernet equipment. Finally, all closets are linked together with 100 Mbps fiber. The district's network has evolved from 600 computers to 2400 computers online; next year, another 1,000 computers will be added. Now that Evanston is several weeks into the 2001 academic year, IntraCore is easily living up to expectations. Students are swarming swarming 1. a phenomenon observed in cultures of Proteus spp. on solid media in which there is progressive surface spreading from the parent colony. 2. the periodic bee migration of the old queen and accompanying workers and drones from a full original hive which is in computer labs, and teachers are enjoying the exponential 1. (mathematics) exponential - A function which raises some given constant (the "base") to the power of its argument. I.e. f x = b^x If no base is specified, e, the base of natural logarthims, is assumed. 2. jump in bandwidth. In the distant future, the district will look at moving to voice telephony, and possibly video. "We're beginning to work on that, but for now I'm going to be installing a new mini-mainframe on a separate network," says Scarsi, "and based on our experience we're definitely going to use the same IntraCore 8000s on this upcoming administrative network," he said. About Asante Asante Technologies is the leading provider of network solutions for the education, enterprise and service provider marketplace. The Company's IntraCore multi-service enterprise switching products support data/voice/video over Ethernet/IP. For additional information, visit http://www.asante.com or call 800/303-9121. Asante is a registered trademark and IntraCore is a trademark of Asante Technologies. |
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