Asante enters fast Ethernet race with the first stackable 100BASE-TX hub and first PCI 10/100 adapter to support both PC and Macintosh platforms.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)--March 21, 1995--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 ) today announced an aggressive entry into the Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. arena with the launch of AsanteFAST 100BASE-TX PCI cards and AsanteFAST 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet hub. Asante, with six years of leadership in Ethernet solutions, enters the Fast Ethernet market with the first Fast Ethernet PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). adapter cards to support both PC and Macintosh platforms together with the first Stackable 100Base-TX hub. Asante has developed Fast Ethernet solutions to address the specific needs of speed- and bandwidth-intensive workgroup and departmental applications such as desktop publishing, commercial pre-press operations, digital video processing, graphic-intensive modeling and medical imaging. "Fast Ethernet is a natural evolution of network technology and we expect to see rapid growth in this market," said Bruce Stancombe, Director of Product Marketing at Asante. "Rapidly increasing network traffic and applications that require large chunks of bandwidth are driving customers toward Fast Ethernet. Asante's knowledge of these customer needs has resulted in product designs that simplify the installation and use of this advanced technology while also making it a cost-effective solution for today," Stancombe added. Asante's products are the answer to the unique Fast Ethernet needs of departments and workgroups. Those needs include ease of migration and flexibility. With Asante's AsanteFAST solutions, customers can migrate their networks at their own pace because the new AsanteFAST 10/100 adapters support both 10Mbps and 100Mbps with plug-and-play convenience. And with the new AsanteFAST 100 Stackable Hub, customers have the flexibility to grow their Fast Ethernet networks gradually as additional nodes are needed. By supporting both PC and Macintosh platforms out of a single box, Asante's Fast Ethernet PCI adapters provide enhanced flexibility. As a member of the Fast Ethernet Alliance (FEA (Finite Element Analysis) A mathematical technique for analyzing stress, which breaks down a physical structure into substructures called "finite elements." The finite elements and their interrelationships are converted into equation form and solved mathematically. ), an organization formed in 1993 to foster standardization and interoperability of Fast Ethernet solutions, Asante has been a key participant in the evolution of Fast Ethernet technology. Asante will participate in a demonstration of 100BASE-T products in an FEA booth at Spring NetWorld+Interop in Las Vegas, March 28-30. Asante's Fast Ethernet products will also be on display and demonstrated at Asante's exhibit booth #1002 at the show. Product Features Asante is the first to offer the AsanteFAST 10/100 Adapters with NWAY auto-negotiation support, allowing instant, trouble-free migration from 10 to 100 Mbps networking over existing UTP UTP (uridine triphosphate): see uracil. (Unshielded Twisted Pair) See twisted pair. UTP - unshielded twisted pair Category 5 wiring. At either speed, no changes are needed at the desktop, because the AsanteFAST adapters automatically negotiate the appropriate network connection. In addition to making migration easy, auto-negotiation ensures preservation of network integrity and minimization of network down time. The AsanteFAST 10/100 PCI Adapter is smaller than a half-size PCI card and fits into any PCI slot automatically configuring itself without user intervention. Its 32-bit bus mastering operation allows maximum throughput and extremely low CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. utilization. Four convenient LEDs allow instant troubleshooting. In addition to its 10/100 PCI card, Asante will also be offering an AsanteFAST 10/100 NuBus card later in the year for under $399. All popular, 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. operating systems are supported by the AsanteFAST 10/100 Adapter, including Novell NetWare, Appleshare, Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, LAN Manager, Banyan VINES, ARTISOFT LANtastic, IBM LAN Server IBM LAN Server started as a close cousin of Microsoft LAN Manager and first shipped in early 1988. It was originally designed to run on top of Operating System/2 Extended Edition. The network client was called IBM LAN Requester and was included with OS/2 EE 1.1 by default. , DEC Pathworks and TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. . Asante's new AsanteFAST 100 Hub is the first stackable 100Base-TX hub on the market. The AsanteFAST 100 Hub is a platform-independent 12-port stackable hub which allows simple installation using existing unshielded twisted pair See twisted pair. (hardware) unshielded twisted pair - (UTP) Normal telephone wire (in the USA). It may be used for computer to computer communications, e.g. using a version of Ethernet or localtalk. It is much cheaper than standard "full-spec" Ethernet cable. Category 5 wiring. The hub features high-performance, National Semiconductor VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. chips and is the first hub to support NWAY auto-negotiation for trouble-free migration to Fast Ethernet. Set up is accomplished in minutes with no jumpers, no switches and no installation software required. Both AsanteFAST adapters and hub from Asante are fully compliant with appropriate 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. Fast Ethernet standards and are backed by Asante's unique lifetime product warranty and free technical support. -0- Price and Availability MSRP Available AsanteFAST 10/100 PCI Adapter $269 April `95 AsanteFAST 100Mpbs Hubs $1,995 June `95 -0- About Asante Founded in 1988, Asante Technologies Inc. manufactures, markets and distributes a full line of high-performance networking products for Ethernet networks, including adapter cards for both PCs and Macs, intelligent and non-intelligent 10Base-T and 100Base-T hubs and network management software. Asante products are distributed in North America by Ingram Micro Inc., Merisel Inc., Tech Data Corp., Gates/Arrow, MicroAge, Intelligent Electronics and GBC/Vitek. Asante products are also available worldwide through a network of value-added international distributors. Asante is located at 821 Fox Lane, San Jose, CA 95131. Phone: 800-662-9686 or 408-435-8388. CONTACT: Asante Technologies, Inc. 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