Ascend, DataBeam and Lucent Join IP Multicast Initiative as Charter Members; Vendors Work to Minimize Internet Traffic Congestion; Thirty-One Leading Vendors Now Cooperate on IP Multicast Initiative.CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 1996--Stardust Technologies Inc. today announced that three new vendors have joined as charter members of the IP Multicast Initiative. The IP Multicast Initiative, which is managed by Stardust Technologies, was formed in October to address the problem of overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. on the public Internet and corporate intranets. The new members, which boost charter membership to 31 companies, include Ascend Communications Inc., DataBeam Corp. and Lucent Technologies. Members of the IP Multicast Initiative now include the following vendors: -0- 3COM (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 :COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ) AudioNet Ascend Communications (NASDAQ:ASND ASND A Streetcar Named Desire (play) ) Bay Networks (NASDAQ:BNET BNET Battle.net (Blizzard Entertainment) bnet Bungie.net BNET Bentley Intranet BNET Billy Noguera Entertainment Group Inc. BNET Britain-Nigeria Educational Trust ) Cabletron (NASDAQ:CS) Cascade Communications Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) DataBeam Corporation FTP Software (NASDAQ:FTPS) Gilat Satellite Networks Gilat Satellite Networks is a publicly-traded Israeli company (NASDAQ: GILT. TASE) Gilat designs, develops and markets satellite and hybrid networking products, services and solutions to operators in 85 countries. (NASDAQ:GILTF) GlobalCast Communications Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HWP) IBM (NYSE:IBM) ICAST ICAST International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades ICAST International Center for Appropriate & Sustainable Technology ICAST Information Centre for Aerospace Science & Technology Communications Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) INTELSAT Lucent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: LU) MCI Communications (NASDAQ:MCIC) Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Netcast Communications Netscape (NASDAQ:NSCP) Precept Software Silicon Graphics (NASDAQ:SGI) StarBurst Communications Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW) Target Vision TIBCO TIBCO The Information Bus Company VDOnet Vivo Software White Pine Software Xerox PARC -0- "We're pleased to welcome Ascend, DataBeam and Lucent as valued members of the IP Multicast Initiative," said Karen Milne, president of Stardust Technologies. "We're seeing momentum build around IP Multicast as an increasing number of vendors begin to deploy next generation IP Multicast applications." IP Multicast Initiative a Multi-Vendor Cooperative Educational Effort The IP Multicast Initiative's charter is to speed the adoption of native IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force (c/o Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI), Reston, VA, www.ietf.org) Founded in 1986, the IETF is a non-membership, open, voluntary standards organization dedicated to identifying problems and opportunities in IP data networks and proposing technical solutions to the ) IP Multicast by providing a set of marketing and educational services that promote the creation, use and deployment of IP Multicast products and solutions. IP Multicast Ensures Efficient Bandwidth Usage IP Multicast enables efficient bandwidth usage for applications that distribute data to multiple recipients. Unlike traditional bandwidth-hungry "unicast," which creates a separate point-to-point data stream between the sender and each receiver; or "broadcast," which sends the stream to everyone on the network, multicast sends a single stream of data that can be accessed by any recipient desiring the information. The technology underlying IP Multicast has been pioneered over the last four years on the Multicast Backbone (MBONE (Multicast backBONE) A group of servers throughout the Internet that support the IP multicast protocol (one-to-many) and allow for live audio and video transmission. ), a subset of the Internet which enables such applications as audio/video conferencing and broadcasting. IP Multicast is supported in a wide range of Internet infrastructure products such as network adapters, controllers, protocol stacks, routers, switches and network software. IP Multicast has already been deployed in several large private intranets and ISP field trials. Most major operating systems, including Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows NT, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and the Macintosh, provide native support for IP Multicast. New Members Speak out about IP Multicast Ascend Communications "Ascend's products have always included features, such as bandwidth on demand, designed to make the most of bandwidth on the Internet," said David Mayes, director of business development, Ascend Communications. "It is in that spirit that we have committed to the IP Multicast Initiative. By leveraging the full capabilities of IP and allowing corporate users to effectively use the Internet as the backbone network, we are confident that in 1997 optimized IP multicast transmission will be a major new Internet market." DataBeam Corporation "DataBeam believes that multicast technology will be key to enabling conferencing over the Internet," said David Panos, DataBeam's vice president of marketing. "As a leading provider of standards-based technology, we strongly support the efforts of the IP Multicast Initiative. The work of this initiative and its member companies will make the Internet a more useful vehicle for broadcast and multimedia communication." Lucent Technologies, Inc. "Lucent Technologies is pleased to become a charter member of the IP Multicast Initiative (IPMI)," said David Stahl, manager of business development for Bell Labs. "The use of IP Multicast and other new technologies will help alleviate congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. on the Internet and corporate intranets and will enable continued growth of networked collaborative applications. We look forward to promoting the use of IP Multicast through the IPMI, and to delivering innovative new ways to improve the performance and quality of service of corporate intranets and the Internet." About the New Members Ascend Communications Inc. manufactures, markets and supports a broad range of high-speed network access products that enable corporations to construct and manage digital wide area networks for videoconferencing, remote 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. access, Internet access, and multimedia voice, video and data applications. DataBeam supplies standards-based collaborative software and developers' tools for the Internet, corporate intranets and telecommunications networks. Lucent Technologies designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, consumer and business telephone systems and microelectronics components. About Stardust Technologies Stardust Technologies manages the IP Multicast Initiative. Founded in 1995, the company provides comprehensive support and services to developers and implementors of enabling technologies for the Internet. The company is located at 1901 S. Bascom Ave., Ste. 333, Campbell, Calif. 95008, and can be reached by phone at 408/879-8080 and by fax at 408/879-8081. The company's web address is http://www.stardust.com. 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