Ascend Announces Partnership with Market Leading Intranet Solutions Provider, NetManage; Ascend Customers to Receive a Custom Co-Branded Version of NetManage's Industry-Leading Chameleon Intranet Desktop Suite.ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1996--Ascend Communications, 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 : ASND ASND A Streetcar Named Desire (play) ) today announced a strategic multi-phase joint development and marketing partnership with NetManage Inc., Cupertino, Calif., (NASDAQ: NETM), the leading provider of standards-based IntraNet and Internet solutions to the corporate marketplace. The first stage of the alliance is a custom co-branded version of NetManage's award-winning Chameleon IntraNet application suite. The software will be bundled with selected Ascend MAX and Pipeline products and downloadable from Ascend's World Wide Web site. Chameleon is the most comprehensive IntraNet and Internet applications suite available in the market today. Among other capabilities, this standards-based applications suite enables remote users to access any host and server data. For the first time, a remote access vendor and an IntraNet applications vendor have teamed to bundle a best-selling product at no additional charge. The multi-phase partnership agreement also includes long term plans for more extensive joint development and technology sharing between the two companies. "The Ascend-NetManage collaboration will create a new software development dynamic for providing best-of-breed software applications to our customer base," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. David Mayes, Ascend's director of business development. "By working together, both companies will quickly deliver innovative and exciting software capabilities to the networking marketplace." "Given the tremendous impetus to access the Internet and Enterprise IntraNets via ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , this partnership provides the best of both worlds -- a world class ISDN enabler and best Internet and IntraNet desktop suite," said Kurt Ziegler, vice president of product marketing for NetManage. "Our partnership with Ascend will open up new markets for NetManage and enable both companies to create new opportunities with the follow-on products that we jointly develop." Availability The co-branded Chameleon application suite will soon be downloadable from Ascend's World Wide Web site, http://www.ascend.com. It will also be included as standard applications software for selected Ascend MAX and Pipeline products. About NetManage NetManage, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETM) develops, markets and supports an integrated set of applications, servers and development tools for IntraNet collaboration, access, development and management on the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. , Windows 95, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. and Mac OS platforms. The company's award winning products include Chameleon, Internet Chameleon, and ECCO PRO. NetManage also provides IntraNet host access terminal and printer emulation software, HostLink, which supports SNA (Systems Network Architecture) IBM's mainframe network standards introduced in 1974. Originally a centralized architecture with a host computer controlling many terminals, enhancements, such as APPN and APPC (LU 6. and TCP/IP-based access to IBM mainframe, AS/400 and VAX/UNIX hosts. It also produces X Window System emulation software called XoftWare for the PC and Macintosh. NetManage's products are sold and serviced world-wide by NetManage's direct sales force, international subsidiaries and authorized channel partners. Additional information on NetManage is available on the Internet at http://www.netmanage.com, by sending e-mail to info@netmanage.com or by calling 408/973-7171. About Ascend Communications Ascend Communications, Inc. is a leading, worldwide provider of remote networking solutions for corporate central sites, Internet Service Providers' points of presence, remote offices, mobile workers and telecommuters. Ascend develops, manufactures, markets, sells and supports products which utilize bandwidth on demand to extend existing corporate networks for applications such as 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, telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. , SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. connectivity and videoconferencing/multimedia access. Detailed information on Ascend products, news announcements, seminars, service and support is available on Ascend's home page at the World Wide Web site http://www.ascend.com. Ascend is headquartered at 1275 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda, Calif. 94502. Phone: 800/621-9578; Fax 510/814-2300; E-mail: info@ascend.com. -0- Note to Editors: NetManage, the NetManage logo and ECCO An earlier Windows PIM from NetManage, Inc., Cupertino, CA (www.netmanage.com). ECCO provided a phone book, calendar, to-do list, outlining and notetaking. It was noted for its tightly integrated and sophisticated functions. are registered trademarks of NetManage, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Chameleon, Internet Chameleon, HostLink, XoftWare and Z-Mail are trademarks of NetManage, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are properties of their respective owners. CONTACT: Gallagher PR Kevin Gallagher, 510/743-7830 kevin@gpr.com |
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