Ascend Communications Receives Back-to-Back Industry Awards; Pipeline 50 Access Router Rated Highest Among ISDN Routers by Networking Trade Magazines.ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1995--The Pipeline 50 ISDN router from 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) ) has received best product recognition from Network Computing and INTERNETWORK magazines. The October 1 edition of Network Computing presented the Pipeline 50 with its "Editor's Choice" award in its survey of "Low Cost ISDN Routers." The Pipeline 50 also received the INTERNETWORK 1995 Standard Achievement Award in the category for "Best Access Device." "Ascend is proud of the recognition from both Network Computing and INTERNETWORK. It is especially rewarding since both of these publications have a keen awareness of the networking industry and the numerous ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. solutions currently available on the market," said Bernie Schneider, Ascend's vice president of marketing. The deciding factors in the Network Computing Report Card were "data compression, routed protocols and destination profiles that let the routers call multiple sites, with many configurable call characteristics." The report examined performance, ISDN support/call flexibility, basic architecture/protocols, setup and configuration, and value. The INTERNETWORK Standard Achievement Award, which recognizes excellence in technology development in the internetworking industry, was determined by a team of technology experts including full-time editors, monthly columnist/analysts, field reporters, regular contributors, and non-vendor affiliated members of their editorial advisory board. "Our experts chose the companies and technologies that best exemplify the state-of-the-art, standards-based networking technologies available today," said Evan Birkhead, Editor-in-Chief of INTERNETWORK. Ascend Communications, Inc. develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and supports a broad range of high-speed digital wide area network access products. These products use bandwidth-on-demand to enhance 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, 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. and Internet access, and videoconferencing/multimedia access. Ascend is headquartered at 1275 Harbor Bay Parkway, Alameda, Calif., 94502. Phone: 800/621-9578; fax 510/214-2300; E-mail: info@ascend.com. Ascend's World Wide Web address is http://www.ascend.com. CONTACT: Gallagher PR Kevin Gallagher, 510/743-7830 Kevin@GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) A UWB-based technology that locates objects buried underground. It is used to locate buried lines, storage tanks, pipes and conduits as well as to determine the structural integrity of the ground underneath a road or runway. .com |
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