Astracon Enters Into OEM Agreement with Compaq; Astracon Connection Manager to be Integrated into Compaq TeMIP Product Family to Streamline Activation of High Bandwidth Services.DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 1999-- Astracon Inc., a leading provider of automated service provisioning and connection management software for broadband and Internet protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP) networks, announced today it has entered into an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreement with Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CPQ CPQ Compaq CPQ Conseil du Patronat du Québec (Canada) CPQ Configure-Price-Quote CPQ Conseil de Presse du Québec (Québec Press Council, Canada) CPQ Companion Parrot Quarterly ). Compaq is integrating Astracon's Connection Manager product and its future IP VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. management features into its Telecommunications Management Information Platform (TeMIP). This combination, called TeMIP ServiceWare, provides Compaq with a fault management and service activation solution for managing next generation networks and IP VPNs (Virtual Private Networks). "By integrating Connection Manager into the TeMIP solution set we will now be able to provide our customers a seamless system for service activation and impact analysis across multiple vendors, network domains and communications technologies," said Sultan Zia, vice president communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. practice at Compaq. "These powerful automation tools from Astracon, coupled with TeMIP's fault management, toolkit and existing partner integration capabilities, allow our customers to bring new services to market more quickly and offer a guaranteed quality of service, a key factor in supporting emerging bandwidth-rich applications such as high-speed Internet access and video-on-demand." Connection Manager automates provisioning and activation of broadband services which traverse multi-technology, multi-vendor networks. Astracon also has in development IP VPN extensions which works in concert with Connection Manager to automatically provision and maintain IP VPNs with guaranteed quality of service (QoS). Compaq's TeMIP has the most widely installed TMN-compliant a truly integrated management solution. Astracon's software essentially neutralizes the complexity of the network enabling a shift of customer focus from network headachduct will also control services for multiple transmission technologies such as Sonet, SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy and DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing . About Connection Manager The Connection Manager family managts customizable components, Connection Manager automates the numerous tasks required to provision and monitorce providers (ISPs). Additionally, the software is available through Astracon's OEM partners, including Compager solution demonstration during Telecom '99 t Astracon's Web site at www.astracon.com, email to info@astracon.com or contact Astracon headquarters at 1-720-895-8500. About Compaq Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. , a Fortune Global 100 company, is the second largest computer company in the world and the largest global supplier of computer systems. Compaq develops and markets hardware, software, solutions and services, including industry-leading enterprise computing solutions, fault-tolerant business-critical solutions, enterprise and network storage solutions, commercial desktop and portable products and consumer PCs. The company is an industry leader in environmentally friendly programmes and business practices. Compaq products are sold and supported in more than 100 countries through a network of authorised Compaq marketing partners. Customer support and information about Compaq and its products are available at http://www.compaq.com. |
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