Astrocom Announces The ``Always Available'' Internet Solution.Business Editors/High Tech Writers The PowerLink-IV(TM) High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. Solution for Mission-Critical Internet Access See how to access the Internet. Environments combines different access routes and different ISPs to make sure the user is never down. MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 2001 Astrocom Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :ATCC ATCC American Type Culture Collection, see there ) a leading pioneer in the area of High Availability / Redundant Link WAN Aggregation solutions, today announced the release of their next generation PowerLink-IV(TM) High Availability Traffic Managing Solution for Mission-Critical Internet Access Environments using T1, xDSL, Wireless, Cable and/or ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. services. "The PowerLink-IV(TM) is the perfect solution for businesses that need an `always up, 100% available' connection to the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the ," stated Fred Sweeny, Sr. VP of Sales and Marketing. Sweeny added that another important benefit from the PowerLink-IV(TM) is that it seamlessly merges the multiple WAN accesses together to give the user combined bandwidth. Sweeny cited an example of one company that uses the PowerLink-IV(TM) to combine a wireless WAN link with a cable link. "They now have the reliable accessibility that they require for their remote workers along with the added bandwidth," said Sweeny. The PowerLink-IV(TM) can combine multiple independent WAN lines from different providers to form a single logical channel for high-speed transmissions up to 8Mbps completely transparent to the user's network. In addition to aggregating multiple providers' bandwidth, the PowerLink-IV(TM) actively monitors the performance of each connection to provide fail-over redundancy to achieve High Availability Internet access. Should one of the links (or ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ) fail for any reason, traffic is automatically forwarded to the active link(s). When the failed link is restored, the connection is immediately recognized and placed back in the aggregation. Astrocom Corporation Astrocom Corporation develops, manufactures, markets and services electronic devices, which address key areas of wide area data, voice and video communications including line aggregation solutions. Since 1968, Astrocom products have been utilized in hundreds of thousands of installations around the world. These products are used by private enterprises, health care providers, government and educational entities, banks and Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. that require high-speed digital communication links to the Internet and between facilities. |
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