Attachmate Forms Alliance with Westinghouse Communications to provide Managed Services for Remote LAN Access.BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 1995--Attachmate Corp. and Westinghouse Communications today announced a systems integration agreement to jointly market Attachmate's 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. Node (RLN RLN Relaxin RLN Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve RLN Retropharyngeal Lymph Node RLN Remote LAN Node RLN Resource Loaded Network ) and Westinghouse's LAN Dial Remote Access (LDRA LDRA Liverpool Data Research Associates LDRA Lake District Recreation Association ) service through the Westinghouse Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. Network. The combined solution provides remote LAN access technology with network service and support. The joint offering will enable users to access their corporate LAN from any remote location via a toll-free 800 number. Users are relieved from having to be concerned about modem pools A collection of modems and software that let users dial out and remote users dial in on the next available modem. The modem pool may be internal or external to the remote access server. See network access server. , phone numbers, security administration, software upgrades or maintenance. The service currently supports V.34 standard modem access at speeds up to 28.8 Kbps with an ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. version expected to be released later this year. "We are excited about the benefits this arrangement can bring to the mobile user or the home user," says Leon Edelsack, Westinghouse vice president of Data Network Services. "A simple, yet secure means to exchange information with the home office fits nicely with what our customers are telling us they need. They're especially attracted to being able to buy a completely managed service, which relieves their overworked staff from dealing with the technology headaches." Westinghouse provides and manages a complete LAN dial remote access service over a single frame relay connection to the customer premise. This service is an especially attractive add-on for customers who already use frame relay to interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. their office LANs. LAN dial service simply rides on an existing frame relay connection. Earlier this year, Mikasa, one of the world's largest distributors of fine ceramic dinnerware, crystal, flatware and giftware, replaced its private line network with Westinghouse's Frame Relay and LAN Dial Remote Access service. "Westinghouse provided a great design that will allow our sales reps, retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → and group managers easy access to our AS/400s and our Novell servers," says Don Sanginaro, Mikasa sr. vice president. "Buying a managed service enabled us to accelerate our remote access plans by as much as a year," estimates Sanginaro. "We had been using an outdated dial package for the AS/400 which is no longer supported by the vendor," added Henry Bernal, Mikasa vice president Information Systems. "At first I thought the Westinghouse service might be cumbersome because of all the options and features, but it proved to be very easy for us to use. Next, we want to make the service available to our programmers who work from home," said Bernal. "Fortune 1000 companies are turning to single source managed service providers to implement complete end-to-end communications solutions," said Steve Byrd, Attachmate Director of Business Development. "Attachmate has long recognized the strategic advantages that remote computing computing - computer brings to corporate users." RLN is an open, standards based, communication software, which makes it possible for mobile laptop Same as laptop computer. laptop - portable computer users and remote offices to cost effectively and efficiently access information on the network. Remote LAN Node (RLN) provides access to any application or service on any host or any LAN with any client from anywhere. The power of RLN resides in its server software which provides protocol transparency and uses advanced bridging and routing technology to move LAN packets to remote users. This means remote users can run applications, access the host, send or receive e-mail messages, and perform other tasks as if locally connected to the LAN. "This joint marketing agreement provides Westinghouse with the unique ability to custom design and manage a complete communications network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. for their customers while providing secure and reliable remote access connectivity," said Steve Greenstein, Attachmate Manager of Business Development. "Remote access solutions are increasingly being leveraged to increase productivity of traveling employees and telecommuters while protecting the value of existing investments in LAN-based software, peripherals and information throughout the corporate enterprise." About Attachmate Attachmate Corp., headquartered in Bellevue, is the world-wide leading market provider of enterprise connectivity software products that enable businesses to access, manipulate and exchange information and applications residing on host computers from desktop workstations. The company's leading product lines allow users to connect virtually any host or server, across any network, from any desktop, regardless of the operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . Attachmate also manufactures information access and productivity-enhancing software ranging from remote access and host communication products to client/server, groupware Software that supports multiple users working on related tasks in local and remote networks. Also called "collaborative software," groupware is an evolving concept that is more than just multiuser software which allows access to the same data. , host-server, and software management and distribution applications. About Westinghouse Communications Westinghouse Communications designs, builds and manages one of the most advanced communications networks in the world. As a single-source supplier of leading-edge technology, Westinghouse provides a full array of multi-vendor products and services including local area networks, wide area data networks, long distance telephone services, messaging services and video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. . Westinghouse Communications is a division of Westinghouse Electric Corp., a diversified technology based $9 billion multi-national enterprise in business for more than 100 years. -0- Attachmate, RLN and Remote LAN Node are registered trademarks of Attachmate Corp. Westinghouse is a registered trademark of Westinghouse Corp. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Attachmate Corporate Dennis L. Sullivan, 206/649-6551 or Westinghouse Communications Eileen Zebroski, 412/244-6558 |
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