Attachmate Integrates Ariel's 56K/ISDN Remote Access Solution with its RLN Server.

CRANBURY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 1998--Ariel Corp (NASDAQ:ADSP) today announced that Attachmate has integrated Ariel's RS2000 56K/ISDN remote access solution with its Remote LAN Node(r) (RLN(r)) Access Server.

The addition of the RS2000 enables RLN Access Servers to support up to 30 remote access sessions per PCI slot originating from any combination of analog V.34, digital 56K, or basic rate ISDN customer premises equipment.

"The adoption of open systems RAS technology is a win-win proposition," said Ariel president and chief operations officer, Brian Hoerl. "Attachmate gains access to best-of-breed, standards-based RAS technology that enables them to equip their powerful remote node products with the latest standards-based 56K/ISDN RAS options in a timely manner. And Ariel gains access to Attachmate's large installed base of RLN customers."

"By partnering with Ariel, we are able to address two of the most serious issues facing our RLN remote customers today: cost of ownership and scalability," said Mike Lackey, director of the specialty products group at Attachmate.

"Because RLN is a software-based solution, it easily scales to meet the customers' evolving remote access needs without the expense of swapping out hardware. This greatly enhances scalability and reduces cost of ownership."

The RLN Access Server is a Pentium(r)-based server that gives remote users access to Ethernet or Token-Ring networks from remote PCs or Macintoshes via modem, ISDN, or X.25 connections. Scaleable in blocks of eight ports (8, 16, 24, 32, 48, and 64), the RLN Access Server detects the type of equipment initiating the call (either a modem or ISDN connection) and automatically routes the call to the appropriate modem or ISDN terminal adapter.

The RS2000 is an open standards-based RAS solution that provides Windows NT(r) and UNIX(r) hosts with the physical connections needed for remote dial-in and LAN dial-out. Combining up to 30 Lucent Technologies, Microelectronics Group (NYSE:LU) V.90 56-kbps digital signal processor (DSP) modem chips with a T1/E1/PRI (Primary Rate ISDN) interface, the RS2000 supports up to 30 simultaneous remote access sessions originating from any combination of 64-kbps basic rate ISDN, digital V.90 56-kbps, or analog V.34 33.6-kbps customer premises equipment. The RS2000 is available to OEMs with a Driver Development Kit (DDK) and Software Development Kit (SDK) for UNIX and Windows NT. It is also available to end users as a turnkey remote access server for Microsoft(r) (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows NT Server platforms.

"Our DSP-based modem product line dovetails well with the open systems approach taken by Ariel and Attachmate," said Surinder Rai, marketing director of modem integrated circuits with Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group. "Just as open systems enable Ariel and Attachmate to get to market quickly with the latest technology, so too does the programmability of our DSP chips enable us to get to market with high-performance, standards-based modem products. The V.90-compatible 56K modems used in the Ariel and Attachmate(r) remote access products are indicative of that."

The RLN Access Server equipped with the RS2000 and version 5.0 of the RLN software is available today from Attachmate resellers, retailers, and VARs, as well as through the Attachmate sales organization.

More on Ariel

Ariel Corp. (NASDAQ:ADSP) offers the industry's highest density and most cost-effective remote access data solutions for open systems platforms. The leader in server-based RAS technology, Ariel's high-density, RS1000, RS2000, T1-Modem+, and T1-Modem PC-based modem pools support 56-kbps, V.34+, and ISDN remote access sessions and connect to T1, E1, ISDN, and POTS lines.

Ariel's remote access products target open systems servers spanning a broad range of applications, including telecommuting, Internet access, corporate Intranet and Extranet access, online services, transaction processing, and unified messaging.

For more information on Ariel products, please contact Ariel Corp. at 2540 Route 130, Cranbury, N.J. 08512. Phone [phone]. Fax [phone]. Email: [e-mail]. World Wide Web: www.ariel.com.

More on Attachmate

For 16 years, Attachmate has been a truly global company, and today has more than 10 million customers worldwide supported by 80 offices in 30 countries. One of the largest technology firms in the world, and one of the ten largest PC software companies, Attachmate is the leading supplier of desktop and server-based host access management solutions. These solutions provide organizations the ability to manage, from a single console, which is allowed to access host data, what types of host data they can see, and how to keep all users current with the most recent versions of the software. Attachmate's products enable users to safely and securely access mission-critical information located on hosts (mainframes, midrange, UNIX(r), DEC(r)/VAX(r), Unisys(r)) from any location inside or outside the firewall. A team of technical support and consulting experts backs all of Attachmate's products, including management software, development tools, remote access products, and hardware in addition to client and server products to help people access and use corporate data.

For more information about Attachmate's products, contact Attachmate's headquarters in Bellevue, Wash., at 425/644-4010, 425/747-9924 (fax) or toll free at 800/426-6283. Attachmate's World Wide Web address is http://www.attachmate.com.

Ariel, Open RAS, and RASCAL are trademarks or tradenames of Ariel. Attachmate, Remote LAN Node and RLN are registered trademarks of Attachmate Corp. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corp. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd. DEC and VAX are registered trademarks of Digital Equipment Corp. Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corp. Microsoft and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or tradenames are the property of their respective owners.

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