Boys & Girls Clubs of America Selects Cabletron to Kick Off New Technology Initiative; High Performance Switching Solution to Extend Access to Educational Resources.ROCHESTER, N.H. and ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 18, 1999-- Cabletron Systems (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CS) today announced that Boys & Girls Clubs Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. of America (B&GCA GCA, ground-controlled approach: see instrument-landing system. ) has selected Cabletron's networking solutions to create a network where all members, regardless of the size and location of their local Club, will have access to the educational applications offered by the organization's national headquarters. The Cabletron solution will provide remote Clubs with available access to distance learning applications, membership enrollment information, email, and the Internet. B&GCA's national headquarters installed its new network backbone infrastructure, valued at $250,000, in October 1999. In addition, the organization plans to provide network connectivity to more than 2,300 remote Clubs over the next three years. Indiana will be the first state to connect to the headquarter's network, with installation beginning in its fifty-six remote Clubs in the year 2000. "Boys & Girls Clubs of America opens five new Clubs a week, and has more than 2,300 Club sites currently. We plan to open a technology center for every Club so that each member can benefit from the same resources the national headquarters has to offer," said B&GCA's vice president of information systems, Mark Baker. "Cabletron's SmartSwitch Router router Portable electric power tool used in carpentry and furniture making that consists of an electric motor, a base, two handle knobs, and bits (cutting tools). A router can cut fancy edges for shelving, grooves for storm windows and weather stripping, circles and ovals and SmartSwitches provide us with a high capacity, redundant network infrastructure designed to support the future bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal of interactive educational applications." The Cabletron solution includes the award-winning SmartSwitch Router 8000, SmartSwitch 6000, and ELS100-24TXM TXM Thixomolding TXM Transaction Management TXM Technology Transition Model , providing switched Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. connectivity to network users. In addition, the SmartSwitch Router 510 provides connectivity to remote Clubs over B&GCA's wide area network (WAN). "Organizations like Boys & Girls Clubs of America need a flexible, scalable and reliable network they can count on," said Bob Anderson
Bob Anderson (b. 19 May 1931, Hendon, London - d. 14 August 1967, Northampton) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racecar driver from England. , Cabletron's director of solutions marketing. "Cabletron is proud to provide the network infrastructure for Boys & Girls Clubs of America, helping them to bring valuable educational opportunities to children all over the country." About the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Boys & Girls Clubs of America (www.bgca.org) comprises a national network of more than 2,300 neighborhood-based facilities annually serving some three million young people, primarily from disadvantaged circumstances. Known as "The Positive Place for Kids," Clubs provide character development programs on a daily basis for children 6 -18 years old, conducted by a full-time professional staff. Key programs emphasize character and leadership development, educational enhancement, career preparation, health and life skills, the arts, and sports, fitness, and recreation. About Cabletron Systems Cabletron Systems, a premier provider of world-class networking solutions, delivers reliable network access and communications to millions of people worldwide. With scaleable products designed for Global 1000 enterprise networks, service providers and small businesses, Cabletron is the e-business communications specialist in the Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. . Listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. for more than a decade under the symbol CS, Cabletron is an S&P 500 index company. Cabletron's web site can be reached on the Internet at http://www.cabletron.com. |
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