BreezeCOM Chosen as Exclusive Provider of Wireless Networks for Computervision Conference.CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 1998--BreezeCOM(R), Inc., a leader in standard platform and enterprise wireless networking See wireless network. , announced today that it has been chosen as the exclusive provider of wireless networking products for this year's premier, high-end system marketing event, the Computervision User's Group Conference at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis The Atlanta Marriott Marquis is a Marriott Hotel and the 11th tallest skyscraper in Atlanta, Georgia. Designed by Atlanta architect John Portman, It is probably one of the most well-recognized buildings in the city. Hotel in Atlanta, GA. BreezeCOM will provide the conference with its BreezeNET PRO product line, which will be used to connect three multi-system workshops and other computing systems used throughout the conference area so that data can be shared throughout the network area of the conference. "BreezeCOM's products and technology were the only wireless networking products that could successfully handle our networking demands for the conference," said Greg Grotyohann, Information Technologies, for Parametric Technology Corporation |Parametric Technology Corporation]] Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC)(NASDAQ: PMTC) provides Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) engineering CAD/CAM software and content management and dynamic publishing solutions to more than 40,000 companies worldwide. . "We required a wireless network that could handle a large number of workstations, multiple operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and produce a reliable level of coverage inside the conference area." BreezeCOM's networking products will connect 26 Sun Ultra 30 Workstations, 27 Compaq 5100 Professionals, 46 Hewlett-Packard Kayak Workstations, six Compaq Armada Laptop PC's and three HP LaserJet LaserJet is the brand name used by the American computer company Hewlett-Packard (HP) for their line of dry electrophotographic (DEP) laser printers. Technology HP LaserJets employ electro-photographic laser marking engines sourced from the Japanese company Canon. printers running either UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , OS/2, Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. or Windows 95 operating software. The network will consist of six BreezeNET PRO Access Points installed strategically throughout two floors of the 140,000 square foot conference hall of the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel providing BreezeNET PRO-equipped client devices with a reliable, 2.4 GHz spread spectrum radio frequency network connection. The Access Points will be connected to a Bay Networks Switch, offering a total of 15 Mbps aggregate throughput on the backbone. BreezeCOM's robust DSP-powered radio with antenna diversity Using two or more receiving antennas on a wireless device to eliminate multipath signal distortion. Typically, the signal from the antenna with the least noise (best SNR) is chosen, and the other antenna is ignored. allows for the indoor range requirements of the conference. Featuring speeds of 3Mbps per Access Point and true point-multipoint trafficking, the BreezeNET PRO products are able to handle the multiple wireless connections of the conference participants simultaneously. About BreezeCOM BreezeCOM, Inc., is a leading wireless technology company that develops, manufactures and markets products for telecommunications, data communications, and wireless LAN applications. The company's new BreezeNET(R) PRO.11 wireless networking product line targets computer users who need flexible, easy-to-install network connection that maintains mobility and accommodates temporary, ad hoc For this purpose. Meaning "to this" in Latin, it refers to dealing with special situations as they occur rather than functions that are repeated on a regular basis. See ad hoc query and ad hoc mode. , and building-to-building applications. BreezeLINK(R), a wireless modem for business users, provides a flexible, synchronous connection for voice and data. Founded in 1993, BreezeCOM is privately held. BreezeCOM's U.S. headquarters are located at 2195 Faraday faraday /far·a·day/ (F ) (far´ah-da) the electric charge carried by one mole of electrons or one equivalent weight of ions, equal to 9.649 × 104coulombs. far·a·day n. Avenue, Suite A, Carlsbad, Calif. 92008; phone (760) 431-9880; fax (760) 431-2595. The BreezeCOM international offices are located at Atidim Technological Park, Building 1, Tel Aviv 61131, Israel; phone (972) 3-645-6262; fax (972) 3-645-6290 or visit our web site at www.breezecom.com. -0- BreezeCOM Inc., BreezeNET PRO and BreezeLINK are registered trademarks of BreezeCOM, Inc.
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