British Gas extends its StrataCom IPX network; over 20 StrataCom IPX switches now installed across British Gas' private networks.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 1995--British Gas, the UK's leading energy resource company, has reaffirmed its investment in StrataCom (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :STRM STRM Stream (US Postal service standard street suffix) STRM Starmedia Network, Inc. (stock symbol) STRM System Trouble Report Menu STRM Streamer ) by installing additional IPX (Internetwork Packet EXchange) The network layer protocol in the NetWare operating system. Similar to the IP layer in TCP/IP, it contains a network address and allows messages to be routed to a different network or subnet. switches in its networking infrastructure. The restructuring of British Gas' existing network infrastructure resulted from a decision to establish a number of independent business units to manage various parts of its multi-million pound business. The reorganization has prompted a rationalization of British Gas' original corporate wide area fast packet 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 (CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. ) in order to meet the individual networking requirements of the autonomous business units. The CDN is being developed into a new Managed Data Service that delivers reliable and cost-effective wide area data services (Virtual Private Networks) for each business unit. Over 20 StrataCom IPX switches have been installed in order to handle intra-company traffic. Tony Hirst Tony Hirst is a British actor. His filmography includes: Mike Barnes from Hollyoaks, Martin Gooch from The Ghost Squad and Steve Kingsley from Holby City. of British Gas' Telecomms Services commented, "The decision to purchase additional IPX switches was due largely to our past experience of their reliability and flexibility in terms of transmitting data across different networking environments. This has enabled us to respond to the changing needs of remotely managed networks since StrataCom has provided us with the vital link in our chain of communications." Hirst added, "StrataCom's IPX has been the cornerstone of this initiative. We are increasingly dependent on a switch that is resilient and ensures that all data is transmitted securely across each network. The IPX was the obvious choice based on our operating experience over the past two years." Alex Mendez, StrataCom's vice president of marketing, said, "We are pleased that British Gas continues to be a satisfied StrataCom customer. British Gas' continued investment in StrataCom products endorses the value of using cell switching technology for switching data on a company wide basis." British Gas' IPX network was supplied by Alcatel Data Networks, an authorized StrataCom representative in the United Kingdom. StrataCom StrataCom Inc. (NASDAQ:STRM), based in San Jose, Calif., develops, delivers and supports FastPacket networking systems for multiband ATM applications in private wide area networks and public carrier service offerings, such as frame relay and ATM. StrataCom's family of products, including FastPAD, EdgeConnect, IPX, BPX BPX Business Process Expert BPX Business Process eXcellence (Delphi Group event) BPX Burning Plasma Experiment BPX British Petroleum Exploration BPX Broadband Packet Exchange BPX Bus Parcel Express (Canada) , and AXIS, is used to integrate and transport a wide variety of corporate information, including voice, data, video, LANs, image and multimedia traffic in narrowband to broadband ATM network applications. CONTACT: StrataCom David Callisch, 408/534-2521 dcallisch@strata.com |
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