Cabletron Selected by GTE for Pentagon Renovation Contract.ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 1998-- Cabletron's SmartSwitches to Provide New Voice, Video and Data Communications Infrastructure Cabletron Systems (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CS) today announced its participation within GTE's comprehensive Pentagon infrastructure renovation. The new SmartSwitched network underscores the government's mandate for network longevity and supports the Pentagon's connectivity needs well into the next century. Entitled the Above Ground Telecommunications Backbone (ATB ATB Antibiotic ATB All The Best ATB Ability to Benefit ATB André Tanneberger (musician) ATB Across the Board ATB Active Time Battle (roleplaying game) ATB All Terrain Bike ATB Alberta Treasury Branches ), the new system will address network that directly affect critical decisions. Five above-ground floors housing over 24,000 tenants and 135,000 network connections will be reconstructed in five, two-year phases. The award-winning SmartSwitches will increase the network's speed and reliability -- transforming the building's computer systems into a single, high-speed communications infrastructure. Consolidating multiple network systems within the facility, Cabletron's SmartSwitches were selected by GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) based on durability. "Cabletron is proud to have our award-winning connectivity products selected to facilitate information within one of the nation's most vital communications centers An agency charged with the responsibility for handling and controlling communications traffic. The center normally includes message center, transmitting, and receiving facilities. Also called COMCEN. See also telecommunications center. ," said Stanley Stevens, Cabletron's director of product marketing, federal systems. "Cabletron's SmartSwitches have met GTE's and the federal government's strict standards for reliability, performance and a seamless migratory migratory /mi·gra·to·ry/ (mi´grah-tor?e) 1. roving or wandering. 2. of, pertaining to, or characterized by migration; undergoing periodic migration. migratory emanating from or pertaining to migration. path, allowing them to function in a secure, cost-effective manner." The federal government represents Cabletron's largest customer. Cabletron's award-winning Smart Networks, which include SPECTRUM network management and the SmartSwitch solutions, have been selected to facilitate such mission-critical applications as NASA's Mars Pathfinder, Fort Knox Fort Knox [for Henry Knox], U.S. military reservation, 110,000 acres (44,515 hectares), Hardin and Meade counties, N Ky.; est. 1917 as a training camp in World War I. It became a permanent post in 1932. In the steel and concrete vaults of the U.S. and the Navy's IT-21 ship-to-shore communications upgrade. Cabletron's Smart Network Guarantee Cabletron will be the only networking vendor whose products guarantee higher life expectancy Life Expectancy 1. The age until which a person is expected to live. 2. The remaining number of years an individual is expected to live, based on IRS issued life expectancy tables. , lower cost of ownership, greater bandwidth allocation Bandwidth allocation refers to various methods used in the communications industry to design and assign frequency channels to different wireless applications. Also on programs such as Bittorent or Limewire. and reduced cost of management, equipping today's enterprise customers for tomorrow's networked economy. This is what we call - "Smart Networking." About Cabletron Cabletron Systems, the premier provider of enterprise and carrier-class networking solutions, offers dependable network access and communications to millions of people throughout the world under its Smart Networking architecture. With scaleable products designed for Fortune 1000 enterprise networks, service providers and small businesses, Cabletron provides simple, reliable and cost-effective business solutions for the information age. Cabletron's World Wide Web site can be reached on the Internet at http://www.cabletron.com. Cabletron and SmartSwitch are trademarks of registered trademarks of Cabletron Systems. |
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