Cabletron opens regional training center in Asia; Facility to provide training for Cabletron customers and resellers.ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 1995--Continuing its aggressive expansion in the Asia-Pacific Region, Cabletron Systems, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CS) announced today the opening of a multi-million dollar (US) training center. Located in Cabletron's Singapore Office, the 500-square-foot training center provides up to 30 customers, value-added resellers (VARs) and Cabletron staff instruction in the newest networking technologies. Additional training space is expected to be added later in 1996. "Cabletron has always stressed the importance of customer service and support. The training our engineers receive at this new facility allows us to provide even better support to Cabletron customers and VARs throughout the region," said Alan McMillan, managing director for Asia-Pacific, Cabletron. "Cabletron customers and resellers receive practical, hands-on training to install, configure and monitor Cabletron products." Training classes addressing the networking needs of small, medium and multi-national businesses are available. Network management software training is also offered. In addition, training programs can be tailored to specific customer needs. The training facility is fully-equipped with Cabletron's state-of-the-art networking hardware Networking hardware typically refers to equipment facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, this includes routers, switches, access points, network interface cards and other related hardware. and software including its new SmartSwitch family of switches and the industry-leading enterprise management platform called Spectrum. Network design services and free telephone technical support during normal business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a are also offered out of the Singapore office. Cabletron Systems Inc. is the largest company in the world dedicated exclusively to computer networking
Computer networking is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices. products and services. With corporate headquarters in Rochester, N.H., the company has 86 offices around the world and employs 5,500 people. Since January, 1994, Cabletron has been hiring at an average rate of five people every business day. Cabletron was identified in a recent report in U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Weekly newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. U.S. News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973) to cover important domestic events; he founded World Report in 1945 to treat world news. The two magazines were merged in 1948. , as the tenth fastest growing company in the United States. Cabletron develops, manufactures and markets Ethernet, FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. , SNA (Systems Network Architecture) IBM's mainframe network standards introduced in 1974. Originally a centralized architecture with a host computer controlling many terminals, enhancements, such as APPN and APPC (LU 6. & Token Ring, ATM internetworking and Enterprise Management software products based on its Synthesis product framework. A component of the S&P 500 index, Cabletron's common stock is traded over 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. under the symbol CS. Over the last four quarters the company has reported record revenue of $934 million and earnings of $188 million. -0- Source: Dataquest Incorporated; February 1995 Cabletron's World Wide Web site can be reached on the Internet at http://www.ctron.com/. Cabletron, SmartSwitch, Spectrum and Synthesis are trademarks of Cabletron Systems. CONTACT: Bob Olson Cabletron Systems 603-337-1048 e-mail: olson@ccmailpc.ctron.com |
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