Cambex will resell network access products to storage users.WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1996-- OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and reseller agreement with Jupiter Technology, Inc. is first step in long-range plan to integrate Cambex storage products into network operating environment Cambex Corporation today announced that it will resell a line of multi-protocol frame relay access devices (FRADs) to its corporate storage equipment customers as a part of a long-range plan to develop network-centric storage solutions. The data storage company (Nasdaq:CBEX CBEX China Beijing Equity Exchange ) will begin in January, 1997 to resell frame relay access products purchased from privately held Jupiter Technology, Inc., also of Waltham, MA. Jupiter's line of Voyager FRAD (Frame Relay Access Device or Frame Relay Assembler Disassembler) A communications device that formats outgoing data into the format required by a frame relay network. It strips the data back out at the other end. products are intelligent devices used by large corporations to integrate data traffic that runs on a variety of wide area and local area networks. "Cambex's traditional large customers have struggled separately in recent years with the management of network traffic and the creation of adequate data storage capabilities. As advances in networking proliferate, they require more network-tuned storage at a variety of points within the user organization. We want to position ourselves to become expert in assuring a smooth convergence of networking and storage in tomorrow's markets. Our OEM agreement with Jupiter is a first step in that process," Joseph F. Kruy, Cambex president and chief executive officer, stated. Kruy noted that Cambex customers are already among the largest users of frame relay products, and that Cambex's global sales, service and support organization is larger and has more expertise than most manufacturers of frame relay products. Frame relay usage is growing at a 50 percent annual rate as users improve wide area networking performance by replacing costly leased lines used in traditional 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. networks linked to large IBM and compatible mainframes. The SNA/mainframe market is one Cambex has served for more than 25 years, Kruy noted. The Jupiter frame relay product line that Cambex will market enables network users to operate an internetwork of both wide area and local area traffic on both private and public network facilities. The products support SNA/APPN, SDLC (Synchronous Data Link Control) The primary data link protocol used in IBM's SNA networks. It is a bit-oriented synchronous protocol that is a subset of the HDLC protocol. See SNA, DLC and Microsoft DLC. 1. , bisync, async, IP and IPX traffic, as well as popular Ethernet and Token Ring LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. topographies. These products will be added to the current Cambex line of high-speed memory, cached disk array and cross-enterprise shared data storage systems used in both mainframe and open systems environments. "All of our customers, almost without exception, are adopting frame relay solutions to move data from Cambex storage devices to other locations throughout the world," Kruy commented. Jupiter background Jupiter Technology, Inc. designs and manufactures multi-protocol FRADs which it distributes through a series of resellers, systems integrators and business partners. The company's customers include some of the world's largest network users, including NYNEX NYNEX New York-New England & X for the Unknown (Telephone Company) NYNEX New York Network Exchange , Sprint, the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. , Veterans' Administration, Japan Airlines, Chrysler, Dutch PTT (1) (Postal, Telegraph & Telephone) The governmental agency responsible for combined postal, telegraph and telephone services in many European countries. (2) See push-to-talk. PTT - Post, Telephone and Telegraph administration , Korean Telephone and the Home Shopping Network “HSN” redirects here. For other uses, see HSN (disambiguation). The Home Shopping Network (HSN) is a mostly 24-hour shopping network that is seen on cable, satellite, and some terrestrial channels in the United States. . Cambex background Cambex Corporation provides storage systems for IBM, Sun, HP, and other computer platforms used by organizations throughout the world. The company's products include STOR mainframe memory, Cascade and Cascade XE IBM-compatible direct access storage, and Centurion cached RAID disk arrays for the above computer platforms. Cambex can be reached at 617-890-6000, or by e-mail at cascade@cambex.com -0- All trademarks are the property of their respective owners CONTACT: Rose M. Curran Marketing Communications 617-890-6000, ext. 328 |
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