China Overseas Shipping Company Selects N.E.T. Multiservice Network.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1997--N.E.T. announced today that China Overseas Shipping Company (COSC COSC Charter Oak State College COSC Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (Official Swiss Chronometer Control) COSC City of Oxford Swimming Club (UK) COSC Cobbles, Silt and Clay ), the largest shipping company in China, has selected an N.E.T.(TM) multiservice backbone network A backbone network provides a path for the exchange of information between different LANs or subnetworks.[1] A backbone can tie together diverse networks in the same building, in different buildings in a campus environment, or over wide areas. to support voice and data communications for the company worldwide. The network, valued at nearly $1 million, was part of a contract awarded to Datacraft, an N.E.T. distribution partner with offices throughout the Asia-Pacific region. To address the increased need for cost-effective business communications services between the company's branch offices and its agencies worldwide, N.E.T. multiservice systems were deployed in concert with frame relay access devices (FRADs) to create a new global network. The first phase of the project will connect the company's offices in Japan, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, the US, and six cities in China China is a geographical area encompassing multiple territories, under two states. You may be looking for:
The multiservice network, which supports IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) 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. and 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. traffic, provides intelligent networking capabilities that increase bandwidth efficiency and provide quick re-routing of traffic. The network also provides connections to support the data traffic via frame relay services. The network features N.E.T. PrimeVoice(TM) toll-quality compression capabilities enabling compressed voice to be transported over the same wide-area links as the data traffic. The result is a highly efficient multiservice backbone that allows high-speed transmission of data and voice traffic at reduced operations cost and savings in bandwidth cost for the company. As the third largest shipping company in the world, COSC required an efficient and sound global network that provides timely, high-speed communications and information exchanges between all of its branches and agencies as the company continues to expand its operations globally. "The contract affirms Datacraft's capability and strength in tailoring leading-edge solutions that could best address our customer's needs," said Mr. Emmy Wu, regional director, Datacraft Asia. "By combining our expertise with world-leading technologies such as N.E.T.'s multiservice networks, Datacraft's solutions assure customers of increased productivity and improved operations at great cost savings." Datacraft China is a highly successful and established subsidiary of Datacraft Asia, the region's leading communications and networking systems integrator. Besides offering extensive support and sales services covering Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Fuzhou, Xian and Chengdu, Datacraft China is reputed for its excellent technical know-how and after-sales services. N.E.T., headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., is a leading worldwide supplier of multiservice wide area networks used by enterprises, government organizations and carriers in more than 50 countries. N.E.T. multiservice WANs and ATM products integrate voice, data, and video traffic with ATM, frame relay, LAN internetworking and ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. capabilities for today's mission-critical applications. The company is certified to the worldwide ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 standard for design, manufacturing and servicing. Join us at our worldwide web site: http://www.net.com for further information. -0- Note to Editors: N.E.T. and PrimeVoice are trademarks, and the N.E.T. logo is a registered trademark, of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: N.E.T. Jo Minola, 415/780-5177 |
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