Cisco, Olicom Announce Joint Marketing Agreement for End-to-end ATM Solutions; Broad interoperability testing ensures Olicom ATM cards integrate smoothly with all Cisco ATM backbone equipment.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 1996--Olicom (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 :OLCMF), a leading international supplier of high-performance networking solutions, and Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. Inc, today announced a joint marketing agreement for ATM solutions to ensure interoperability between the companies' ATM equipment and to jointly promote the benefits of end-to-end ATM solutions that combine Cisco and Olicom ATM products. The initiative enhances the options available to managers of large network installations seeking to implement fault-tolerant ATM across their enterprise. The agreement carries important strategic value for Cisco in that the Olicom RapidFire ATM adapter is the only one in the industry to take full advantage of Cisco's SSRP SSRP Simple Server Redundancy Protocol (Cisco) SSRP SQL Server Resolution Protocol (Microsoft SQL Server 2000) SSRP Source Reduction Review Project SSRP Swedish Society of Radiation Physics (Simple Server Redundancy Protocol), for the first time delivering true fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. in ATM networks. "Cisco has recognized that Olicom is a strong emerging player in the ATM market with industry-leading hardware and software technology, and saw that it was important to establish this interoperability testing for Olicom's ATM offerings," said Michael Camp, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at Olicom USA. "Now that our RapidFire has become the only ATM adapter that fully supports Cisco's SSRP protocol, the strength of our partnership and the joint benefits we deliver for ATM customers has just increased significantly. We expect the resulting interoperability will significantly improve both Cisco's and Olicom's sales forces' ability to effectively address the key issues involved in implementing ATM." "Cisco and Olicom have had considerable success to date in deploying joint solutions, and this interoperability agreement further guarantees a smooth integration of our ATM hardware with Olicom's RapidFire ATM adapter," said Steve Pomeroy, ATM Partnerships Manager at Cisco. "Olicom has a long history in ATM hardware and software, and now their full support for Cisco's SSRP protocol makes it more important than ever for Cisco to develop and deliver joint ATM solutions with Olicom." Olicom will perform the majority of the interoperability testing at its in-house testing labs. Cisco is making a substantial investment in equipment and manpower to ensure that Olicom can guarantee interoperability across Cisco's LightStream family of ATM products. In addition, Cisco will perform fault tolerance and resiliency tests at the company's headquarters in 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. The interoperability testing builds upon a long-standing relationship between Cisco and Olicom in Token-Ring and Ethernet switching technology and is an integral part of both companies' goal of delivering end-to-end solutions across the enterprise. "Cisco and Olicom's joint efforts in ATM represent an important step forward for the acceptance of ATM in the enterprise," said Kimberly Hiller, network analyst at Datapro Information Services See Information Systems. Group, a New Jersey-based market research firm that watches the networking market closely. "It is vital that vendors work together to develop interoperable solutions, especially in ATM, which companies are relying more and more heavily on for mission-critical networking." Cisco and Olicom have agreed on a testing schedule, the result of which will be a comprehensive interoperability matrix certifying which components and features of Cisco's ATM product line are supported by Olicom's RapidFire ATM 155 network adapter A printed circuit board that plugs into the bus of both user machines (clients) and servers in a local area network (LAN). Also commonly called a "network interface card" (NIC) or "LAN card," the network adapter transmits data onto the network and receives data from the network. . This interoperability matrix will be an integral tool available to Cisco sales engineers as they make recommendations on optimum configurations for their customers' ATM installation. Olicom's RapidFire ATM PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). 155 adapter is a 155-Mbps SONET multimode fiber An optical fiber with a larger core than singlemode fiber. It is the most commonly used fiber for short distances such as LANs. Light can enter the core at different angles, making it easier to connect the light source to broader light sources such as LEDs. card for PCI bus PCI bus - Peripheral Component Interconnect PCs and servers. The card is ideal for servers directly connected to an ATM backbone and accessed by clients located both on the ATM network and a switch-connected classical 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. (Token-Ring or Ethernet), as well as direct desktop connections for applications requiring high bandwidth -- such as multimedia or imaging. Olicom's CellDriver LAN emulation software enables the RapidFire adapter to operate under all major operating systems, including WIndows 95, Windows NT 4.0 and Novell NetWare 4.1 and 3.12. PC Magazine selected Olicom's RapidFire ATM adapter for the prestigious "Editors' Choice" in its April 23, 1996 issue, earning the reviewers' top marks based on ease-of-installation, hardware and software performance, and breadth of driver support. Olicom garnered more sweeping endorsement of its expertise in ATM with Microsoft's licensing of Olicom's LAN emulation and signaling software (now known as CellDriver) for use in the Windows NT operating system -- enabling Windows NT installations to take advantage of ATM technology while protecting their investment in application and system software. ATM has emerged as the high-speed standard to deploy the next generation of client-server and multimedia applications that have begun to proliferate in enterprise networks. ATM provides the increased speed and greater control of bandwidth required at the desktop for these data-intensive applications. Olicom Background Olicom develops and markets a broad range of Token Ring, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and ATM local area network products. Olicom products, known for high quality, high performance and competitive prices, are distributed worldwide by a network of strategic partners and resellers. Founded in 1985, the company trades on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol OLCMF. More information on Olicom is available from the company's SEC filing or by contacting the company directly. Olicom news and product/service information are available at World Wide Web site http://www.olicom.com. Olicom is headquartered in suburban Copenhagen, Denmark. Cisco Background Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) is the leading global supplier of internetworking solutions for corporate intranets and the global Internet. Cisco's products - including routers, LAN and WAN switches, dial-up access servers and network management software - are integrated by Cisco IOS software to link geographically dispersed LANs, WANs and 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) networks. Company news and product/service information are available at World Wide Web site http://www.cisco.com. Cisco is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. -0- Olicom is a registered trademark. GoCard and PowerMACH are trademarks of Olicom A/S. All other brand and product names are registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Olicom Bob Cicciarella, 214/516-4658 bobc@olicom.com or Simon/McGarry Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Gordon Woode, 413/367-0104 gordon@darling.com or Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. Contact Stapleton Communications Deborah Stapleton, 415/988-9207 deb@stapleton.com or Cisco Systems Steve Bauer, 408/526-4433 sbauer@cisco.com |
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