Cisco Joins DIGEX to Deliver Internet Services to Remote Offices; Cisco AS5200 Integration to Deliver Seamless Access to Nationwide Subscribers.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.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 1996--Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced that DIGEX Inc. has chosen Cisco products to deliver its best-of-class commercial Internet services. DIGEX Telecommute See telecommuting. Services Group provides subscriber line Internet access featuring high reliability and extensive customer support for telecommuters and small office/home office See SOHO. (SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. ) customers. DIGEX, an Internet Service Provider Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. (ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. ) based in Beltsville, Md., is one of the first ISPs to integrate the Cisco AS5200 access server as the dial-up platform of choice for its subscribers to use when accessing DIGEX's services. DIGEX also relies on Cisco as its end-to-end networking solution provider to supply central backbone routers, remote office routers and dial-up access servers. "With plans to bring commercial grade services up in 55 cities nationally this year and grow to 100 commercial Points of Presence (POPs) by April 1997, we will deploy a full complement of Cisco AS5200s to provide the high-density dial-up access required for both digital and analog subscribers," said Christopher McCleary, president and chief executive officer at DIGEX. "Cisco's AS5200 allows us to issue one dial-in number to all of our subscribers, because the AS5200 accepts both analog and digital calls with a single trunk line. This capability provides us with a simple, reliable and scalable solution to fuel our growth into the future," explained Brian Deobald, vice president and general manager for DIGEX's Telecommute Solutions Group. Cisco and DIGEX deliver complete solutions Digex has chosen the Cisco 7513 core router for its national backbone network -- 27 are already in use -- and relies on other Cisco products to deliver high-reliability services. The Cisco 1005A is the asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. router of choice for deployment in remote business offices, and the Cisco AS5200 will become the high-density access server of choice. "With the addition of the Cisco AS5200, we are in a firm position to provide a single-vendor remote access solution to growing ISPs such as DIGEX," said Ian Pennell, Cisco's director of access server marketing. "As a single-vendor solution provider, Cisco can deploy a host of access products to meet needs ranging from corporate backbones to single users in their homes. No other networking vendor can provide such a wide range of solutions to meet the growth potential of the Internet." About DIGEX DIGEX, a national first-tier Internet service provider, maintains a fault-tolerant DS-3 fiber optic network with major points of presence throughout the United States. Since 1991, DIGEX has been delivering industrial strength Internet connections and servers for businesses, government agencies, educational institutions and other international ISPs. In addition to a complete line of business connectivity solutions, the company offers high-speed Web server hosting, security and Internet educational services. About Cisco Cisco Systems (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 : 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 (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. and ATM switches, dial-up access servers and network management software, are integrated by the Cisco IOS(tm) 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- Note to Editors: Cisco IOS and Cisco Systems are trademarks and Cisco and the Cisco logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks or registered service marks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Cisco Systems, Inc. Michael Hakkert, 408/526-4794 mhakkert@cisco.com or DIGEX Inc. Brian Deobald, 301/847-6280 deo@digex.net |
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