Cisco and Frontier Announce Strategic Alliance; Extends Current Relationship to Meet Customers' Management Requirements.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)--Dec. 16, 1996--Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced a strategic alliance which designates Frontier Software, Inc. of Chelmsford, MA, as its primary vendor for RMON- based technologies. This agreement significantly expands the joint development and deployment of Frontier products and technologies with selected Cisco products, underway since 1994. "Our customers want end-to-end monitoring capabilities in Cisco infrastructure devices," said Stephen DeWitt, vice president of Cisco IOS Cisco IOS (originally Internetwork Operating System) is the software used on the vast majority of Cisco Systems routers and all current Cisco network switches. IOS is a package of routing, switching, internetworking and telecommunications functions tightly integrated with a software and network management marketing. "Frontier's NETscout products provide very scaleable RMON-based solutions. This relationship will help us meet customers' management requirements." "This agreement, which builds upon the successful cooperation of both companies over the past three years, confirms Frontier's vision," said Narendra Popat, president of Frontier Software. "Cementing our status with Cisco as their strategic RMON (Remote MONitoring) Enhancements to the management information base (MIB) structure used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP). In 1991, RMON added comprehensive network monitoring capabilities. vendor is a significant endorsement for our product quality and the effectiveness of our technology." Cisco and Frontier Build Upon Existing Relationship Cisco's Workgroup Business Unit, responsible for the Catalyst LAN switch A network device that cross-connects clients, servers and network devices. Also known as a "frame switch," stand-alone LAN switches are common in all Ethernet networks. A four-port switch is also typically built into a wired or wireless router for homes and small business (see wireless product family, and Frontier Software have had a successful marketing and development relationship since 1994. In January 1995, the two companies jointly developed and introduced embedded RMON for Cisco's Catalyst 1200 switch, the industry's first implementation of embedded RMON instrumentation for LAN switches. In 1996, Cisco introduced its TrafficDirector and SwitchProbe products, based on Frontier's RMON technology, to provide comprehensive network management solutions for switched 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. environments. In addition, Cisco and Frontier have led the industry in delivering a comprehensive monitoring architecture for switching. The Catalyst family includes embedded RMON and automated, seven-layer monitoring (via Cisco's SPAN Port) of the traffic on any switch port with Cisco's roving SwitchProbe. This innovative architecture delivers extensive port monitoring and diagnostics without compromising switch performance. The Cisco SwitchProbe product line supports Ethernet, Token Ring A local area network (LAN) access method developed by IBM. Conforming to the IEEE 802.5 standard, Token Ring uses a token ring access method and connects up to 255 nodes in a star topology at 4, 16 or 100 Mbps. , 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. , CDDI (Copper Distributed Data Interface) A version of FDDI that uses UTP (unshielded twisted pair) wires rather than optical fiber. The technology was developed by Crescendo Communications, Sunnyvale, CA, which was acquired by Cisco in 1993. and Fast Ethernet. Frontier and Cisco have also worked closely to develop RMON instrumentation for advanced network management and analysis of ISL-based VLANs and to support the IEEE 802.1Q standard. CiscoWorks for Switched Internetworks integrates TrafficDirector with VLANDirector and CiscoView to provide an integrated management suite for today's switched internetworks. The companies have also developed extensive seven-layer monitoring of Cisco routers through the NETscout family's support of Cisco's innovative NetFlow Switching architecture. This capability delivers extensive manageability to the Cisco 7000 series routers. Future development activities will incorporate RMON support for all of Cisco's switch and router products. This will include using Frontier's EnterpriseRMON(TM) for the industry-leading Cisco IOS software architecture for internetworking solutions. About Cisco and Frontier 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 and WAN switches, dial-up access servers and network management software -- are integrated by 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. Cisco is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. Company news and product-service information are available at the company Web site: http://www.cisco.com . Frontier Software is the industry leader in offering powerful, proactive solutions for network and application traffic monitoring, diagnosis and reporting. Frontier's award-winning NETscout Probes and NETscout Manager applications are based on EnterpriseRMON, a compliant superset A group of commands or functions that exceed the capabilities of the original specification. Software or hardware components designed for the original specification will also operate with the superset product. However, components designed for the superset will not work with the original. of RMON1 and RMON2. The NETscout family provides unique solutions beyond RMON2 by supporting all LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network topologies including switched LANs, VLANs and Frame Relay. In addition, NETscout systems provide end-to-end standard or custom application monitoring for distributed enterprise networks. Frontier Software is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA. Company news and product-service information are available on Frontier's Web site: http://www.frontier.com . -0- Note to Editors: Cisco IOS and Cisco Systems are trademarks, and Cisco and the Cisco logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. NETscout is a registered trademark and EnterpriseRMON is a trademark of Frontier Software Development, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks or registered service marks mentioned in this documents are the property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Frontier Software, Inc. Aline Kaplan, 508/244-4001, ext. 1424 kaplana@frontier.com or Cunningham Communication, Inc. Rona Brodrick, 408/764-0740 rona@ccipr.com |
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