ComNet/DC '99 Names the SALIX ETX5000 a Finalist In New Product Achievement Awards Competition; Key Company Executives Will Address ComNet Panel Sessions.GAITHERSBURG, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 1999--SALIX Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has been named a finalist in ComNet Washington, D.C.'99's annual New Product Achievement Awards, a highly competitive award that highlights new products and services which promise to have significant impact on the networking and communications industries communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. . The SALIX ETX ETX - End Of Text 5000(tm) is the first true carrier-class switch Typically refers to highly reliable TDM-based circuit switches used by the telephone companies. See end office switch and tandem switch. to integrate all of the new service functions required to deliver next generation telephony services with full support for traditional PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. as well as IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. services in a single device. It was one of only three finalists in the Carrier/WAN category. The ETX5000 can be seen at the SALIX booth (#1751) at ComNet, which is being held from January 26-28, 1999, at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. The New Product Achievement Awards, sponsored by InfoWorld magazine, identify the best new networking and communications products and services. The finalists for the award were selected by a panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
"We are very pleased by the recognition of being named as a finalist in the ComNet New Product Achievement Awards, which recognizes not only technology advances, but also the ability to offer customers exceptional price-performance and support," said Dan Simpkins, SALIX president. "The SALIX ETX5000 is a high-capacity, highly scalable carrier-class telephony switch that allows carriers to offer new services, such as IP Telephony and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), integrated with support for traditional PSTN telephony services. The ETX5000 supports up to 5,400 VoIP ports and 32,256 circuit-switched ports in its first release. Its innovative FleXchange( switch architecture provides for scalability to 100,000 ports in a single compact ETX5000 chassis, offering the highest telephony switching density in the market today." The SALIX ETX5000 represents a significant breakthrough in telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. as the first Class Independent telephony switch. Since it is class independent, the ETX5000 overcomes the limitations of the legacy Class 4 and 5 public telephone network hierarchy by enabling service providers to offer toll-quality voice, fax and data services regardless of its location in the network. This unique capability addresses a broad set of both regulatory and technical issues facing service providers as they seek to provide next-generation telephony services to the more than one billion telephone customers. ComNet attendees who are not affiliated with an exhibiting company will cast their ballots for the best product for each of the eight categories as well as the overall Most Innovative New Product or Service. All finalist products and services will be featured prominently in the lobby of the Washington, D.C. Convention Center throughout the show. "The New Product Achievement Awards competition reinforces ComNet/Washington's role as the key platform for exhibitors seeking to unveil new products," said Debra Hart, ComNet Show Director. "Attendees to this year's ComNet/Washington, D.C. can expect to see more than 300 never-before-seen products - technologies that will provide far reaching contributions to tomorrow's integrated voice, video and data networks, frame relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. and ATM networks and intranet-based knowledge management applications, to name a few. The products also will reflect the rapid convergence in the networking and communications industries as distinct industries such as the Internet and telecommunications come together." Two executives from SALIX will also participate in ComNet panels sessions at the show: --On Wednesday, January 27, 1999, from 2:00 - 3:15 PM, Ken McInerney, product manager for the ETX5000, will participate in the panel entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "Voice over Data Transport: Frame Relay, ATM and IP." --On Thursday, January 28, 1999, from 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM, Lew Bobbitt, SALIX's vice president of marketing, will participate in the panel entitled "Free Phoning is Just Another Pipe: IP Telephony Joins the Business Phone System Mainstream." About ComNet Conference & Exposition ComNet, produced by IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) Expo Management Company, is the largest technology conference and exposition dedicated to global networking utilizing wide-area telecommunications, data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. , networking and Internet technologies. Each year more than 800 manufacturers and suppliers of computer networking
Computer networking is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices. and communications, hardware, software, services, and solutions participate in ComNet. Founded in 1977, ComNet Washington, D.C. has served the IT market for two decades as the premiere information source for networking professionals. ComNet has captured the imagination of IT buyers, information seekers and network professionals responsible for designing, building, facilitating and managing global networks. ComNet/ Washington, D.C. will be held at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center, January 25-28, 1999 and ComNet/ San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden will be held at the Moscone Convention Center, August 17-20, 1999. For more information on ComNet Conferences and Expositions, call 800-545-EXPO or visit our Web site at www.comnetexpo.com About SALIX Technologies Founded in 1990, with headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland, SALIX Technologies, Inc. is a premiere provider of high-capacity networking solutions that will enable service providers to offer next-generation voice, fax and Virtual Private Network (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ) services. The company's engineering and management expertise offer a comprehensive understanding of the needs of carriers and service providers. Its core competencies A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
abbr. 1. National Education Association 2. National Endowment for the Arts NEA (US) n abbr (= National Education Association) → Verband für das Erziehungswesen ) and Grotech Capital Group, resulting in a total of $15 million investment in the development of the company's new telephony products. SALIX maintains its Web site at www.SALIX.com. SALIX is a federally-registered trademark, and ETX5000 and FleXchange are trademarks of SALIX Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their respective owners. |
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