Corporate Profile for LANOPTICS LTD., dated February 12.MIGDAL HA-EMEK, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: Feb. 12, 1999
Company Name: LanOptics Ltd.
Address: P.O. Box 184,
Migdal Ha-Emek 10551, Israel
Main Telephone
Number: ++972 (6) 644 9944
Main Fax: ++972 (6) 654 0124
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL): www.lanoptics.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Eli Harry
General Manager: Eli Fruchter
Chief Financial
Officer: David Seligman
Investor Relations
Contact: David Seligman
Business Number: 972 (6) 644 9944
Fax: 972 (6) 654 0124
Home Number: 972 (4) 825 2796
Fax: 972 (4) 826 1689
Mobile Number: 972 (5) 266 1119
E-Mail Address: seligman@lanoptics.co.il
Web: www.lanoptics.com
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: NASDAQ: LNOPF
Industry: Data Communications
Market Makers: CIBC Oppenheimer, Merrill Lynch
Company Description: LanOptics is a provider of policy-based network solutions for corporate LANs and Internet access See how to access the Internet. points. The company provides the two main policy-based networking components: the switching ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. for developing policy switches and the policy server. Founded in 1990, LanOptics originally developed networking platforms for the Token-Ring 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) host computer environment. With the trend of integrating data, voice and video in switched, multilayer, enterprise IP networks, LanOptics shifted its development efforts towards multilayer switching ASICs that answer modern networks requirements. The ASICs support Layer-2,3&4 switching, deliver session and application awareness, and provide the Quality of Service and the intelligence necessary to successfully integrate data, voice and video. The ASICs perform at Gigabit wire-speed and can be used to build 10/100/1000 Mbps auto-negotiating policy switches that can scale from 8 to 128 ports. With the vision that modern networks will be managed through centralized corporate policy, LanOptics created NetGuard Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. . NetGuard's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , the Guardian firewall, has won industry-leading awards for its simplicity and superior performance. Realizing the business similarity between QoS and security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the in corporate networks, NetGuard developed an integrated policy server for security and bandwidth management Controlling the traffic flow in a network. See bandwidth manager. . Recently introduced as the NetGuard Control Center (NCC NCC See National Clearing Corporation (NCC). ), the product constitutes the first stage in LanOptics' policy-based network strategy. |
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