CrossComm forms new business division to provide ATM solutions to Token Ring SNA market; New management team named.MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 15, 1996-- CrossComm announced today it has formed a new business division called Enterprise Products Division. The Enterprise Products Division's charge is to provide Token Ring/SNA customers with a path to ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode See ATM. (communications) Asynchronous Transfer Mode - (ATM, or "fast packet") A method for the dynamic allocation of bandwidth using a fixed-size packet (called a cell). See also ATM Forum, Wideband ATM. ATM acronyms. Indiana acronyms. ) high speed backbone connectivity using the recently announced CrossLAN Exchange which has been designed specifically to provide ATM access to high capacity servers. Nigel Machin has been appointed President of the Enterprise Products Division reporting to CrossComm's Board of Directors. Machin has been an employee at CrossComm since the company's inception and was instrumental during the company's six years of record growth in his role at the time as Vice President of Sales. More recently, he has been involved in engineering, product marketing and strategic sales. The Enterprise Products Division will focus on addressing the needs of customers whose networks have become congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. due to new high bandwidth applications. These customers require solutions to upgrade their networks with higher speed backbones allowing them the opportunity to connect to high speed client server applications. "While Ethernet users have technology available to them such as Ethernet Switching and Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. to give users high speed access, 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. users do not have the same options," said Machin. "ATM is the most logical path for Token Ring users to gain high speed access allowing them to deploy modern client server and Intranet business applications." The Most Comprehensive ATM Backbone Solution The CrossLAN Exchange is the most comprehensive solution for combining edge routing and ATM switching in a common platform. CrossLAN Exchange allows a cohesive, non-disruptive way to access high speed services -- such as Intranets -- over an ATM backbone giving customers the ability to add the benefits of ATM throughput to their high capacity servers while still maintaining their existing network infrastructure. The CrossLAN Exchange allows access to users of both Token Ring and Ethernet LANs, and also provides access for remote users who are connected to the original network via WANs or through the public Internet. CrossComm's CrossLAN Exchange is designed to operate in multi-vendor, mission-critical networks as well as provide redundancy and hot swapping (hardware) hot swapping - The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software. capabilities to increase reliability and availability. It supports the most advanced ATM Forum A membership organization founded in 1991 to promote ATM networking technology. It worked with ANSI and the ITU to set standards. Its first specification in 1992 defined the User-Network Interface (UNI). In 2004, the Forum merged with the MPLS and Frame Relay Alliance. standards, and provides full interoperability with other networking vendors' products. It offers network managers the most highly integrated and cost effective method to build and manage high speed backbones. Machin said "CrossComm has extensive experience in the Token Ring market which historically has been CrossComm's strength. Our organization's culture with 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) environment expertise, prestigious customer base and renowned service support along with our routing, ATM switch, LAN emulation See LANE. software and network management technology, positions us ideally for this market. We have hundreds of Token Ring/SNA customers who have purchased from CrossComm over the last nine years. These will be the division's initial prime target." New Management Team Machin has chosen a new management team for the Enterprise Products Division. Steve Beason will continue in his role as Senior Vice President of Operations. He will oversee the division's manufacturing, information services See Information Systems. , human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. and the customer service organization. Beason came to CrossComm four months ago. Prior to joining CrossComm. Beason worked at IBM where he held the position of Vice President, Business Process Engineering where he was responsible for division execution of all corporate-wide re-engineering projects. Dave Zwicker will also continue in his role as Vice President of Marketing. He has been with CrossComm for ten months and will continue to focus his efforts on defining the market requirements and formulating a cohesive, global marketing strategy for the division. Zwicker came to CrossComm from SMC's $50-million Enterprise Networks Division, where he was Director of Marketing. Jerry Stabile stabile (stā`bēl), an abstract construction that is completely stationary. The form was pioneered by Alexander Calder, and examples were termed stabiles to distinguish them from mobiles, their moving counterparts, also invented by Calder. has been appointed Vice President of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Sales. Stabile has been with CrossComm for four years and most recently held the position of Director of Eastern Region Sales. During his tenure, Stabile has been involved all aspects of CrossComm's sales channel including OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and sales, indirect channel sales and direct sales. He has a proven record of consistently meeting and exceeding sales expectations. Alan McGibbon has been appointed Vice President of International Sales. McGibbon has been with CrossComm for five years where he most recently held the position of Director of International Sales. Under McGibbon's direction over the last two years, international sales grew from fifteen to the now thirty percent of CrossComm's revenue. Peter Marconi has been appointed Vice President of Engineering. Marconi has been with CrossComm for three years where he most recently held the position of Director of Engineering. In that capacity Marconi was focused on hardware development and directed product development taking place at CrossComm's Gdansk, Poland facility. "I'm excited about working with this select team because of their proven expertise in their individual fields and their hard work ethics," said Machin. "The team has already submerged themselves into the division's charter and are optimistic that the focus will yield positive results quickly," he added. About CrossComm CrossComm Corporation (NASDAQ/XCOM), founded in 1987, designs, develops, manufactures and sells high-performance networking solutions, providing ATM edge routing and switching products for integrating ATM technology into corporate intranets, while preserving legacy LAN An older local area network. It typically refers to Token Ring and FDDI, but may also refer to a slow 10 Mbps Ethernet. See legacy network. environments. The company also offers complete, high performance, scaleable LAN Switching
LAN switching is a form of packet switching used in local area networks. Switching technologies are crucial to network design, or to that minority of LANs that are used outside the home. solutions that can grow as bandwidth demands increase. Worldwide Headquarters are located at 450 Donald Lynch Boulevard, Marlborough, MA 01752. -0- All CrossComm product names herein are trademarked by CrossComm. All other product of company names are trademarked by their respective companies. CONTACT: Nancy Baptiste CrossComm Corporation 508-229-5341 nbaptist@crosscomm.com |
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