CrossComm-Trillium Digital Systems agreement marks next step in CrossComm's ClearPath ATM strategy.MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 1995--CrossComm Corp. (NASDAQ/XCOM) announced today an agreement with Trillium Digital Systems Inc. to license three Trillium software programs for 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. (local area network) emulation and related 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. signalling functions. CrossComm will integrate Trillium's software with its CrossComm XL 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. ) switching products, which will be introduced to the market throughout 1995 and 1996. LAN emulation -- a service which enables customers' legacy LAN-based computers to communicate over next-generation, scalable, higher-speed ATM networks -- is a key component of CrossComm's ClearPath strategy. ClearPath enables customers to seamlessly migrate from their older hub/router/LAN networks to new LAN-switch and ATM-switch-based networks with a single, integrated networking platform and a common network management solution. "Trillium provides us with the building blocks to quickly create a standards-based, reliable, and interoperable LAN Emulation product," says Nigel Machin, CrossComm vice president and general manager, High-Speed Networking Division. "By licensing this base technology, we expect to be ahead of the curve -- one of the first vendors with fully functional LAN Emulation/ATM products on the market to conform with the ATM Forum LAN Emulation Client 1.0 and UNI 3.1 specification. This also gives us a head start in developing a Virtual LAN architecture, another essential element of our ClearPath strategy." Basic Building Blocks Trillium's three software programs - LAN Emulation Client (LEC (1) (LAN Emulation Client) A software driver that provides LAN emulation (LANE) in an ATM network. It resides in an ATM end station or in a computer system that provides the LAN to ATM conversion, often known as a LAN access device. See LANE. ) software and Q.93B and Q.SAAL (Signaling ATM Adaption adaption see adaptation. Layer) Portable Communications Software -- comply fully with specifications from the ATM forum. The software will be integrated with CrossComm's ATM switching products to be introduced in 1995. Each software is an integral part of providing LAN emulation and signalling: o LAN Emulation Client provides the service that emulates existing LANs for communication between LAN and ATM devices. LEC software supports the protocols needed to interoperate with other LAN emulation clients and servers; o Q.93B software provides the signalling protocol that is needed in order to establish, maintain and release connections across an ATM network; and, o Q.SAAL provides the adaptation protocol needed to reliably send and receive signalling data across an ATM network. "The software that CrossComm has purchased puts them well on the way towards providing full LAN Emulation service, and gives them a complete signalling solution," says Robert Musslewhite, Trillium vice president of marketing and sales. "They are one of the first companies in the industry to have our LAN emulation software." About Trillium Trillium Digital Systems Inc., a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. founded in 1988, designs, markets and licenses standards based communications software (CCITT See ITU. CCITT - Commite' Consultatif International de Telegraphique et Telephonique. (International consultative committee on telecommunications and Telegraphy). CCITT changed its name to ITU-T on 1 March 1993. , ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. , ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. , ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. ). Available Trillium software includes Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Signalling System 7 (SS7), Integrated Services Digital Networks (ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. ), X.25, Frame Relay and Internet communications protocols. Trillium has licensed its source software to more than 150 computer and communications equipment manufacturers throughout the world for use in telephone switches, cellular switches, packet switches, voice messaging systems, terminal adapters, test equipment and other products. About CrossComm Marlborough, Mass.-based CrossComm Corp. is a leading worldwide provider of fail-safe integrated networking solutions (a broad family of integrated networking platforms, multiprotocol software, network management software, and remote and on-site service). CrossComm's products and services help companies implement client server-based networking, while protecting mission critical network traffic, building and maintaining reliable corporate-wide networks, and reducing costs of maintenance and support. -0- All CrossComm products herein are trademarked by CrossComm Corp. All other non-CrossComm product names are trademarked by their respective companies. CONTACT: CrossComm Corp. Dan Foley, 508/229-5409 or Trillium Digital Systems Inc. Bob Musslewhite, 310/479-0500 |
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