Dataquest Market Numbers Show the Centillion 100 Token Ring ATM Switch on Top; Bay Networks is the Number One Vendor in Token Ring Switching.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 1996--Bay Networks continued to dominate the 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. switching market in the second half of 1995, both in revenue and port shipments, according to Dataquest, a market research company in San Jose, Calif., in its recently released report on the hub and switch markets. Bay Networks' Centillion cen·til·lion n. 1. The cardinal number equal to 10303. 2. Chiefly British The cardinal number equal to 10600. 100(TM) captured 61.1 percent of end-user revenue and 54.6 percent of port shipments far surpassing other vendors who participated in the Token Ring switching market during this period, including Cisco, Madge, 3Com, Cabletron, Xylan xylan /xy·lan/ (zi´lan) any of a group of pentosans composed of xylose residues; major structural constituents of wood, straw, and bran. 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) . "These findings validate our confidence that the Centillion 100 offers the best solution for migrating shared Token Ring networks to switching and ATM," said Dominic Orr, general manager for Bay Networks' Centillion product line. Bay Networks, Inc. is a worldwide leader in the internetworking market, providing a full line of products that serve enterprises, small offices and mobile workers. The company offers market-leading 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. and ATM switches, hubs, routers, remote access software and network management applications, unified by the BaySIS(TM) architecture. With revenue of $1.7 billion over the past four fiscal quarters, Bay Networks markets and supports its products from 121 offices around the world, providing 7x24 support coverage. Bay Networks' World Wide Web address is: http://www.baynetworks.com. CONTACT: Bay Networks, Santa Clara Jenni Brumfield, 408/486-2504 |
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