Dell'Oro Group Ranks Cabletron SmartSwitch Router Number One in Layer-3 LAN Switching Ports Shipped.ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 1999-- Dell'Oro Group Reports SmartSwitch Router is Number 1 in Market Share with 31.9 % Cabletron Systems (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CS) today announced that its award-winning SmartSwitch Router is the market share leader for total ports shipped in the rapidly growing Modular Layer-3 Switched category. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report issued this week by the Dell'Oro Group, Cabletron's SmartSwitch Router is number one in market share with 31.9 % for the period January through March, 1999. In achieving this ranking, Cabletron's SmartSwitch Router outperformed all competitors including Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony and Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. . Achieving market share leadership after shipping for less than a year, Cabletron's SmartSwitch Router family has already earned numerous industry honors and awards. "Cabletron's rise to this position reflects the overwhelming customer response to the SmartSwitch Router," said Andrew Feldman, senior director of solutions marketing at Cabletron. "Cabletron's more than 31.9 percent market share demonstrates that best of class products--those that reduce the cost and complexity of networking while dramatically improving performance--will excel in the market." The "Q1 Shared Hub and LAN Switch A network device that cross-connects clients, servers and network devices. Also known as a "frame switch," stand-alone LAN switches are common in all Ethernet networks. A four-port switch is also typically built into a wired or wireless router for homes and small business (see wireless Report" was released by the Dell'Oro Group on May 21, 1999. The report covers all manufacturers in the Layer 3 switch market, including Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks/Bay Networks, Extreme, 3Com and Lucent. Cabletron's SmartSwitch Router family is the industry's highest-performing, most reliable line of backbone switch routers, delivering more than 30 million pps routed throughput and full-function wire speed IP and IPX (Internetwork Packet EXchange) The network layer protocol in the NetWare operating system. Similar to the IP layer in TCP/IP, it contains a network address and allows messages to be routed to a different network or subnet. routing and switching. Also, the SmartSwitch Router is the only Layer-3 switch family that offers full function WAN interfaces in addition to Ethernet/Fast Ethernet 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. . Cabletron's SmartSwitch Router family continues to earn recognition for its industry-leading performance and functionality. Most recently, InternetWeek Magazine awarded Cabletron the "Best of Breed" Award for its SSR (Scalable Sampling Rate) See AAC. SSR - Scalable Sampling Rate 8000/8600 series in its May 10, 1999 issue. Additionally, the SSR 8000 won the "Product of the Year" award from Network Magazine in its May, 1999 issue. About Cabletron Cabletron Systems, a premier provider of enterprise-class networking solutions, delivers dependable networks access and communications to millions of people worldwide. With scaleable products designed for Fortune 1000 enterprise networks, service providers and small businesses, Cabletron is the e-business communications specialist for the information age. Cabletron's web site can be reached on the Internet at http://www.cabletron.com. |
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