Dow Deploys Farallon's Timbuktu Pro Worldwide.ALAMEDA Alameda (ăləmē`də, –mā`də), city (1990 pop. 76,459), Alameda co., W central Calif., on an island just off the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; settled 1850, inc. as a city 1884. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 1996--Farallon Computing, Inc., today announced that it has sold Dow Chemical, Inc. 26,000 licenses of its Timbuktu Pro (Windows 1.1) software for use by Dow's 53,000 employees worldwide. The Timbuktu Pro solution will allow Dow's help desk to provide improved troubleshooting assistance to the company's Windows 95 users. With the ability to observe what the employee is experiencing with their desktop, the use of Timbuktu leads to a quicker and more precise understanding of the problem and hence appropriate resolution. Dow believes this results in greater employee confidence in the help desk services. "With Timbuktu Pro, we are able to quickly and interactively assist our employees whether in a Dow office or a virtual office," said Mack Murrell, program director, Dow Chemical. "Help Desk support is one of the primary applications for Timbuktu Pro and we are pleased that we can reduce user support costs and facilitate immediate remote access," said Tom Skoulis, 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 at Farallon. Timbuktu Pro Timbuktu Pro is the first Windows 95 integrated solution for true network remote access. Farallon has combined the leading-edge remote control functionality of Timbuktu Pro with the state-of-the-art remote node A terminal or computer located apart from the main network. It may refer to a branch office or a traveling user with a laptop. Access to the company LAN is typically made via an Internet or dial-up connection. See remote control software. functionality that is built into Windows 95, giving powerful remote access to any Windows 95 user. Timbuktu Pro now takes full advantage of the PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) The most popular method for transporting IP packets over a serial link between the user and the ISP. Developed in 1994 by the IETF and superseding the SLIP protocol, PPP establishes the session between the user's computer and the ISP using remote node capabilities included in Windows 95 by automatically integrating the Windows 95 dial-up client in an easy, one-step installation. For users of Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups A version of Windows 3.1 introduced in 1992 that added peer-to-peer networking. See Windows. (operating system) Windows for Workgroups - (WFW, WFWG) A version of Windows 3.1 which works with a network. Although stand-alone 3. 3.11, Timbuktu Pro also includes its own integrated remote node client based Refers to hardware or software that runs in the user's machine. See client and client download. Contrast with server based. on ShivaPPP technology. Timbuktu Pro for Networks integrated remote node capabilities will completely interoperate See interoperable. with the Windows 95 Plus! dial-up server, an inexpensive, easy-to-use PPP remote access server available with the Microsoft Plus! Windows Companion. As a result, Timbuktu Pro provides the ideal solution for Windows users that need standards-based remote access without the high cost and complexity normally associated with large scale remote access systems. Additionally, Timbuktu Pro is fully compatible with industry-standard PPP remote access servers such as Microsoft NT, Shiva Shiva or Siva (shē`və), one of the greatest gods of Hinduism, also called Mahadeva. The "horned god" and phallic worship of the Indus valley civilization may have been a prototype of Shiva worship or Shaivism. LanRover, Cisco Access Servers, and others. Farallon Founded in 1986, Farallon Computing, Inc. is an industry-leading developer of networking products that enable Internet and Intranet users to increase their productivity. For more information on Timbuktu Pro or the company's broad line of hardware and software networking products, contact your nearest Farallon reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. or Farallon Customer Service at telephone 510/814-5000, fax 510/814-5023 or Internet info@farallon.com. Farallon customers in Europe, Asia/Pacific and Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. should contact their local distributors for company and product information. A list of Farallon distributors worldwide is available on the company's Internet World Wide Web server at http://www.farallon.com or from Farallon Customer Service. -0- Note to Editors: The Farallon logo design, Farallon, and Timbuktu are registered trademarks of Farallon Computing, Inc. Cross-platform screen-sharing technology in Timbuktu is covered by U.S. Patent No. 5,241,625. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Farallon Computing Amal Abed, 510/814-5307 or amal@farallon.com or Thomas Associates Kristin Knudsen, 415/325-6236 or kristin@thomaspr.com |
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