Farallon Announces Distribution Agreement with Small Dog Electronics.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)--Jan. 4, 1999--Farallon Communications, Inc. and Small Dog Electronics announced today an agreement that gives Small Dog the exclusive right to purchase and resell re·sell tr.v. re·sold , re·sell·ing, re·sells 1. To sell again. 2. To sell (a product or service) to the public or to an end user, especially as an authorized dealer. Farallon surplus inventory. Small Dog Electronics already resells many Farallon products for Macs and PCs, and now with this agreement, Small Dog customers have the ability to buy some of Farallon's top-quality products at extremely good prices. Surplus Farallon products now available from Small Dog Electronics include Ethernet Ethernet Telecommunications networking protocol introduced by Xerox Corp. in 1979. It was developed as an inexpensive way of sending information quickly between office machines connected together in a single room or building, but it rapidly became a standard computer PCI cards A circuit board that plugs into the computer's PCI bus and contains the control electronics for a peripheral device. Starting in the latter half of the 1990s, PCI became very popular. See PCI. , innovative Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. hubs with built-in 10/100 bridges, and Stackable 10Mb Ethernet hubs A device that all lines on an Ethernet segment are plugged into. 10Base-T and 100Base-T Ethernets are star networks and require a hub for operation. The earlier 10Base5 and 10Base2 Ethernets are bus networks, but are often wired into a star configuration using a central hub for improved . "To make sure Farallon is offering the latest and greatest networking technology, we are constantly enhancing our products, adding new features and releasing new solutions. As a result, our product lines turn over very rapidly," says Georganne Benesch, Farallon VP of R&D and Marketing. "Our relationship with Small Dog gives customers access to the older, high-quality Farallon products that are completely compatible with industry standards at excellent prices." All Farallon products sold by Small Dog Electronics will come with standard warranty and will be backed by Farallon's first-class free technical support. Small Dog's Don Mayer says "Farallon's innovative products make providing Ethernet solutions to our customers as simple as 'fetch!'. Small Dog Electronics is proud to partner with Farallon to offer a complete range of Ethernet and Fast Ethernet interfaces and hubs. Small Dog Electronics' goal of being the best source on the Internet for Macintosh networking hardware Networking hardware typically refers to equipment facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, this includes routers, switches, access points, network interface cards and other related hardware. has been greatly enhanced by this agreement." About Small Dog Small Dog Electronics specializes in factory refurbished, discontinued dis·con·tin·ue v. dis·con·tin·ued, dis·con·tin·u·ing, dis·con·tin·ues v.tr. 1. To stop doing or providing (something); end or abandon: and end-of-life products that combine performance and price to bring high technology for low prices. Their mission is to offer customers that unique combination of value and superior customer service with the express intent of making customers for life. They have been in the Macintosh computer business for over 12 years as suppliers of hardware through large mail order companies, through software development companies and as Macintosh enthusiasts since the introduction of the first 128k Mac. For more information check the web at: http://www.smalldog.com. Contact: Don Mayer, 802/496-7171, Fax: 802-496-6257 About Farallon Founded in 1986, Farallon develops and markets reliable plug-and-play Ethernet and Fast Ethernet networking products designed to "Simplify Networking Through Innovation." With over 8 million customers worldwide, Farallon is dedicated to providing complete, easy-to-use networking solutions and world-class technical support to the Education, Publishing, Small Business and Home Networking communities. Further information can be obtained via phone 510/814-5000, fax 510/814-5023, on web at http://www.farallon.com or email at info@farallon.com. Farallon headquarters is in Alameda, California Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on a small island of the same name next to Oakland, California in the San Francisco Bay. An additional part of the city is Bay Farm Island, which is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. , with a European office in London. All trademarks are the property of their respective holders. |
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