Harris & Jeffries Announces Partnership With Softcom Microsystems.DEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 1998-- -- Partnership facilitates faster time-to-market and exceptional performance; flexible business model benefits users -- Harris & Jeffries, Inc. (H&J), announced today its has entered into to a partnership with Softcom Microsystems, Inc. of Fremont, CA. A key element of this partnership has Softcom Microsystems embedding H&J's Soft-ATM(TM) ATM Signalling, LAN Emulation See LANE. and ILMI ILMI Integrated Local Management Interface ILMI Interim Local Management Interface ILMI Interim Link Management Interface (ATMF) ILMI Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor (US National Park Service) software in its GigaBlade(TM) Network Accelerator. Softcom's GigaBlade is an extremely high-performance, board-level subsystem which is marketed to developers of network equipment, including manufacturers of routers, DSLAMs and LAN switches. Softcom also offers the BladeRunner(TM) API suite and a development environment to help speed integration of Gigablade into new or existing networking products. Softcom is addressing the needs of its customers who require extremely high-performance by combining H&J's Soft-ATM software with the SoftcomEngine(TM). Theresult is GigaBlade's exceptional performance characteristics. The GigaBlade is capable of achieving performance of more than one million packets-per-second per port. Harris & Jeffries' Soft-ATM product family is the highest performing ATM software available. In measured tests -- which were demonstrated last month at the ATM Year '98 exhibition in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. -- Soft-ATM Signalling achieved a call set-up rating in excess of 8,000 calls-per-second (CPS). "We have worked with Soft-ATM and have found it stable, reliable, easy to use and lightening fast. We were able to complete development of the GigaBlade very quickly using Soft-ATM," said Tony Stelliga, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Softcom Microsystems, Inc. "Of primary concern to us was interoperability, by using Soft-ATM for the signalling, LAN emulation and ILMI functions we have insured GigaBlade will interoperate with any standards-based ATM network," Mr. Stelliga continued. As part of this partnership agreement, Softcom will have the right to distribute a customized version of H&J's Soft-ATM products exclusively to Softcom customers. The H&J software was customized by Softcom specifically for use with its SoftcomEngine and GigaBlade network accelerator. This customized version of Soft-ATM enables Softcom's customers to also quickly and easily customize the GigaBlade for use in their products' unique applications. "Softcom has done some very powerful things with our Soft-ATM products. It is an obvious business decision to make available to Softcom's customers the customized version of H&J's Soft-ATM products within the GigaBlade," said Ethan Harris, president of Harris & Jeffries, Inc. "This partnership is an example of H&J's flexible business model, which delivers real solutions to the needs of network equipment manufacturers -- and provides increased value to Softcom's GigaBlade customers," Mr. Harris stated. About Softcom Microsystems, Inc. Softcom Microsystems (Fremont, CA) was formed in 1996 to accelerate the inevitable, fundamental shift in value in the networking industry from software dependency on general-use RISC processors to silicon advancement and integration of functions executed in hardware. This change is driven by the ongoing market need for faster, cheaper networking equipment, catalyzed by the dramatic rise in Internet usage worldwide, and enabled by advancements in semiconductor process technologies to deep sub-micron geometries. In July 1998 Softcom introduced the industry's first network accelerator, based on a high-speed broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. processor, which enables the creation of Internet access See how to access the Internet. equipment that delivers up to 50 times price/performance increase over existing products. Softcom is privately held, backed by investments from Sequoia Capital Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. The firm's partners include Don Valentine, Pierre Lamond, Michael Moritz, Doug Leone, Mike Goguen, Mark Stevens, Jim Goetz, Sameer Gandhi, Roelof Botha, and Mark Kvamme. and Sevin Rosen Funds Sevin Rosen Funds (SRF) is a venture capital firm that was established in 1981 by L.J. Sevin and Ben Rosen. SRF was involved in the financing of ArQule, CIENA, Citrix, Cypress Semiconductor, Electronic Arts, Lotus Development Corporation, Silicon Graphics, and Vitesse. . For more information, call (510) 497-3960, fax (510) 353-0533, or visit Softcom's website: www.softcom-micro.com. About Harris & Jeffries, Inc. Harris & Jeffries, Inc. is the industry's "ultimate" source for networking software  This article is written like a personal reflection or and may require .Please [ improve this article] by rewriting this article in an . and services. Its Soft-ATM(TM) product line includes ATM Signalling, ILMI, PNNI (Private Network-to-Network Interface) A routing protocol used between ATM switches in an ATM network. It lets the switches inform each other about network topology so they can make appropriate forwarding decisions. Routing, Classical IP over ATM, LAN Emulation Client, LAN Emulation Server, Multi Protocol over ATM-Client and MPOA-Server subsystems. The company's High-Performance Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. (TM) product line includes Frame Relay Signalling, Core Services The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. , Frame Relay-to-ATM Network Interworking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. and Frame Relay-to-ATM Service Interworking subsystems. The UltraLinq(TM) internetworking product line includes Connection Management Subsystem. All packages include a developer's toolkit A set of software routines and utilities used to help programmers write an application. For graphical interfaces, it provides the tools and libraries for creating menus, dialog boxes, fonts and icons. and other facilities. H&J's source code enables networking manufacturers, OEMs and integrators to achieve fast time-to-market with technically advanced products that provide market-leading performance. H&J offers custom engineering services through its Fast-Start Services' systems engineering group. H&J's products reduce development costs and complexity and are in use by over 120 major networking companies worldwide. H&J can be reached at (781) 329-3200, or by E-mail at: info@hjinc.com, or on the World Wide Web at: http://www.hjinc.com. Soft-ATM, High-Performance Frame Relay, UltraLinq & Fast Start Services are trademarks of Harris & Jeffries, Inc. All other trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective holders.
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