IBM announces new products, services at ComNet; NetView for UnixWare, leased line access to the Internet and Advantis dial services.WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 1995--IBM today announced new networking products and services during ComNet, Jan. 23-26, at the Washington D.C. Convention Center. 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) Global Network will be demonstrating at booth No. 956 during the show. Network Systems Management IBM unveiled NetView(a) for UnixWare(b), in a joint announcement with Novell. NetView for UnixWare extends the reach of NetView, IBM's industry-leading network and systems management platform, to the growing UnixWare(TM) market. UnixWare 2 customers will now have a comprehensive platform for UNIX-based, NetWare-based or mixed environments including mission-critical operations such as air traffic control, reservation systems, manufacturing and finance. Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the Services On the heels of IBM's recent announcement of its suite of Internet Services at Internet World last December, the company today unveiled dedicated leased line A private communications channel leased from a common carrier. Most digital lines require four wires (two pairs) for full-duplex transmission. (communications, networking) leased line access to the Internet. The new service enables customers to conduct electronic commerce over the Internet by allowing them to provide information about their products and services and then accept orders online if desired. This dedicated access to the Internet will be available April 1 in the U.S. from the IBM Global Network through its U.S. provider, Advantis, and will be rolled out throughout the rest of the world by year's end. Remote Access to LAN-based Applications Also announced were enhanced Advantis(c) Dial Services to expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. remote users' access to LAN-based applications located at a company's headquarters. Telecommuters and traveling professionals, for example, will be able to access office LANs through the Advantis multiprotocol network as well as access TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. systems connected to the Advantis multiprotocol network via token-ring or 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 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. . Advantis Dial Services will be available April 1, 1995. IBM's NetView products are members of its SystemView family. (a) Trademark or registered trademark of IBM Corp. (b) Trademark or registered trademark of Novell Inc. (c) Advantis is a service mark of Advantis. CONTACT: IBM media relations, Melinda Painter, 919/254-6966 painter(at symbol)vnet.ibm.com or Advantis media relations Linda Wizner, 813/878-5472 lwizner(at symbol)vnet.ibm.com |
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