Madge Helps Australian Water Technology's Network Keep Flowing.WEXHAM SPRINGS, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 1999-- Subsidiary of Sydney Water Sydney Water is a New South Wales government owned corporation that provides drinking water, wastewater and some stormwater services to Sydney, Illawarra and the Blue Mountains, in Australia. Installs Madge's Latest Token Ring A local area network (LAN) access method developed by IBM. Conforming to the IEEE 802.5 standard, Token Ring uses a token ring access method and connects up to 255 nodes in a star topology at 4, 16 or 100 Mbps. Desktop and ATM Backbone Technology Madge Networks Madge Networks NV. founded by Robert Madge and best known for its work with Token Ring, was a global leader and pioneer of high speed networking solutions in the mid 1990s, and also made significant contributions to technologies such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Ethernet. (Nasdaq NM:MADGF), a global networks solutions provider, has completed a significant network upgrade for Australian Water Technology (AWT (Abstract Windowing Toolkit) A class library from Sun that provides an application framework and graphical user interface (GUI) routines for Java programmers. AWT was the first user interface development system included in the Java Foundation Classes (JFC). ), a subsidiary of utility Sydney Water. AWT needed to increase bandwidth, performance and manageability for 1,200 of its 3,500 network users and chose the latest Token Ring desktop switching and ATM backbone solutions from Madge to address these requirements. "AT AWT, we have a long established relationship with Madge Networks. Their solution to provide switched Token Ring and upgrade our ATM backbone was the most simple, cost effective and reliable option for our network requirements given the deadlines applied by the roll out of new applications," comments Steve Bradley Steve Bradley is an American professional wrestler who has competed on North American independent promotions throughout the 1990s including East Coast Wrestling Association, IWA Puerto Rico and the National Wrestling Alliance as well as spending over three years World Wrestling , network manager at Australian Water Technology. "Following the smooth implementation of the Madge product solution, we have seen an increase in performance and reliability and find it simpler to manage the network centrally." AWT provides IT, engineering and scientific services to Sydney Water, which supplies water to around 3 million people in the greater Sydney basin The Sydney Basin is a large basin in New South Wales, between the Blue Mountains and the sea, expanding south toward Goulburn and north toward Newcastle. So-named because the city of Sydney is built within it. . The move of Sydney Water's Geographic Information System geographic information system (GIS) Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to (which provides a digital map of Sydney Water's entire water system) from a mainframe based platform to a client server based infrastructure resulted in an increase in bandwidth demands on the 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. and WAN. To segment the LAN network, and increase performance, reliability and manageability, AWT replaced its existing dumb hubs with Madge Smart DeskStream(TM) desktop Token Ring switches and connected them to Madge Smart Ringswitch Express(TM) switches. According to Bradley, the Madge Smart DeskStream switch is easy to manage, reliable and reduces the risk of network failure, which is all-important for AWT's mission critical systems. In addition, the implementation of switched Token Ring to the desktop provided AWT with the best value-for-money solution for its network upgrade. AWT also identified a need to increase performance across the Head Office backbone network, following the consolidation of a number of servers. Having historically used Madge ATM switching in the backbone, it was a natural progression for the company to upgrade to the Collage(TM) 750 Backbone ATM switch. This has provided a cost-effective and simple upgrade to boost network performance. Ian Lisle, Asia Pacific sales director at Madge Networks, said: "Australian Water Technology runs intensive mission critical operations, with 3 million Sydney Water customers relying upon the company for the constant supply of water. We are delighted that our Token Ring and ATM network upgrade solution for AWT will help them effectively maintain their water system to continue to achieve utmost customer satisfaction. About Smart DeskStream The Madge Smart DeskStream Token Ring switch has been designed to provide the benefits of full Token Ring switching for direct PC connections. As a direct replacement for existing hubs, the switch will use currently installed Token Ring adapters, cabling and racking, avoiding the need for further investment. It employs high speed, low latency cut-through switching to deliver wire-speed bandwidth to every desk, optimizing network-application performance. The Smart DeskStream TR Fiber Module allows easy connection in Fiber-oriented networks, while HSTR HSTR Harry S Truman National Historic Site (US National Park Service) HSTR High Speed Token Ring modules increase the available bandwidth for workgroup connections to network backbone resources. About Collage 750 Backbone ATM A high performance non-blocking ATM backbone switch, the Madge Collage 750 provides networks with high performance switching to relieve backbone congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. and support multi-services applications. The modular design and the availability of ultra high-speed 622 Mbps interfaces allows for flexible and highly scalable deployment across the network. A simple, low cost upgrade path is available for Collage 740 ATM switch users. About Madge Networks Founded in 1986, Madge Networks (Nasdaq NM: MADGF) is a global managed network services and product solutions provider specializing in mission-critical enterprise needs. The company's goal is to optimize the implementation of enterprises' voice, video and data networks with the ultimate aim of converging all networking needs on Internet Protocol (IP) solutions. The company's main business centers are at Wexham Springs, United Kingdom, Eatontown, New Jersey Eatontown is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 14,008. What is now Eatontown was originally incorporated as Eatontown Township and San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . Information about Madge's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the World Wide Web at www.madge.com. Note to Editors: Madge, the Madge logo, Collage, Smart Deskstream and Smart Ringswitch Express are trademarks, and in some jurisdictions may be registered trademarks, of Madge Networks or its affiliated companies Affiliated Companies A situation that occurs when one company owns a minority interest (less than 50%) in another company. Also refers to companies that are related to each other in some way. Notes: An affiliated company is sometimes referred to as a subsidiary. . Other trademarks appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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