New GNP WorkServer modules help speed telecommunications services to market.MONROVIA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 1996--GNP Computers, a leading manufacturer of telecommunications servers, Monday announced new modules for its flagship WorkServer product line. The new modules include hardware RAID controllers, SBus Expanders, high-speed asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. serial controllers and SCSI switches. All of these new modules are part of the SPARC-based, NEBS-certified telecommunications server which is designed to help speed advanced telephony services to market. This is the first set of expansion modules for the WorkServer product line. Target customers for the expanding WorkServer product line include long-distance carriers, the RBOCs, local exchange carriers, competitive access providers and telecommunications systems manufacturers. Key applications include wireless voice and data services, Internet services, and the complete range of AIN applications such as Intelligent Peripherals, Service Control Points, Adjunct Processors and Service Creation Environments. A complete solution for the Central Office With these new modules, the WorkServer is a complete package for telecommunications companies who want to use advanced computing technology in the Central Office. "Our customers need more than just a SPARCstation; they need a solution for the entire problem set. The WorkServer is that solution," said Ken Kalb, GNP's vice president of sales and marketing. "It has all the components necessary to immediately deploy computing technology in the telco network." Various modules, such as SPARCengines, ethernet and RAID, provide specific functionality with the WorkServer's Intelligent Maintenance Network to tie it all together. The WorkServer also simplifies Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning procedures for computing technology. The modular components of the WorkServer are designed for the 10-year product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. the telecommunications industry demands. "The WorkServer enables the telcos to immediately turn new ideas "New Ideas" is the debut single by Scottish New Wave/Indie Rock act The Dykeenies. It was first released as a Double A-side with "Will It Happen Tonight?" on July 17, 2006. The band also recorded a video for the track. into robust telecommunications services with the reliability, low price and minimal long-term cost of ownership they need to keep their services profitable," Kalb continued. WorkServer transforms the SPARCstation into the ideal platform for High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. telecommunications applications Launched in September, the WorkServer includes Sun SPARCengines, disk drives, a suite of SBus products and high-availability software, enabling telecommunication companies to take advantage of Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. technology for telephony services. The WorkServer is designed specifically for the Central Office, including complete NEBS testing and certification. Several features make the WorkServer simple to deploy and maintain, including advanced cable management, hot-swappability and unique electronic identification of all components for automatic inventory tracking in the field. The WorkServer's Intelligent Maintenance Network (IMN IMN Iraqi Media Network IMN Indicated Mach Number IMN Inter Member Network IMN Infectious Mononucleosis IMN Invisible Moose Network (website) IMN Illegal Macro Name IMN Internet Marketing Newsletter ) provides a simple yet powerful interface to all WorkServer components. The IMN can be used to power cycle individual components, access Sun's OpenBoot PROM through ttya, set SCSI ID, and monitor temperatures, voltages and current output. It also supports fatal/warning alarm generation and automatic emergency shutdown or reconfiguration based on environmental conditions. GNP GNP See: Gross National Product Computers provides the whole solution for telecommunications companies The WorkServer is the heart of GNP's "whole product" approach to helping companies compete in the aggressive telecommunications service marketplace. "We see hundreds of new services being developed and a whole range of new competitors in the telecommunications industry. Our entire company is focused on helping these companies quickly develop and deploy the next generation of telecommunications services," said Kalb. GNP Computers provides additional services to help customers take advantage of the WorkServer technology, including system design, custom software and hardware development, systems integration, staging and custom documentation. Availability and Specifications The new WorkServer modules are available now. The price for a complete WorkServer System ranges from $35,000 to $300,000, depending on the number and type of modules. GNP offers standard 19-, 24- and 27-inch frames which can be configured with as many as 15 SPARCengines per frame. The product uses standard -48 VDC VDC Volts Direct Current VDC Venture Development Corporation VDC Vehicle Dynamic Control VDC Village Development Committee (Nepal) VDC Virtual Data Center VdC Verband der Cigarettenindustrie power input. It can be configured with SunOS or Solaris 2.x or greater, as well as any of the third-party Real Time Operating Systems available for the Sun SPARCstation. I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output options include X.25, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , Datakit, T1, T3, synchronous and asynchronous serial, FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. , CDDI (Copper Distributed Data Interface) A version of FDDI that uses UTP (unshielded twisted pair) wires rather than optical fiber. The technology was developed by Crescendo Communications, Sunnyvale, CA, which was acquired by Cisco in 1993. , ATM, fast ethernet, SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. and other interfaces. About GNP Computers GNP Computers is an engineering and manufacturing firm with headquarters in Monrovia. GNP specializes in complete solutions for the telecommunications industry, including rapid project realization, complex systems integration, and telecom systems engineering. More information on GNP Computers and the WorkServer is available at http://www.gnp.com. -0- NOTE: GNP Computers, GNP WorkServer and Intelligent Maintenance Network are trademarks of GNP Computers. CONTACT: GNP Computers, Monrovia Ken Kalb, 818/305-8484 or Windham/Lang Group Erica Zeidenberg, 415/563-4545 |
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