NewNet and Integrated Micro Products again at the core of intelligent network application development.DALLAS, CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. Show--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 1996--NewNet, Inc. and Integrated Micro Products (IMP) today announced the integration of NewNet's SS7 software, AccessMANAGER, onto IMP's newly released ft-SPARC computing platform See platform. . SS7 programming capabilities are delivered with SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill computing power on the open architecture VMEbus platform. Combining the two company's open-architecture based products will deliver cost-effective, rapid application development power on a fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. platform for wireline and wireless networks, and to systems integrators. "Building Intelligent Network (IN) nodes and applications by bringing together NewNet's flexible software products and IMP's fully fault tolerant hardware ensures required reliability with the ability to easily expand services as market demands change and grow," said Dilip Singh, president of NewNet. "This alliance precisely reflects the accomplishments expected from the new strategic direction of NewNet. The timing and positioning are right on target." Full fault tolerance See fault tolerant. (architecture) fault tolerance - 1. The ability of a system or component to continue normal operation despite the presence of hardware or software faults. This often involves some degree of redundancy. 2. is required in telecommunications computers as users become more reliant on services. The simplified design of ft-SPARC makes fault tolerant systems practical and affordable. ft-SPARC is the only commercial product available that offers binary Solaris compatibility and SPARC-based fault tolerance. Reusing proven technology, such as standard CPUs, boosts reliability and cuts hardware costs. "IMP's association with NewNet gives both companies considerable leverage in the telecom market by providing dependable telecom computing hardware and software links to existing standards," said Mark I'Anson, chief executive officer of IMP. As a result of their similar development philosophies, NewNet and IMP each are strengthening their presence in national and international markets. They are responding to the increasing demand for mobile switching centers, short messaging See SMS. , intelligent peripherals, service control points, network voice mail and other computer-centric IN platforms being built using simple, cost effective and open-architecture based products. Based in Shelton, Conn., NewNet is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. founded in 1987. NewNet, formerly known as Engineering and Business Systems Inc., provides highly flexible, scalable and open systems based telecommunications software building blocks. The company's products conform to Verb 1. conform to - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" fit, meet coordinate - be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well" global standards, enabling the rapid deployment of mobility, SS7, narrowband and broadband intelligent network telecommunications nodes. NewNet is committed to working with systems integrators, OEMs, VARs and application developers in strategic business partnerships to deliver required customer solutions worldwide. NewNet telecommunication software products, which are sold in more than 25 countries, include SMserver, miniMSC and its flagship products, AccessMANAGER and AccessSERVICES. IMP is an international supplier of fault-tolerant systems Fault-tolerant systems Systems, predominantly computing and computer-based systems, which tolerate undesired changes in their internal structure or external environment. and embedded computing elements to telecommunications equipment and solution providers. IMP has its headquarters in Consett, County Durham “Durham county” redirects here. For other uses, see Durham County. County Durham is a county in north-east England. It can be used to refer to 4 different entities:
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