ObjectStream Delivers Upgrade to Telecom Industry's No. 1 Software Development Kit for Mediation.Business Editors PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2000 ObjectStream Hosts Online Webcast Feb. 9 And 10 To Preview ObjectStream Mediator mediator n. a person who conducts mediation. A mediator is usually a lawyer, or retired judge, but can be a non-attorney specialist in the subject matter (like child custody) who tries to bring people and their disputes to early resolution through a conference. Upgrades -- Including Tool For Developing TL1/ASCII Agents And Support For Binary Protocols A binary protocol is a protocol which is intended or expected to be read by a machine rather than a human being, as opposed to a plain text protocol such as IRC, SMTP, or HTTP. Binary protocols have the advantage of terseness, which translates into speed of transmission and interpretation. ObjectStream, Inc., a leading provider of software for managing next-generation networks, today announced an upgrade to ObjectStream Mediator, the telecommunications industry's No. 1 software development kit for building mediation components. The upgrade deepens the product's support for managing network elements using TL1, ASCII ASCII or American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a set of codes used to represent letters, numbers, a few symbols, and control characters. Originally designed for teletype operations, it has found wide application in computers. and QD2 protocols, enabling equipment companies and service providers to accelerate the development and deployment of mediation systems. ObjectStream Mediator v2.3 includes an optional tool for developing TL1 and custom ASCII agents, support for binary protocols and a module that handles multiplexing multiplexing, in communication, technique whereby two or more independent messages, or information-bearing signals, are carried by a single common medium, or channel. on the shared link to &uot;gateway&uot; network elements in SONET and SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy networks. ObjectStream will preview the product's new features and functionality during an online webcast, scheduled for 11 a.m. PDT PDT abbr. Pacific Daylight Time PDT Pacific Daylight Time PDT n abbr (US) (= Pacific Daylight Time) → hora de verano del Pacífico PDT Feb. 9 and Feb. 10. More information about the webcast and the online registration form are at http://www.objectstream.com/mediationseminar.html. ObjectStream Mediator is the telecommunications industry's leading software development kit for creating mediation components, and is utilized by many of the world's leading service providers and equipment makers, including Fujitsu, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Sprint and Pirelli. Mediation is used to connect network elements (like switching and optical transmission equipment), agents and network management applications that use different protocols. ObjectStream Mediator now includes an extensive set of new features that significantly extends the product's functionality: ASCII Agent Framework: The product provides an optional toolkit, priced separately, for developing TL1 and custom ASCII protocol The simplest communications protocol for text. It transmits only ASCII characters and uses ASCII control codes. It implies little or no error checking. agents. This module enables developers to create a full TL1 or ASCII agent that has all the benefits of ObjectStream Mediator's high throughput, scalability and ease-of-use. Binary Protocol Support: Extensions to the Rosetta Network Element Definition Language enable ObjectStream Mediator to compose and parse binary messages, including the German QD2 standard. ObjectStream Mediator now is the industry's only mediation product that provides out-of-the-box support for the binary protocol most often used in Europe. TL1 Gateway Multiplexer See multiplexor and multiplexing. multiplexer - multiplexor : The TL1 Gateway Multiplexer is a network interface module that enables access to SONET/SDH network elements via a &uot;gateway&uot; network element. The TL1 Gateway Multiplexer allows multiple ObjectStream Mediator connections to share a common network link to a gateway network element. The feature works with the product's built-in X.25, TCP (1) (Transmission Control Protocol) The reliable transport protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intact at the other end. and Serial network interfaces, as well as customer-built network interface modules. Request Time-Out Events: ObjectStream Mediator now generates a Request Time-Out event to inform applications when there has been no response to a request. &uot;With this release of ObjectStream Mediator, ObjectStream continues its leadership in providing the industry's most robust development kit for building mediation components,&uot; said Ken Croley, vice president of Marketing and Sales. &uot;ObjectStream Mediator now supports network elements using TL1, ASCII, SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. and QD2, is available on all of the industry's major computing platforms See platform. and continues to set the standard for throughput and scalability.&uot; ObjectStream Mediator v2.3 is available immediately. ObjectStream provides full technical support for its free 30-day evaluation program. Pricing is available upon request. About ObjectStream, Inc. ObjectStream, Inc., is an independent software vendor that develops, markets and sells network management tools and frameworks for the telecommunications and enterprise industries. ObjectStream technology is delivered to the telecommunications and enterprise industries in two product families: Network Management Framework and Network Management Tools. Headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., ObjectStream is venture-backed and managed by executives with extensive experience in telecommunications and enterprise network management. For more information, visit the company's website at www.objectstream.com. NOTE: ObjectStream and ObjectStream Mediator are trademarks of ObjectStream, Inc. |
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