Pericom software passes savings to customers through new ISDN support for terminal emulation.HAMILTON SQUARE Hamilton Square in Birkenhead, Wirral, England is a town square first started in 1826 and designed by James Gillespie Graham. The land on which the square was developed was purchased in 1824 by Scottish shipbuilder William Laird (1780-1841). , NJ--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 1996--Pericom Software Inc., one of the major players in the desktop-host connectivity market, has announced that users of Pericom Software's terminal emulation Using software in a desktop machine to make it perform like a hardware terminal. The emulated terminal is typically in the VT100-500 family, designed originally by Digital Equipment. products can now cut communication costs by replacing leased lines with dial up ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. connections. The Company has implemented an ISDN CAPI 1. CAPI - Calendar Application Programming Interface. 2. (cryptography) CAPI - Cryptographic Application Programming Interface. 3. (networking) CAPI - Common ISDN Application Programming Interface. 2 interface in Version 4.0 of its teemtalk for Windows range of terminal emulators, enabling PCs to access remote hosts directly via ISDN. Pericom Software President, Barry Brown, stated, "Whether you are an IS manager for a Fortune 1000 company, or an owner of a small technology company, Pericom has to be considered for a wide range of Internet or mainframe communication requirements. He further commented, "Pericom Software is now uniquely positioned to offer connectivity software aimed directly at the explosive ISDN market." Most sites can achieve significant savings by switching from leased lines to ISDN for PC-to-host connections, depending on how heavily the links are used. Greatest savings will be made when, as often happens with PC-to-host applications, traffic across the link is relatively light. With reductions in installation and rental costs for ISDN services being made by the Telecom authorities, ISDN will soon look even more attractive for host access. According to Mr. Brown, CAPI 2 interface is an industry standard interface now supported by most ISDN card suppliers. Previously the ISDN interface was specific to each vendor. Other newer ISDN interfaces, such as the Microsoft TAPI (Telephony API) A programming interface from Microsoft and Intel that is part of Microsoft's WOSA architecture. It allows Windows client applications to access voice services on a server. and the Winsock-2 interface only operate on Windows 95/NT. To access a remote host via ISDN, teemtalk users will need to equip their PCs with ISDN adapters that support the CAPI 2 interface. ISDN adapter card prices are falling rapidly as well, and some vendors offer deals which include access to the Telecom services. Pericom's teemtalk family provides the widest range of terminal emulations available in the market. 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) , Digital, Prime, Data General, Hewlett Packard, Tandem, Tektronix, Retographics, Viewdata A variety of videotex-based services in the U.K., later named Prestel. , Westward, Wyse and Microcolour hosts are also supported, as is Unix. teemtalk for Windows is part of Pericom's teem teem 1 v. teemed, teem·ing, teems v.intr. 1. To be full of things; abound or swarm: A drop of water teems with microorganisms. 2. range of host connectivity software. Other members of the series are: teemtalk for Windows NT and Windows 95, teemX, for X/Window based Unix or VMS (1) (Virtual Memory System) A multiuser, multitasking, virtual memory operating system for the VAX series from Digital. VMS applications run on any VAX from the MicroVAX to the largest unit. See OpenVMS. workstations and X terminals; teemtalk for DOS; teemtalk Network Series: teemtalk - TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. ; teemtalk - LAT; teemtalk - NS/VT, teemtalk - OSI (1) (Open System Interconnection) An ISO standard for worldwide communications that defines a framework for implementing protocols in seven layers. Control is passed from one layer to the next, starting at the application layer in one station, proceeding to the . Pericom Software, originally established in 1985, is a major provider of networking and connectivity software for desktop devices running in Microsoft Windows, UNIX or VMS environments. The Pericom Group is an international corporation headquartered in the UK and has operations in France, Germany and the United States (New Jersey). With annual sales of approximately $25 million (U.S.), Pericom is one of the major players in the desktop-host connectivity market which has an annual growth rate of 30-40 percent which Pericom has traditionally exceeded. In addition to its sales and marketing functions, Pericom's Hamilton Square, New Jersey operation has a team of highly trained software engineers who advise on the Company's international research and development program. Together with the UK company, Pericom is at the forefront of software technology, combining marketing and technical input from both the US and UK companies. -0- Pericom Web Site: http://www.pericom-usa.com CONTACT: Barry Brown Pericom Software Inc. 609-588-5300 email: barryb@pericom-usa.com or John Stephenson Pericom Software plc 011-44-1908-265-533 or Angelina Arturi Arturi PR 011-44-1276-685-990 or Justine McDermott Mallory Factor Inc. 212-242-0000 email: MFIPR@aol.com |
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