Show Advisory: FastComm Unveils MetroLan VoIP/VoFR Access Router & GlobalView Graphical User Interface.And Demonstrates new MetroLAN(tm), GlobalStack-EX(tm) & ChanlComm(tm) Products at the Networld+Interop Trade Show in Las Vegas Dulles, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 1999-- FastComm Communications Corp., (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: FSCX) a leading developer of networking technologies and products for voice, data and video communications will unveil its newest entry into multimedia communications. These new products will be introduced at Networld+Interop Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, May 11 through 13, booth no. 5123. Making its debut is MetroLan(tm), a remote access router A network device used to connect remote sites via private lines or public carriers. The router is required at both ends and provides the protocol conversion between the internal network (LAN) and the external network (WAN). See remote access concentrator and remote access server. , based on FastComm's popular 9200 data FRAD (Frame Relay Access Device or Frame Relay Assembler Disassembler) A communications device that formats outgoing data into the format required by a frame relay network. It strips the data back out at the other end. platform with integrated voice, fax, video and data over IP and Frame Relay capabilities. Further complementing the company's product line is the introduction of GlobalView(tm), FastComm's graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI). The comprehensive suite of management tools, alarms and reports will be displayed live at the booth. The GlobalView(tm) GUI resides on all four industry leading platforms including: IBM Tivoli NetView IBM Tivoli NetView is a Monitor Program based on SNMP Protocol, and a part of Tivoli Modules. This program provide real time monitoring and you can make active test over all servers supported by SNMP. , HP OpenView, Windows NT and a Java-based web browser version. The MetroLan(tm) voice/video/data router, being announced at the show, is used for small office/home office See SOHO. (SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. ) environments and compliments the larger, recently announced GlobalStack-EX(tm) central site VoFR/VoIP/Data router. Both the MetroLan(tm) and GlobalStack-EX(tm), break the price barrier against their nearest competitors. Fully loaded, the MetroLan(tm) configured with 3 voice/fax ports and 4 data ports has a suggested retail price of $3,600. The GlobalStack-EX(tm) is priced well under the other leading competitors. This aggressive pricing model is expected to contribute to new market awareness and broaden the customer base with these easy to use, affordable, high speed voice/data products. A demonstration of FastComm's ChanlComm(R) Multiprotocol Interconnect Controller is available to legacy users of mainframe computers that employ current NCP and AS/400 environments. ChanlComm(R) replaces expensive IBM 37XX front-end processors with the newest technology that offers an alternative, more reliable and inexpensive router-based migration path. At a fraction of IBM's latest prices, the ChanlComm(R) router-based option beat Cisco's alternative by nearly 40%. Special Show Highlights include: -- MetroLan(tm)integrates business & home communications over a single digital line -- Powerful voice support includes analog PBX interface and FRF FRF The ISO 4217 currency code for the French Franc. .11 compliant -- Intelligent call-by-call switching & DTMP DTMP DCPS Technical Management Panel (DCPS = Data Communications Protocol System) DTMP Differentiated Teaching Module Primary (EU) DTMP Disposable Token Mac Protocol DTMP Data Transmission Multi-Polling call routing -- Configurable hunt groups -- Very aggressively priced -- Tandem voice switching support -- Many voice compression algorithms supported -- Voice over Frame Relay/Voice over IP -- Echo cancellation -- FXS/FXO and/or E & M -- Automatic voice/fax call detection -- Powerful Data Support -- Combines up to 2 serial Frame Relay WAN ports -- Integrated IP/IPX routing -- All traditional FastComm 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. & legacy data protocols support -- 10BaseT ethernet port for LAN/router connection -- Up to 2 serial data ports for legacy traffic or routers -- Dial back up capability -- GlobalView(tm)graphical user interface for 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. networks -- GlobalView(tm)graphical user interface (GUI) for SNMP users -- HP OpenView NNM platform supports WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. , Solaris, WinNT & HP-UX HP's version of Unix that runs on its 9000 family. It is based on SVID and incorporates features from BSD Unix along with several HP innovations. (operating system) HP-UX - The version of Unix running on Hewlett-Packard workstations. -- IBM Tivoli NetView platform supports WWW, WinNT and IBM AIX -- Stand alone support for WWW, WinNT & Win95/98 -- Provides alarms, illustrations, and graphs -- Network monitor, troubleshooting and network planning tools -- Full access to real-time & historical performance data -- Java-based multi-platform, believed to be first to market -- Resides across all FastComm product families, uniting networks -- ChanlComm(R)Multiprotocol Interconnect Controller -- Replaces IBM Front End Processors (FEPs) -- Configuration for 64 to 256 port units -- Redundant power -- Real time reconfiguration -- Legacy routing -- Hot-swapability of cards -- Channel attached -- No annual software license fees -- GlobalStack-EX(tm), a voice, video and data over IP or Frame Relay router. -- VoIP, FRF.11, FRF.12 compression algorithms 729A & 729B -- Variable bandwidth from 9.6kbps to T1/E1 (30 channels) -- Tandem transparent switching -- H.323 support of VoIP and video -- Multi-T1/E1 IP routing -- Standard FastComm legacy LAN and data protocols supported -- Scalable architecture for full convergence of mediums -- Group III Faxing (Standard) -- SNMP via FastComm's new GlobalView(tm)Graphical User Interface -- Fully interoperates with MetroLan(tm) -- Aggressively priced Forward-looking statements are made in this release pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Investors are cautioned that all forward looking statements are subject to risk and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the timing of new announcements or introductions by the company and its competitors, the hiring and retention of key employees, competitive pricing pressure, dependence on third parties for components and products, and general economic conditions in the United States and international markets, and the risk factors detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. FastComm is a designer developer and manufacturer of a complete family of access products, which provide a single seamless transport in multi-protocol environments for Voice/Data and Video networking over LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network and Global networks. For more information, or to request a data sheet of any FastComm product, please contact us via phone 703-318-7750; fax 703-787-4625; email info@fastcomm.com; or visit FastComm on the World Wide Web at http:\\www.fastcomm.com. Our products include the WEB Router(tm), GlobalView(tm), EtherFRAD(tm), RingFRAD(tm), MetroLan(tm), QUICK II(tm), ChanlComm(R) and GlobalStack(tm). These products provide routed and switched Voice/Data and Video access solutions that require variable bandwidth from 9.6kbps to full T1/E1 over Leased Line, Frame Relay, X.25 and dial-up analog networks. FastComm, stylized styl·ize tr.v. styl·ized, styl·iz·ing, styl·iz·es 1. To restrict or make conform to a particular style. 2. To represent conventionally; conventionalize. logo, WEB.router, GlobalView, MetroLan, FrameProtect, LAN+Legacy, MaximumPriority, FastRATE, MonoFRAD, EtherFRAD, RingFRAD, QUICK II, GlobalStack, ChanlComm(R) and SuperView are trademarks of FastComm Communications Corp. |
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