The sun never sets on the WANserver.

COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 1996--The newly introduced WANserver from ACC SYSTEMS makes international Internet access as simple as "point and click."

Corporate intranets can also take advantage of the WANserver technology to allow remote international locations and customers immediate access to their local LANs. Available now, the WANserver eliminates the headaches associated with international data communications.

According to Mike Popilato, product spokesman, the new WANserver makes use of established wide area network technology provided by Sprint and other PDNs to connect with remote users. Those remote users simply install Windows-based or other TCP/IP protocol packages that implement PPP, and dial a local PDN access point. SprintNet alone has more than 100,000 such entry points world wide.

The WANserver, installed at a corporate center, handles multiple dial-in circuits over a single X.25 trunk line. To the remote user it appears as if he is directly connected to the corporate LAN. Performance on that international connection is comparable to that experienced domestically.

Two versions of the WANserver are offered: The WANserver 100, a basic package ready for connection to a Sun NETRA or Sun Workstation; and The WANserver 1000, a complete turnkey system that includes the NETRA.

One application places the WANserver as the means for remote dial-in access to an Internet service provider (ISP). The WANserver can be used to link such remote connections to the Internet, expanding the "local" service area for an ISP without apparent limit.

The company has headquarters in Columbia, Md., with marketing and international sales offices in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Sales contacts:

Western United States and International

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Eastern United States and Canada

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Internet: http://www.sys.acc.com

CONTACT: ACC SYSTEMS, Columbia

Michael Lopilato, 410/290-8100

410/290-8106 (fax)

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