Xedia Continues to Expand Partnership with Concentric Network; Concentric Teams With Xedia to Deliver Low-Cost T3 Internet Access Routing Services.ACTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 1999-- Xedia Corporation, the leading provider of Internet access routers that deliver advanced IP Quality of Service (QoS), VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. security and price/performance, today announced an expanded partnership with Concentric Network Corporation (Nasdaq: CNCX). In addition to basing its managed VPN and Web Hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. bandwidth management Controlling the traffic flow in a network. See bandwidth manager. services on Xedia's Access Point platforms, Concentric is now using Access Point to deliver its FlexChannel and FullChannel T3 Services. For its T3 services Concentric is now offering access routers from market leaders, such as Xedia and Cisco (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), for deployment at the enterprise customer premise, which will enable companies to cost-effectively obtain scalable dedicated access. "Concentric recognizes that Xedia's Access Point products are all about enabling new business Internet services," said Bob Steinkrauss, president of Xedia Corporation. "Our Access Point products deliver the industry-leading performance, service level visibility and control business customers need to manage the cost and quality of their wide area network services." About Access Point Xedia's Access Point routers are price/performance leaders providing customers a migration to advanced Quality of Service (QoS) and security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the , which enable customers to use the public Internet as a reliable, predictable and cost-effective wide area network. Access Point is a BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) The routing protocol that is used to span autonomous systems on the Internet. It is a robust, sophisticated and scalable protocol that was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). 4-capable IP router A router that is set up to route IP packets. See router and IP. with the advanced Class-Based Queuing (CBQ See traffic engineering methods. ) bandwidth control and service level measurement customers need to manage the cost and quality of their Internet connection. Xedia's Access Point sits at the edge of the Internet to manage the quality of an Internet connection and account for its usage, providing predictable performance for high-priority users, applications and various types of network traffic. It also prevents low-priority, bandwidth-hungry applications from squeezing out business critical activity or artificially inflating bandwidth requirements. About Xedia Corporation Xedia Corporation, a privately-held, venture-backed corporation is leading the way with a new class of Internet/IP access router delivering the performance, security and service level control network providers need to deliver the next generation of business-class Internet services. Xedia's Access Point products have been Internet certified by the industry's leading network providers and are deployed in the most demanding business Internet services in the industry today. On August 13, 1999, Lucent Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LU) announced an agreement to acquire Xedia Corporation. The company is headquartered in Acton, MA and can be reached at (978) 263-0060. The Xedia Web site can be found at www.xedia.com. Xedia is a registered trademark and Access Point is a trademark of Xedia Corporation. All other brands and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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