Xylan and Samsung announce $10 million OEM partnership.CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 1996--Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has entered into an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreement with Xylan xylan /xy·lan/ (zi´lan) any of a group of pentosans composed of xylose residues; major structural constituents of wood, straw, and bran. Corp. to sell Xylan's switching products under the Samsung label. The arrangement calls for Samsung to purchase $500,000 worth of Xylan's LAN switching products within 90 days, with an agreement to purchase $10 million of Xylan products in 1997. Samsung has also signed a license agreement under which it will modify Xylan's OmniVision network management software to control Samsung's ATM switches, in addition to the Xylan LAN switches. Samsung will be combining its ATM switching technology, Xylan's LAN switching technology and the new integrated network management system to provide a complete solution to the needs of its customers. With headquarters in Calabasas, Xylan is a leading provider of high-bandwidth campus switching systems. Its OmniSwitch and PizzaSwitch connect Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. , CDDI (Copper Distributed Data Interface) A version of FDDI that uses UTP (unshielded twisted pair) wires rather than optical fiber. The technology was developed by Crescendo Communications, Sunnyvale, CA, which was acquired by Cisco in 1993. , Fast Ethernet, ATM and frame relay, at wire speed, with automatic any-to-any translation. Xylan's AutoTracker virtual LANs are among the most powerful in the industry. Extensive ATM support includes LAN Emulation, IP Over ATM and ATM 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. Encapsulation. Xylan products switch at layer two and route at layer three, using IP and IPX (Internetwork Packet EXchange) The network layer protocol in the NetWare operating system. Similar to the IP layer in TCP/IP, it contains a network address and allows messages to be routed to a different network or subnet. . Its graphical network management runs on a broad set of standard management platforms. Extensive redundancy and reliability features are integrated into the products. This news release includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including the timely availability of new products and other risks detailed in the company's prospectus and report Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1996. CONTACT: Xylan Corp., Calabasas John Mazzaferro, 818/878-4714 john.mazzaferro@xylan.com Douglas Hill, 818/878-4518 douglas.hill@xylan.com 818/880-3505 (fax) http://www.xylan.com or Tony Fisch Consulting Tony Fisch, 818/501-6608 818/501-1303 (fax) |
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