Xylan joins TEMPO project.CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 1996--Xylan joins TEMPO project -- The Defense Telecommunications Service - Washington Telecommunications Modernization Project, or TEMPO, is a contract available to all of the Department of Defense agencies in the national capital region enabling them to procure a wide variety of services and equipment. The contract is written for indefinite delivery with indefinite quantity. Single point-of-contact, through the TEMPO System Management Center, makes ordering and repair procedures easy. Data networking equipment will be available from more than 70 vendors, now including Xylan xylan /xy·lan/ (zi´lan) any of a group of pentosans composed of xylose residues; major structural constituents of wood, straw, and bran. . The TEMPO Solution Center functions as the demonstration center and technology laboratory for all products and services. With headquarters in Calabasas, Xylan Corp. is a leading provider of high-bandwidth switching systems that enhance the performance of existing local area networks and facilitate migration to next generation networking Next Generation Networking (NGN) is a broad term to describe some key architectural evolutions in telecommunication core and access networks that will be deployed over the next 5-10 years. technologies such as ATM. Its OmniSwitch and PizzaSwitch products 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 and ATM, at wire speed, with automatic any-to-any translation. Low cost is coupled with powerful software features, including: AutoTracker virtual LANs; ATM PVCs, SVCs and LAN Emulation; 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. routing; RMON (Remote MONitoring) Enhancements to the management information base (MIB) structure used by the simple network management protocol (SNMP). In 1991, RMON added comprehensive network monitoring capabilities. ; and graphical network management on a broad set of standard management platforms. Xylan provides a wide range of hardware switching platforms, all of which use the same chip technologies and run the same software. Extensive redundancy and reliability features are integrated into the products. CONTACT: Xylan Corp., Calabasas John Mazzaferro, 818/878-4714 or 818/880-3505 (fax) john.mazzaferro@xylan.com or Douglas Hill, 818/878-4518 or 818/880-3505 (fax) douglas.hill@xylan.com or Tony Fisch Consulting Tony Fisch, 818/501-6608 or 818/501-1303 (fax) |
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