lan@cup.portal.com (Los Altos Networks) (10/26/90)
LOS ALTOS NETWORKS IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THE FOLLOWING
NEW PRODUCTS INFORMATION:
T E L E B I T N E W S R E L E A S E
TELEBIT ANNOUNCES DIAL-UP INTERNETWORKING
NetBlazer(tm) is the first in a family of products
SUNNYVALE, Calif., INTEROP '90, October 8, 1990 -- Telebit Corporation,
pioneer of the high-speed dial-up modem, introduced today the industry's
first automated dial-up TCP/IP router. The NetBlazer(tm) integrated
communications server is the first product to use modems and the public
switched telephone network (PSTN) to automatically provide virtual wide
area networking for TCP/lP-based ethernets. By automating the modems'
connection establishment, the NetBlazer offers seamless widearea network
connections between diverse computers and/or local area networks (LANs).
In addition to its virtual routing functions, NetBlazer also integrates
traditional terminal server capabilities, LAN-based modem sharing, a 56K
bps leased line connection, dial back-up, and ethernet to ethernet routing
functions, all in a single product.
The introduction of the NetBIazer represent the next major step in
Telebit's strategic diversification and fuels the new dial-up
internetworking marketplace.
NetBlazer Answers Customers' Demands
Prior to NetBlazer, expanding networks was a time consuming and costly
process due to technical obstacles. NetBlazer, however, represents the
marriage of the power of internetworking to the flexibility of the PSTN.
As a result, the enterprise wide network has greatly increased flexibility
because the PSTN offers immediate, low-cost, on-demand access. NetBlazer
enables an organization to expand its network to any location in the world
where there is a public telephone system. This flexibility creates a number
of applications including telecommuting, which is the ability of NetBlazer
to bring the network into the users' home, allowing them to become a node
on the network using their personal computer or workstation in combination
with a modem. Yet another application is the ability to cost effectively
connect remote sites on the PSTN as opposed to incurring the expense of a
leased line. This, for example, enables large companies to tie their
smaller offices together in a virtual wide area network.
"We chose to begin with support for TCP/IP and Ethernet because our
customers asked for a product that combines open systems with today's most
widely installed open system networking protocols, to allow support for other
networking protocols and media as the market demands," said Michael Ballard,
Director of Telebit's Network Systems unit.
Cost Effectiveness is Major Benefit to Customers
NetBlazer is a cost-effective wide area networking tool with combined
functionality that offers numerous additional features to the end-user.
Some of these include three levels of security, multi-vendor connectivity,
and on-board SNMP network management software. "Our aim with this new dial-
up internetworking product is to provide the customer with more solutions
within a single product (NetBlazer), easing the expense and technical
obstacles associated with using different devices to provide these
communications services," said Ballard.
Telebit is introduced NetBlazer at Interop '90, a major conference and
exhibition for the internetworking industry.
Prices for the NetBlazer begin at $2,995, not including modem(s), and increase
depending on the configuration. The product includes a one-year warranty on
parts and labor. NetBlazer will be avaiiable by the end of November 1990.
Telebit Corporation designs, manufactures and markets advanced high-speed
products for dial-up networking and wide-area communications. The company's
proprietary digital signal processing technologies provide extremely
reliable error-free communications across the worldwide switched telephone
network. Telebit markets its products worldwide through distributors,
original equipment manufacturers and value-added resellers.
Located in Sunnyvale, Califomia, Telebit is a publicly held corporation and
is traded on the National Association of Security Dealers Automated
Quotations (NASDAQ) OTC market under the symbol TBIT.
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Telebit and NetBlazer are registered trademarks or credits of Telebit
Corporation. Other trademarks or credits used are those of their respective
holders.
LOS ALTOS NETWORKS IS AN AUTHORIZED AND STOCKING TELEBIT
VALUE-ADDED DISTRIBUTOR PROVIDING UNIX DATA COMMUNICATIONS
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS AND ALL TELEBIT PRODUCTS, PLEASE
CALL 1-415-941-8031.
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===============================================================================casey@gauss.llnl.gov (Casey Leedom) (10/27/90)
Hi Cerafin, I assume you work with Bill Hofing. Say hi to him for me. Nice to see you have an email address now! Just a quick note. You shouldn't publish product announcements to any newsgroup except comp.newprod. It is acceptable to post a very short note in another news group mentioning that you've just made a product announcement on comp.newprod, but no more than that. Something along the lines ``I've just posted an announcement of a new Telebit product called the NetBlazer in comp.newprod that I think would be of interest to comp.dcom.modems readers. The NetBlazer allows you to set up wide area networks via the phone system.'' The reason we do things that way is because USENET is *supposed* to be non-commercial. We've relegated new product announcements to comp.newprod and set up a completely separate biz.* hierarchy for commercial uses. I'm posting this note just remind everyone that most USENET groups are not appropriate for commercial purposes. Casey