Conference 7.286::digital

    
    
    	Try UPSAR::FDDI........!  Enjoy

Or school::gigaswitch

   From VTX LIVEWIRE, select Worldwide News              Date: 30-Apr-1996

             BBN Corp. selects GIGAswitch/FDDI products
   
         Today, BBN Corp. and Digital announced that BBN has selected 
   Digital's GIGAswitch/FDDI technology to provide increased throughput 
   within its Internet backbone nodes.  The leading provider of managed 
   Internet access and value-added services for businesses and 
   organizations, BBN Planet is deploying the switches as part of its 
   network infrastructure upgrades.  The announcement was made at 
   InternetWorld, San Jose, Calif.
         "Businesses and organizations continue to leverage BBN's 
   marketing expertise and leadership in delivering industrial strength 
   internet solutions for their mission critical business applications," 
   said Cliff Conneighton, vice president of marketing for BBN Planet.  
   "We are partnering with Digital to ensure that our customers get the 
   performance and reliability that they need to run their businesses 
   today -- and in the future."
         "Given BBN Planet's position as one of the world's premier ISPs 
   we are obviously pleased that they selected our GIGAswitch/FDDI 
   products for this ambitious project," said Dr. Laurence G. Walker, vice 
   president and general manager of Digital's Network Product Business. 
   "The GIGAswitch/FDDI is working successfully in many Internet 
   installations and we look forward to leveraging this experience for BBN 
   Planet."
         This significant networking solution was linked together with the 
   help of Pioneer-Standard Electronics, one of Digital's largest 
   Authorized Distributors.  
         "Pioneer works with Digital across a number of industries but 
   none as fast-moving and demanding as the ISP marketplace," said 
   Marilyn Koch, account manager for BBN at Pioneer.  "As the Internet is 
   increasingly used by the business community for mission-critical and 
   enterprise networking applications, ISPs like BBN are demanding higher 
   levels of performance from their vendors.  We are excited about the 
   opportunity to work with BBN Planet in this strategic area and 
   thrilled with the switching technology that working with Digital has 
   enabled us to deliver."
         According to a recent study by the Dell'Oro Group, Digital ranks 
   first in FDDI switching revenue and port shipments worldwide.  
   Digital's GIGAswitch/FDDI is a multiport packet-switching platform that 
   creates a switched FDDI network.  With an aggregate bandwidth that 
   greatly exceeds the 100M bps limit of a traditional single ring, the 
   GIGAswitch employs an unprecedented 3.6G bps switching fabric and 
   provides up to 6.25 million connections per second.  This high-
   performance switch also provides sophisticated filtering capabilities 
   to define separate traffic, access security, and user domains such as 
   virtual LANs.

    Try VTX IR and search for a keyword.  You'll find Customer Updates,
    Literature, presentations, and more.  And, point the customer to the
    Internet for detailed info.  http://www.digital.com/
    
    Regards,
    Steve

    Try John Burnham (DELNI::BURNHAM), strategic communications director
    for the Network Products BU, or Linda Pugliano (DELNI::PUGLIANO), PR
    manager for the unit.
    

    ...and if you don't already have enough, try
    
    http://www.networks.digital.com
    
    

    Try http://www.networks.digital.com. That is our NPB homepage.

    The fastest way to get something *nice* (=glossy) to your customer
    would be to call 800-457-8211 and request that FDDI info be sent to
    your customer.  Or send e-mail to:  SEETRA::TBG.  These requests go to
    the NPB fulfillment house.
    
    Hope this helps.  If you need further info of have questions, send me 
    mail.
    
    Sunni