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Alpha testing program for Vortex completed
Xinex Networks Inc XNX
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1997-05-23 close$0.44
Friday May 23 1997 News Release
Mr Roy Leahy reports
The company has successfully completed the last critical
milestone of the alpha testing program for Vortex by
introducing the initial voice and telephony functions to the
established data and video systems announced April 16
1997.
The latest phase of the alpha program integrates the initial
platform of data and video functions with the telephony
functions of the Vortex Controller and Vortex PC Phone. The
company started the inhouse alpha testing program on
schedule, March 31 1997.
With the introduction of voice and telephony functions to the
alpha network, the company has eliminated the final
technical risks of development and now has a stable system
running on company desktops. The alpha network is now
carrying voice, data, and video traffic using a priority
scheme that ensures that constant bit rate applications,
such as voice, always get the bandwidth that they need to
maintain a high quality of service, without sacrificing LAN
performance.
With the completion of this latest milestone the company has
now proven that the Vortex architecture will deliver a
quantum improvement in cost effective, high performance,
multimedia communications for small and medium size
workgroups and businesses. It has demonstrated the
viability of its design of a computer telephony unit for the
desktop, consisting of a PC and a telephone operating as an
integrated unit. The layering of CTI (Computer Telephony
Integration) features for its commercial launch later this
year can now proceed rapidly. As well, the company is
currently in discussion with several potential clients who
have expressed interest in being beta test sites for the first
commercial systems release.
The Vortex alpha system provides an interactive
environment in which users can collaborate simultaneously
on complex documents such as graphics, spreadsheets, or
engineering designs, while seeing and talking with
co-workers in other offices. The system is dynamically
configured, allowing moves, adds or changes to occur at
will without disruption to other users. In addition to
telephony functions the system provides the ability to use
Windows based data applications, such as Microsoft Office,
as well as provide Internet access, e-mail, printer sharing
and modem pooling. The video component is currently being
implemented through Intel's Proshare. Vortex will ultimately
support numerous video systems.
Vortex is an innovative, multimedia office communications
systems that integrates the functions of sophisticated
telephony systems (PBXs) and local area networks (LANs),
while delivering advanced voice, data, and video
applications over most types of existing telephone-grade
wiring to the desktop. This high speed system incorporates
the newest communication standards, such as ATM and
TCP/IP based ISDN, to give business a true competitive
edge, through such capabilities as videoconferencing and
improved Internet access. |
