Wednesday March 17, 4:32 pm Eastern Time (ProVision Press Release)
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Digital Microwave Corporation
Digital Microwave Corporation Announces New Carrier-Class Network
Management System
ProVision Element Manager Provides Scalability, Interoperability And
Reliability
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Microwave
Corporation (Nasdaq: DMIC - news), announced today the ProVision(TM)
element manager, a centralized network monitoring and control system
for all Digital Microwave Corporation products. Based on a UNIX®
system platform, the ProVision element manager is scalable for
management of small systems as well as large networks with more than
10,000 networked elements. The system is particularly suitable for
management of broadband access networks.
The ProVision management system is built on open standards. It
supports multiple protocols, such as SNMP, TL1 and ASCII, and it
seamlessly integrates into higher level managers through available
TMN (Q3) and CORBA interfaces. The ProVision element manager is
compatible with all management-enabled Digital Microwave Corporation
radios, including the Altium(TM), SPECTRUM(TM) II, XP4, DXR(TM) and
DART(TM) radio families, and prior radio products. It replaces the
DMC Net® network management product offerings.
The ProVision system is built on the highly flexible AccessVision(TM)
platform from Atlantech Technologies, Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland. Other
key features of ProVision include the following:
* Fault, performance and configuration management
* Hierarchical network mapping of the radio management
environment
* Event notification, monitoring, filtering, grouping,
threshold, translator and manipulation
* On-demand collection and reset of real-time and historical
performance data
* Long-term trending and analysis management information
* On-demand enable/disable of monitored hot-standby switching
on protected radio configurations
* Y2K compliance
According to Charles D. Kissner, chairman and CEO of Digital
Microwave, ''With ProVision, we are anticipating the industry's
expansion in broadband, Internet and carrier-class technologies.
We're confident this new system will enable us to meet our customers'
compatibility and scalability needs into the future.''
''Atlantech is dedicated to providing high-performance, carrier-class
network management solutions that are fully scalable and reliable,''
said David Sibbald, chairman and CEO of Atlantech. ''We are pleased
with the opportunity to extend our network management capability
through the extensive portfolio of Digital Microwave radios that are
deployed in systems around the world.''
Product Availability
The ProVision management system for the complete Digital Microwave
Corporation product line will be available during calendar 1999.
Initial shipments for the Altium radio will start in April.
Atlantech Technologies Ltd., is a privately held, venture capital
backed software company headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, with
offices throughout the United States. Atlantech is focused on the
development of network management frameworks and applications to
support large-scale rollout of broadband access networks and services.
Atlantech was a pioneer in the development of DSL management systems
and over the last year has extended this expertise into the cable and
voice over IP (VoIP) technology arenas.
Headquartered in San Jose, California, Digital Microwave Corporation
is an acknowledged industry leader in the design and manufacture of
digital microwave solutions for worldwide telephone network
interconnection and access. The company offers a complete product
portfolio that covers the transmission needs of voice, data and video,
with radios operating across multiple frequencies and capacities
ranging from 64 Kbps to 155 Mbps.
For more information, visit company web sites at www.dmcwave.com and
www.atlan-tech.com.
NOTE: DMC Net is a registered trademark and ProVision, Altium,
SPECTRUM, DXR, and Dart are trademarks of Digital Microwave
Corporation. Other marks are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE: Digital Microwave Corporation |
