Russian Space Flight Control Center (SCSC) Selects Cabletron's SmartSwitch Router
SCSC Utilizes SSR Capabilities for Critical Communications Network
ROCHESTER, N.H. and KOROLEV CITY, Russia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1999--Cabletron Systems (NYSE:CS - news) today announced that the Russian Space Flight Control Center (SCSC) has selected Cabletron's SmartSwitch Router (SSR) 2000 for its communications infrastructure.
The SSR supports the data transfer between the SCSC and Rocket-Space Corporation (RSC), Energia. Nikolay Cherlenyak, SCSC project manager, stated, ''We have had tremendous success with Cabletron's SSR 2000, 2200, and SmartSTACK 100 products. In space operations, the reliability of communications is essential, and the performance of Cabletron's products has allowed us to deliver a highly reliable infrastructure to our organization and the Russian space program.''
Piyush Patel, Cabletron's chairman and CEO, said, ''We have worked with NASA for many years, and supplied the network for the Mars Pathfinder Mission. Working with another advanced space program such as the Russian Space Agency is another exciting opportunity for Cabletron. Our leading-edge switching, routing and management technologies will provide a solid communication foundation for this mission-critical environment.''
About Russian Space Program
As a leader in the International Space community, Russia has long made lasting achievements. Being the first country to put a man in space and the only nation to successfully deploy a fully operational and sustaining space station, Mir, Russia has paved the way for the new effort put forth internationally to build a unified space station.
About Cabletron Systems
Cabletron Systems, a premier provider of world-class networking solutions, delivers reliable network access and communications to millions of people worldwide. With scaleable products designed for Global 1000 enterprise networks, service providers and small businesses, Cabletron is the e-business communications specialist in the Internet economy. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange for more than a decade under the symbol CS, Cabletron is an S&P 500 index company. Cabletron's web site can be reached on the Internet at cabletron.com.
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