PIOS: I got into ADSP before the market opened this morning based on the following story. ADSP is up almost 100% now. It seems to me that PIOS, being a distributor, should benefit as well, but it hasn't moved YET.
(Applies to: PIOS ADSP)
Ariel's PCI-Based Remote Access Card Set Receives Worldwide Approvals
For Connection To International Phone Networks
CRANBURY, N.J., Nov 24, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Industry Cost Leader
($99/Port in a Fully Configured Linux or NT System)
Passes Major Development Milestone
Ariel Corp. (Nasdaq:ADSP), a leading supplier of Windows NT and Linux
remote access solutions, today announced that its PCI-based RS4200
remote access card set has received worldwide certification for
connection to international digital telephone networks.
Specifically, the RS4200's T1/PRI network interface has received FCC
Part 68, Industry Canada CS03, ETSI NET5/CTR4, and ACA TS014/TS038
approvals, which together govern connection to the digital phone
networks in the United States, Canada, most European countries,
Australia and most Pacific Rim countries.
"Ariel has made a significant investment in making its remote access
products readily accessible to ISPs worldwide," said Dennis Schneider,
senior vice president of worldwide marketing for Ariel Corp. "ISPs can
use PowerPOP systems based on our PCI plug-in remote access cards to
quickly build scaleable, flexible, low-cost NT- and Linux-based points
of presence that connect directly to major digital phone networks
throughout the world. Not only that, they can do it for about $100 less
per port than what ISPs normally pay for a Lucent, Ascend, or Cisco
box."
"The RS4200 offers an amazingly low price -- the lowest cost per port
of any Linux- or NT-based remote access solution on the market today,"
added Brad Baldwin, an analyst at IDC. "We expect open-architecture
Linux- and NT-based remote access solutions like the RS4200 to be
extremely attractive to fast-growing ISPs that need a flexible,
low-cost way to build infrastructure and add new POPs."
The RS4200 is the cornerstone of Ariel's PowerPOP architecture, a new
approach to building ISP infrastructure that replaces dedicated servers
and dumb remote access concentrators with open architecture Linux and
NT systems. PowerPOP-architecture systems are ideal for ISPs that want
to improve network performance and efficiency by deploying intelligent
POPs that provide local authentication, DNS, and Web caching.
PowerPOP-architecture systems are also ideal for new ISPs that want to
reduce up-front NOC equipment costs by consolidating NOC functions and
services like DNS, authentication, Web hosting, FTP, email, caching,
and backup onto a single Linux or Windows NT system.
The RS4200 is a PCI-based multi-service access card set that gives
PowerPOP systems the physical connections required for remote dial-in
and LAN dial-out. Combining four T1/PRI interfaces with 96 ports of 56K
and Basic Rate ISDN remote access, the RS4200 can accommodate up to 96
remote access sessions originating from any combination of digital
V.90-compatible 56-kbps, analog 33.6-kbps, or 64-kbps basic rate ISDN
customer premises equipment. Fax and voice over IP capability can be
added via a simple software upgrade.
The RS4200 will be available in December for both Linux version 2.2.0
(or greater) and Windows NT Server version 4.0 (or greater). The
single-piece manufacturers suggested retail pricing for a 96-port
RS4200 is $9,098. ISPs can purchase fully-configured PowerPOP systems
-- including a rackmount Pentium III-based server -- from KeyLink
Systems (Nasdaq:PIOS). For a short time, KeyLink is offering a special
low price of just $99 per port for fully-configured Linux systems, a
saving of $25 per port over the normal price.
More on Ariel
Ariel Corp. (Nasdaq:ADSP) is a leading provider of high-density,
remote-access plug-in cards for applications such as Internet access,
corporate Intranet/Extranet access, on-line services, telecommuting,
transaction processing and unified messaging. Ariel's remote access
products make it easy for OEMs and system integrators targeting ISPs,
corporate enterprises and other service providers to add high-density
remote access to open systems platforms running a variety of popular
operating systems, including Windows NT and Linux.
Ariel's high-density remote-access cards provide V.34, V.90-compatible
56K, and basic rate ISDN remote dial-in, LAN dial-out, and Internet
back-haul. Available in ISA, PCI and CompactPCI formats, the cards
connect to T1, E1, ISDN and POTS lines. Ariel's remote access products
run Windows NT and Linux out of the box. An SDK is available for OEMs
who want to use Ariel's remote access products with other operating
systems.
For more information on Ariel products, please contact Ariel Corp. at
2540 Route 130, Cranbury, NJ 08512. Phone 609/860-2900. Fax
609/860-1155. Email: info@ariel.com. World Wide Web: www.ariel.com.
Ariel and PowerPOP are registered trademarks of Ariel Corp.
Copyright (C) 1999 Business Wire. All rights reserved.
Distributed via COMTEX.
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CONTACT: Ariel Corp.
Dennis Schneider, 609/860-2900
dennis.schneider@ariel.com
or
Davis-Marrin Communications
Mark Shapiro, 858/573-0736
dmc@cts.com
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