Gary: Press Release from FSCX on Friday. Another positive development!
FASTCOMM ADDS ENHANCED X.25, X.25-OVER-FRAME
AND NEW X.25-TO-IP GATEWAY CAPABILITIES TO FRAD
PRODUCT LINE
FastComm Now Offers X.25 Switching and X.3/28/29 PAD Features
for Frame Relay and X.25 Networks; Unique X.25-to-IP Gateway
Links Legacy Apps to LAN Servers
STERLING, Virginia, November 14, 1997--FastComm Communications Corp. today announced that its EtherFRAD™, RingFRAD™, and MonoFRAD™ products have been enhanced with X.25 Switching and Concentration functionality, X.25 over Frame Relay including X.3/28/29 Packet Assembler/Disassembler (PAD) functionality. This new functionality allows the FastComm products to expand their reach internationally, where public and private X.25 networks are as ubiquitous as the Internet and Frame Relay in the U.S. In addition, the added "XXX" (Triple-X) PAD functionality in the FastComm FRADs is widely used for Point-of-Sale in retail networks, and for transporting Billing and Network Management information in telephone and cellular systems in the U.S. and abroad.
The addition of the enhanced X.25 support gives FastComm the unique
ability to Gateway between X.25 legacy applications and LAN-based
IP servers and hosts, delivering the data via Telnet. Already shipping, this exclusive functionality is customer driven and follows FastComm's Legacy-to-LAN migration philosphy of enabling existing business applications to be routed to modern Internet and IP-based solutions.
"We're pleased to announce the addition of this unique functionality to our products," stated Peter Madsen, President of FastComm. "Our goal is universal applicability and availability of our products. This functionality gives our customers the ability to use X.25 services in North America and abroad, to transparently migrate from X.25 to Frame Relay, and to painlessly route traffic from remote legacy applications to headquarters!"
FastComm gives Carriers and Integrators a "best-of-breed" platform for
combining legacy and LAN applications, as customers demand better
solutions to the problem of integrating legacy applications into their
LAN-driven Intranets and Extranets.
With industry-leading LAN+Legacy™ application support, advanced features as MaximumPRIORITY™ multi-stream prioritization, FastRATE™ adaptive congestion and CIR control, ramePROTECT ™ data protection for mission critical applications, and optional managed, integral T1/E1 DSU/CSUs and on-board ISDN interfaces for dial-networking and dialbackup, the Data, Voice and Video capable FastComm products are the best value available to customers today. |
