Monday January 5, 11:35 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Newbridge Networks Corporation
Newbridge Networks, HP Team to Provide Open, Standards-Based
Enterprise Network Management Solution
Agreement Allows Newbridge to Offer Best-of-Breed Solution for Network and Service
Management
HERNDON, Virginia, Jan. 5 /CNW-PRN/ - Newbridge Networks Inc. today announced it has entered into an agreement
with Hewlett-Packard Company [NYSE:HWP - news] to resell the HP OpenView Network Node Manager product for the
UNIX and NT operating systems with the Newbridge(R) VIVID(TM) NetDirector(R) portfolio, building on the two
companies' strength in network management. The HP OpenView Network Node Manager provides a central database
repository for the VIVID NetDirector solution, as well as a wealth of sophisticated network management tools, and is easily
integrated with third-party network management applications.
VIVID NetDirector is a comprehensive network and service management solution for the VIVID switched routing
architecture. VIVID NetDirector provides network managers the tools to proactively and strategically manage their physical
network as well as the applications and services that use the network. The result is increased network uptime, better network
and application availability, and increased productivity.
''We are very excited about this agreement with Newbridge Networks as we wanted to team with a proven
service-management provider,'' said Olivier Helleboid, General Manager of HP's OpenView Software Division in Fort Collins,
Colorado. ''In the Multiprotocol-over-ATM (MPOA), Layer 3 switching model, network administrators are freed from the
burdens of traditional device management, and Newbridge Networks has established itself as the innovative front runner in this
arena.''
''For Newbridge Networks, this agreement nicely rounds out the enterprise network management solution we offer
customers,'' said Stu Aaron, Director of Product Management, Newbridge Networks. ''The corporate networking community
has embraced HP OpenView network and systems management software as a flexible, dynamic network management
platform. This is a fantastic opportunity to team industry leaders to deliver a comprehensive solution that combines
best-of-breed network and service management.''
The VIVID family of high-performance internetworking products delivers a powerful solution to meet the demands of today's
enterprise network environments. With highly scalable, wire-speed routing capability, VIVID products are ideal for meeting
the performance requirements for high-speed LAN, multimedia and intranet applications. Based on the MPOA standard, the
VIVID switched routing architecture is the only standards-compliant, Layer 3 switching solution available today that eliminates
the performance bottlenecks and management complexity of conventional router network designs. VIVID products also
enable extensive virtual networking capabilities, allowing customers to define policies for governing user behavior and
enhancing application performance.
Newbridge Networks (www.newbridge.com) designs, manufactures, markets and services a comprehensive family of
networking products and systems that delivers the power of multimedia communications solutions to organizations in more than
100 countries throughout the world. Newbridge products are the choice of an expanding range of customers which includes
the world's 200 largest telecommunications service providers and more than 10,000 corporations, government organizations,
and other institutions. The company has facilities throughout Canada, the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle
East, Africa, Asia and Australia.
Newbridge Networks Corporation is a public company whose common shares are listed for trading on the New York Stock
Exchange (NN) in the United States and on The Toronto Stock Exchange (NNC) in Canada.
Newbridge, VIVID and NetDirector are trademarks of Newbridge Networks Corporation and are registered in the United
States and in other countries. OpenView is a U.S. registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. All other product
names are trademarks of their respective owners.
SOURCE: Newbridge Networks Corporation |
