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ADVISORY/NIA Releases Results of Third and Largest Test Ever on ATM Backbone Network
BusinessWire, Friday, February 06, 1998 at 15:01
The Network Interoperability Alliance (NIA) will announce results
on Monday, February 9, 1998 of its third and largest test program on
a multivendor, enterprise ATM backbone network. This is the most
comprehensive test ever in the industry of an enterprise ATM
backbone network.
The test, which was monitored by The Tolly Group, focused on
PNNI, ATM's interior routing protocol that automates the
establishment of ATM virtual circuit connections and supports dynamic
routing. The test involved equipment and resources supplied by IBM,
Bay Networks, 3Com, General Datacomm, Xylan, First Virtual
Corporation, FORE Systems, Inc., Interphase and Olicom.
NIA representatives will be available for one-on-one interviews
with press and industry analysts from 11am to 3pm EST on Monday,
February 9 and Tuesday, February 10. To reserve an interview time,
contact Rob Fuggetta, The Market Relations Group, A Regis McKenna
Company, at 650/354-4404 or at: rob_fuggetta@regis.com
The NIA, founded in 1996, is an alliance of information and
networking industry companies formed to help customers simplify,
standardize and enhance the design and deployment of networks through
open standards and interoperability testing.
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