LARS today +IBM Monday February 23, 6:02 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
World's Largest IT Services Provider Deploys Larscom's
Orion 4000
Broadband Access Multiplexer to Enhance IBM's Telecommunications
Backbone
MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 1998--Larscom Inc. (NASDAQ:LARS -
news), a leading manufacturer of WAN access equipment, today announced that IBM Global
Services, the world's largest provider of information technology (IT) services, has deployed
Larscom's broadband products in its T1/E1 information network to carry voice, video and data
traffic around the globe.
The Orion 4000 was selected for its dependability, network management capabilities, and
redundancy features critical to ensuring and maintaining network integrity.
Network and Internet service providers around the world have deployed Larscom's Orion 4000
broadband access multiplexer to provide the interface between local and wide area networks. The
Orion 4000 allows multiple lower-bandwidth T1 or E1 lines to be combined for higher-speed,
broadband connections.
Provides Seamless and Dependable Network Connection
When building a worldwide network, service providers like IBM incorporate the most reliable
products and technologies to ensure network resiliency. Orion 4000's fallback and auto-restore
capabilities provide the dependability required to assist in keeping a network running. Should one
T1/E1 line fail, the Orion 4000 will continue to pass data over the remaining lines and return the
failed link to service automatically once it is free of errors.
Detailed Picture of Network's Performance
''Orion 4000's centralized management is another critical function that helps keep network traffic
flowing,'' commented Paul Strudwick, Larscom VP of Strategic Planning and Business
Development. ''System managers can see a detailed picture of the network's performance; manage
multiple links simultaneously; and provide bandwidth management, full configuration control,
performance monitoring and alarm reporting -- all from a remote site.''
Larscom Inc. (NASDAQ:LARS - news) is a leading provider of high speed wide area network
(WAN) access equipment. For additional information, please visit the company's web site at
larscom.com or phone 408/941-4000. |
