And yet reality is different from "guessing":
<<According to Dataquest's 1997 year-end statistics for the WAN networking market, Ascend maintained the number one position in Frame Relay sales worldwide. In the recently released report, Ascend continued to lead the competition, with 38.3 percent revenue market share in Frame Relay, and increased its revenue in ATM by 247
percent.
''In today's networking environment, the ability to support traditional Frame Relay and ATM services with new IP services is a key advantage for service providers,'' said Bob Sullebarger, director, Product Marketing, Core Systems Division at Ascend. ''Supporting Multiservice capabilities with additional ATM and IP elements will enable our customers to offer high margin services that directly effect their bottom line. Being a leading provider of carrier-class Frame Relay WAN switching, Ascend is well positioned to extend that promise to deliver carrier-class ATM and IP services.''
Delivering the most widely deployed platform for Public Data Services with millions of ports installed, Ascend's multifunctional switches are installed in the core of the world's largest service provider's networks. In 1997, Dataquest, IDC, Vertical Systems Group, and Infonetics Research named Ascend's B-STDX the market-leading carrier
class WAN switch for Frame Relay. With added functionality for the B-STDX 8000 and 9000 switches, Ascend continues to be the worldwide leader in Multiservice Platforms for increased revenue-generating capabilities with a low cost of operations. >> |
