Eicon Technology Provides Wide Area Networking Card
Technology to Options by IBM
FEBRUARY 24, 1999
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--Eicon Technology, one of the global leaders in
remote access solutions, today announced that it has entered into
an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreement with IBM
Corporation (NYSE: IBM). Through the agreement, Eicon will
provide its industry leading WAN card technology for a new line of
products available through the Options By IBM (OBI) Division of
the IBM Personal Systems Group.
Eicon will provide a full range of high-speed, intelligent PCI WAN
cards that support multiple protocols including high-speed leased
lines, X.25, Frame Relay and ISDN.
"Eicon's global expertise and understanding of its OEM partners
allows us to respond to the needs of leading PC manufacturers,"
said Ken Gingrich, Eicon's Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales
and Marketing Operations. "IBM's choice of our WAN card
technology demonstrates our commitment to developing successful
OEM relationships with leading PC vendors."
"In addition to its broad line of certified products, Eicon is
able to meet IBM's local support requirements," added Thomas R.
Schaffer, program director, Netfinity Server Options, IBM. "The
IBM Netfinity-based WAN connectivity solutions provide customers
with increased WAN bandwidth for applications such as electronic
commerce, virtual private networks and packet networking."
Eicon Technology Corporation
Eicon Technology Corporation is a worldwide provider of remote
access products for personal computers. The Company develops,
markets and supports hardware and software products for connecting
network servers and desktop and notebook PCs to corporate
networks, host computers and the Internet. Its products are sold
in more than 70 countries through a network of certified channel
partners and Original Equipment Manufacturers. Eicon Technology
shares are traded on the Montreal Exchange and Toronto Stock
Exchange under the symbol "EIC." Information about Eicon and its
products is available at eicon.com.
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