BROOKTROUT TECHNOLOGY AND SUN MICROSYSTEMS NOW WORKING TOGETHER TO
DELIVER SOLUTIONS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDER MARKET
NEEDHAM, Mass., Jan 10, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Brooktrout
Technology (Nasdaq: BRKT) and Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), today
announced an initiative in which the companies will work together to
make their products compatible. The combination of their products will
provide OEM developers in the communications service market the ability
to create carrier-grade open systems platforms. These carrier-grade
systems platforms will allow OEM developers the compatibility necessary
to meet the challenging requirements of this demanding market segment.
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Through this initiative, Sun Microsystems has tested several popular
versions of Brooktrout Technology's products to determine their
compatibility with Sun's SPARCengine(TM) AXi series of board computers
and the Solaris(TM) Operating Environment. These tests have
demonstrated that the PCI versions of Brooktrout's Netaccess T1/E1/ISDN
network access cards and TR114(TM) intelligent fax boards are
compatible with the Sun SPARCengine AXi series boards. In addition,
CompactPCI versions of Brooktrout's cards are currently undergoing
testing by Sun. Brooktrout technology will also support Sun(TM)
platforms on additional products including the TR1000(TM) messaging
platform, the TR2001(TM) IP Telephony platform and others.
"We chose to use Brooktrout Technology's TR114 intelligent fax boards
and Sun platforms for our Global IP-Fax Off-ramps because of their
proven reliability and acceptance in global markets by most carriers
for high-end, high volume fax applications," said Russ McDermott,
director of marketing at TGI Technologies. "The combination of the Sun
and Brooktrout products allows us to offer a very robust and reliable
platform which is critical because of the high volume of fax traffic
expected through our global off-ramps."
"Brooktrout Technology and Sun Microsystems formed this relationship
because the communications service provider market has unique
requirements in terms of serviceability, reliability, availability and
performance," said Lewis Carr, Marketing Manager, Embedded OEM Market
Development, Sun Microsystems. "This combination of Sun Microsystems
and Brooktrout Technology's products will provide OEM developers with
compatible platforms that meet those demanding requirements."
"This is the beginning of a long-term relationship between Brooktrout
Technology and Sun Microsystems," said Eric Giler, president of
Brooktrout. "Developers who select Sun platforms can be confident that
Brooktrout Technology will support those platforms now and in the
future. Over time, this will encompass an increasingly broad range of
Brooktrout Technology voice, fax and network access products so that
our OEM developers will have maximum flexibility in developing
telephony systems and applications such as unified messaging,
interactive voice response, fax processing, voice conferencing,
wireless telephone systems and next generation gateways and switches
for voice over DSL and IP Telephony."
About Sun Microsystems Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -
The Network Is The Computer(TM) -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc.
to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware,
software and services that power the Internet and allow companies
worldwide to ".com" their businesses. With $12.4 billion in annual
revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World
Wide Web at sun.com.
About Brooktrout Technology Brooktrout Technology, a Brooktrout Company
provides enabling technologies for customers to deliver voice, fax and
data solutions for the electronic communications market. Brooktrout
Technology's high performance, high quality products include voice,
fax, remote access and WAN access cards, application development tools
and voice systems. For more information visit
brooktrout.com.
About Brooktrout, Inc. Brooktrout, headquartered in Needham, Mass., is
a worldwide supplier of electronic communications products. Through its
multiple companies and divisions, Brooktrout, Inc.'s mission is to
provide high performance, high quality electronic communications
products to system vendors, service providers and VARs dependent on
electronic information exchange. Brooktrout is traded publicly on
NASDAQ under the symbol BRKT. For more information, visit
brooktroutinc.com.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris and The Network Is The
Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems,
Inc. in the United States and other countries. All SPARC trademarks are
used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC
international, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products
bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
For more Information about Brooktrout Technology and its products, call
888-248-5401 or visit brooktrout.com
SOURCE Brooktrout Technology
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