Gigabit Ethernet Alliance Assembles Largest Exhibition of Gigabit
Ethernet Products Ever at NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas
08:05 a.m. May 05, 1998 Eastern
Over 80 Gigabit Ethernet Products from 28 Vendors on Display at
Alliance's NetWorld+Interop Booth; NetWorld+Interop Show Attendees Get
An Eye-Full of The Show's Hottest Technology - Gigabit Ethernet
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 1998-- The Gigabit Ethernet
Alliance today announced that it has assembled the largest and most
diverse exhibition of Gigabit Ethernet products ever in its booth at
the NetWorld+Interop show in Las Vegas, Nevada this week. The collection includes
over 80 products representing 28 vendor companies. Attendees can see new
products as well as second and third generation products representing all product
categories including: Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches, routers, full-duplex repeaters,
network interface cards (NICs), network test equipment, optics and IC
components, and network management products.
The Alliance will also be hosting a Quick Hit Session entitled "Preparing for Gigabit
Ethernet" on Wednesday, May 6th from 6:00 - 7:30pm. It will also host a
Birds-of-a-Feather Session on Wednesday from 8:00 - 10:00pm entitled "Out of the
Lab and Onto the Network." Both sessions will be held at the Las Vegas Hilton
hotel.
"The sheer volume of products being exhibited illustrates the tremendous depth and
breadth of Gigabit Ethernet products available today," commented Tony Lee,
Chairman of the Gigabit Ethernet Alliance and Product Line Manager at Extreme
Networks. "The Alliance's comprehensive display of equipment from all product
categories offers end users the luxury of choice in product selection and
demonstrates the stability of the draft standard."
In its booth, number 2565 in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center,
the Gigabit Ethernet Alliance has built a plug and play technology demonstration.
The booth network is connected to the Gigabit Ethernet InteropNet backbone and
the VendorNet, which provides connectivity for the entire show. These connections
serve as proof points of the technology's interoperability, its ability to support
mission-critical applications and of the maturity of its products.
The market is reporting widespread adoption of the technology by corporate
networks worldwide. A broad selection of industries are embracing Gigabit
Ethernet and realizing tremendous results. Industries include: biotechnology,
education, entertainment, healthcare, imaging, publishing, technology manufacturing,
utilities and energy, to name a few. Over 15 customers of member companies have
come forward to share their praise of the technology and share their results.
"End users are now deploying Gigabit Ethernet in their networks with confidence,"
explained Lee. "The products in the market prove that the technology is stable,
interoperable and ready to make a difference in today's networks. Our member
companies have the product offerings and customers to prove it."
Member companies exhibiting product at the Alliance's booth are: 3Com, Acacia
Networks, Alteon Networks, Applied Micro Circuits Corp., AMP, Inc., Bay
Networks, Cabletron Systems, Cielo Communications, Inc., Compaq Computer
Corp., Corning, Inc., Extreme Networks, Foundry Networks, Hewlett Packard,
Intel, Jato Technologies, Inc., Lucent Technologies, LANNET, Netcom Systems,
Network Appliance, Network Peripherals, Optical Data Systems Networks, Packet
Engines, Performance Technologies, Inc., SEEQ Technology, Sun Microsystems,
Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., XaQti Corp., and XLNT.
The Gigabit Ethernet Alliance was organized around common objectives that
support the Gigabit Ethernet standards activities. This multi-vendor effort is
committed to providing customers with open, cost-effective and interoperable
Gigabit Ethernet solutions. To date, representatives from approximately 120
networking, computer, component and test equipment companies are participating in
the Alliance. The Gigabit Ethernet Alliance headquarters is located in Palo Alto,
Calif. Phone: 408-241-8904, Fax: 408-241-8918, Email:
73530.2267@compuserve.com, Web Site: gigabit-ethernet.org .
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