PRESS RELEASE
March 12, 1996
Short-cut to client-server networks

Users planning to migrate from traditional IBM systems to modern client-server environments make up the major target for Telepartner’s new bridging solution. The product provides remote access to a wide range of system platforms via local area networks (LANs).

The company is now releasing version 4.0 of its Remote Vision software, which connects portable and remote desktop PCs to LANs based on either Token-Ring or Ethernet. The platforms supported include Windows NT, LAN Server and UNIX, as well as IBM mainframe and AS/400 systems through emulators. Connectivity options include X.25, direct dialing – also by GSM-data – and ISDN.
Most other network connection solutions on the market are based on hardware/software ”routers” that are purchased in increments of four-eight lines. These units function like switchboards and contain routing tables that are set up by specialists who define the optimum data paths between computers in connected networks.
”But a bridging solution like ours needs no network gurus,” says Aadne Grimsgaard, Telepartner’s International Distributor Manager. ”And its performance equals or exceeds that of routers because of our filters and compression techniques.”
He explains that the product’s various software filters do away with the usual ”handshaking” between nodes and provide their own routing capability. This cancels much of the router technology’s speed advantage over bridging solutions. In addition, the company’s Dyna-Flash data-compression module can improve average performance by up to 70 per cent, according to Mr Grimsgaard.
Remote Vision is an all-software solution that runs on a standard operating system and PC hardware. New functionality can therefore be added without hardware upgrades. Since the system can handle up to 64 simultaneous users, Telepartner claims that this product will be the overall lowest cost solution in very many cases./ins

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Remote users who want a connection to both traditional IBM systems and modern LANs are shown a solution based on Remote Vision Server in this Telepartner view.

For further information see attached list of contact addresses
TELEPARTNER DISTRIBUTORS & AGENTS

Head office
Telepartner International AS
Aadne Grimsgaard
Postboks 316 Skøyen
0212 Oslo
NORWAY
Tel: +47 22 73 09 70
Fax: +47 22 73 13 10

France
GSSDI MicroAge
Valerie Pouchin
98 Avenue du General LeClerc
92100 Boulogne Billancourt
Tel: (+33) 1 46 04 88 91
Fax: (+33) 1 41 10 82 87

Germany
Namic Systems Software GmbH
Wolfgang van Well
Sudwall 6
47798 Krefeld
Tel: (+49) 02151 83790
Fax: (+49) 02151 837979

NCS GmbH
Ralph Necshitsch
Klenzestr 1-3
85737 Ismaning
Tel: (+49) 089 962 4500
Fax: (+49) 089 962 45022

Italy
Programatic Srl
Maurizio Tosti
Viale Milanofiori Pal A4
20090 Assago, Milano
Tel: (+39) 02 825 1026
Fax: (+39) 02 824 1123

Spain
Level Data S.A.
Luis Miguel Fernandez Condocia
Serrano Anguita 10 - 2dcha
28004 Madrid
Tel: (+34) 91 594 11 14
Fax: (+34) 91 594 19 51

The Netherlands
KSI Automatisering b.v.
Paul de Wit
Produktieweg 1
Postbus 105
3400 AC Usslstein
Tel: (+31) 034 08 88 244
Fax: (+31) 034 08 88 671

Switzerland
Datasignal AG
Max Tobler
Glattalstrasse 521
8153 Rumlang
Tel: (+41) 01 818 8585
Fax: (+41) 01 818 8500
Finland
Etäyhteys Pace Oy
Pertti Lantti
Sinikalliontie 3 C
02630 Espoo
Tel: (+358) 90 520500
Fax: (+358) 90 5022 755