STORAGE AREA NETWORKS COMBINES FIBRE CHANNEL, SCSI, ATM AND GIGABIT ETHERNET
Storage Area Networks Limited, a start-up based in Cambridge (UK), announced a second-generation SAN gateway providing very high performance switching between Fibre Channel, SCSI, ATM and Gigabit Ethernet. The switch allows full Fibre Channel and SCSI connectivity, over any distance, across ATM or Gigabit Ethernet connections that are transparent to the user.  This allows host computers (servers etc.) to connect to remote storage devices (disk, tape etc.) via Fibre Channel or SCSI interfaces.  SAN's second-generation box supports 155 Mbps or 622 Mbps ATM connections, Fibre Channel (FC-AL) connections, Ultra 2 SCSI connections (transfer rates up to 80MB/s) with support for single-ended, differential (HVD) and LVD SCSI buses, Gigabit Ethernet IP connections, and a 10/100Mbit Ethernet connection for unit management.  Product availability is expected in January 2000 from around $15,000 per unit.  Storage Area Networks Ltd was formed by the founders of K-NET Ltd, a leading ATM network integrator in the UK, and i-cubed Ltd.  http://www.san.com/
Storage Area Networks, November 2, 1999

TI BOOKS $1.5 BILLION IN DSP DESIGN WINS
Since its digital signal processing (DSP) platform launch in February 1997, Texas Instruments has been chosen as the processor solution in $1.5 billion worth of design ins for wireless, networking and telecommunications applications.  TI said currently eight of the top 10 wireless communications equipment manufacturers are designing its C6000 DSP platform into their 3G wireless base stations.   http://www.ti.com
Texas Instruments, October 29, 1999

ITXC DOUBLES ITS IP TELEPHONY HUB CAPACITY, ADDS SS7 AND ISDN SUPPORT
ITXC Corp, a tier 1 carrier of Internet telephony traffic, announced support for SS7 and ISDN at its switching hubs in New York City and Los Angeles.  The implementation of SS7 enables ITXC's network to support advanced features of the PSTN, as well as reduce the time it takes to complete calls and to increase its call completion percentages.  ITXC has also increased capacity at its New York hub by 150% and by 200% at its Los Angeles hub.  The IP telephony network can now handle 4,800 simultaneous calls in New York and 2,880 in Los Angeles.  During Q3, the company carried 42.5 million minutes of traffic over its ITXC.net, up 73% over the 24.5 million minutes carried during the quarter ended June 30, 1999.  IXTC's network includes 120 IP PoPs in 75 cities and 37 countries.  So far, the company has announced key agreements with Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, China Telecom, GTS, Japan Telecom and Korea Telecom among others.  http://www.itxc.com/
ITXC Corp, October 29, 1999

AKAMAI MAKES IPO DEBUT
Akamai Technologies made its initial public offering debut (Nasdaq: AKAM), rising 458% to close at 145 3/16s on Friday (29-Oct-99).  The company had priced 9.0 million shares at $26.  Akamai currently has over 1,475 servers deployed in 24 countries across 55 telecommunications networks.  The company provides a global Internet content delivery service that improves Web site speed and optimizes delivery for multimedia. Researchers at MIT's Computer Science Laboratory founded Akamai in 1998.  The company played a crucial role in last month's NetAid charity benefit concert.  In August, Cisco Systems made a $49 million investment in Akamai, representing a 4% equity in the company.  Akamai is based in Cambridge, Mass. http://www.akamai.com
ATM News Digest, October 29, 1999

TELLABS ACQUIRES VOIP ASSETS OF DSP SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
Tellabs will acquire select voice-over-IP assets from DSP Software Engineering, a Bedford, Mass.-based developer of digital signal processing software, for $35 million in cash.  Tellabs said it would integrate the software into its AN2100 Gateway Exchange system, a next-generation switching system that consolidates circuit-switched and variable bit rate data services over a single, broadband network.  The component algorithms would be used with the AN2100 system to deliver voice over IP backbones.    http://www.tellabs.com/news/99news/nr102999.shtml /
Tellabs, October 29, 1999

TURNSTONE AND SUNRISE PROVIDE INTEROPERABLE DSL TEST UNITS
Sunrise Telecom of San Jose, California is offering xDSL Hand-Held Sets that are interoperable with Turnstone Systems' central office DSL line testing platform.  Turnstone's Copper CrossConnect CX100 currently supports single-ended testing, enabling service providers to perform loop qualification and testing through software, without involving field technicians.  The Sunrise Telecom handheld test solution enables two-ended field-testing of copper loops.  Once a technician connects a SunSet xDSL device to the loop, the Copper CrossConnect CX100 automatically detects the unit and initiates a sequence of tests in both directions.  http://www.sunrisetelecom.com/  http://www.turnstone.com/
Sunrise Telecom, October 29, 1999