AT&T
LAUNCHES APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER PLATFORM
AT&T
announced new network services, intelligent content distribution, and data
storage facilities aimed at the coming wave of Application Services
Providers (ASPs). The new
services will leverage AT&T's existing OC-48/OC-192 IP backbone and
forthcoming Internet Data Centers. The
company plans to open 26 new facilities for its hosting and co-location
services. AT&T will also
commit about $250 million in infrastructure investments to launch and grow
this new "Ecosystem for ASPs."
The content distribution service will use caching and optimal
server selection technology from AT&T Labs, InfoLibria, Inktomi and
Novell. The Enterprise
Storage Services, which will be delivered in conjunction with
StorageNetworks , will use EMC's storage systems.
http://www.ipservices.att.com/announce/index.html
AT&T, January 27, 2000
STORAGENETWORKS
RECEIVES $103 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING
StorageNetworks,
a start-up planning to serve as a metropolitan utility for high-capacity
data storage services, raised $103 million in a third round of venture
funding led by Dell Computer and Global Crossing.
StorageNetworks has now raised a total of $205 million to build its
own Storage Points-Of-Presence (S-POP) data centers and within top-tier
hosting service provider facilities.
Services
include primary data storage, back-up and restore, and real time data
replication delivered using
Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, and ESCON running over private fiber.
StorageNetworks will provide the "Disk-on-Demand"
services for Global Crossing's new GlobalCenter service targeted at
e-Businesses. http://www.storagenetworks.com
StorageNetworks,
January 27, 2000
Last
October, StorageNetworks signed a 20-year dark fiber lease agreement with
Metromedia Fiber Network.
EMC
QUALIFIES FINISAR FOR FIBRE CHANNEL CONNECTIONS UP TO 40 KM
EMC
Corporation qualified Finisar's FLX-2000 Fibre Channel Link Extender for
host-to-storage links of up to 40 km.
Finisar's Fibre Channel Link Extender offers status monitoring,
link diagnostics and alarms. http://www.finisar.com
Finisar, January 27, 2000
CABLE
& WIRELESS TIGHTENS ITS INTERNET SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS
Cable
& Wireless announced new service level agreements (SLA) for the
dedicated Internet access services it provides at rates 56 Kbps to OC-12.
The new guarantees consists of the following:
Cable
& Wireless' real time stats are online at http://traffic.cwusa.com/
Cable
& Wireless, January 27, 2000
WI-LAN
DEMONSTRATES W-OFDM TECHNOLOGY FOR 30 MBPS MOBILE WIRELESS
Wi-LAN
Inc. announced a mobile application of W-OFDM (Wideband Orthogonal
Frequency Division Multiplexing) technology delivering up to 30 Mbps to
mobile devices. The
demonstration, which was conducted with the California State Department of
Transportation (Caltrans), used Wi-LAN's W-OFDM access devices for video
streaming and file transfers at 30 Mbps between a traffic cabinet and a
vehicle moving at highway speed. W-OFDM
effectively permits several independent channels to operate within the
same band allowing multipoint networks and point-to-point backbone systems
to be overlaid on one another in the same frequency band.
Wi-LAN is based in Calgary, Alberta (Canada).
http://www.wi-lan.com/news/press/press77.html
Wi-LAN Inc., January 27, 2000
SILICON
WAVE RAISES $35 MILLION FOR BLUETOOTH HOME WIRELESS NETWORKS
Silicon
Wave, a start-up based in San Diego, raised $35 million in third round
founding from Intel, Seligman, TDK and Velocity Capital Management, as
well as existing investors Sevin Rosen Funds, Ampersand Ventures, Signal
Lake Ventures, The Benaroya Company and Japan Asia Investment.
The company develops RF systems-on-chip solutions, including a
recently announced Radio Modem IC designed for Bluetooth applications. The
chip contains a fully integrated radio, modem and synthesizer.
It functions as a radio peripheral device and connects to a
separate CMOS digital controller that implements the high-speed data
control functions of the Bluetooth MAC layer.
The company has also announced a Cable Tuner IC for cable modem and
cable set-top boxes. http://www.siliconwave.com/
Silicon Wave, January 27, 2000
Bluetooth
supports a data rate of 1 Mbps over short distances using the unlicensed
2.4 GHz band. The Official
Bluetooth Website is http://www.bluetooth.com/
LSI
LOGIC FORMS $50 MILLION VENTURE FUND FOR COMMUNICATIONS START-UPS
LSI
Logic has formed a $50 million venture fund to invest in promising
start-ups in the communications field.
Targeted applications include wireless, networking, broadband, and
Internet infrastructure. http://www.lsilogic.com/
LSI Logic, January 27, 2000
