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Immediate Release
MOTOROLA EXPANDS OEM AGREEMENT WITH ZNYX NETWORKS TO INCLUDE EMBEDDED SWITCHES
Fremont, Calif., September 11, 2001 - ZNYX Networks,
the leading global provider of embedded high availability CarrierClass™
networking solutions, today announced that Motorola Computer Group, a part
of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT),has extended its existing OEM agreement to include
ZNYX Networks next generation of embedded CompactPCI® switches.
The agreement covers a broad range of embedded Ethernet
products: switches, adapters and PMC/PIM modules for CompactPCI chassis plus
LAN cards for the PCI bus. As part of the agreement, the OEM’ed products
will carry Motorola brand customizations, receive Motorola part numbers and
be sold through Motorola product catalogs. Some of these products have been
jointly engineered to contain special features or configurations unique to
Motorola Computer Group.
“The expansion of our strategic OEM relationship with
Motorola to include our embedded networking technology for their next generation
telecom products is a natural extension of our long-standing eight-year relationship,”
said Connie Austin, CEO of ZNYX Networks. “This stands as a testament
to the marketing success of the products OEM’ed over the prior years.”
The OEM extension includes the next generation of ZNYX
embedded switches – ZX4300P and ZX4500 with OpenArchitect™. The
ZX4300P supports both the new CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane standard
(PICMG 2.16) and the standard CompactPCI chassis. This switch provides unmanaged
layer-2 packet routing for Motorola’s chassis. The onboard silicon switch
fabric delivers full line-rate switching between application node cards within
a chassis and to external Ethernet connections.
The ZX4500 with OpenArchitect is an extensible managed-switch
for the CompactPCI chassis. It combines the performance of a silicon-based
switching fabric with the flexibility of software-managed routing policies.
This switch provides Motorola’s CPX8200 family with layer 2-to-7 IP routing
for 24 Fast Ethernet ports and dual Gigabit Fiber Ethernet ports. The ZX4500
provides a transition solution for VARs and integrators to migrate from the
PCI bus to Ethernet communication between node cards.
The OpenArchitect environment provides system architects
access to a broad range of “out-of-the-box” routing protocols, such
as Spanning tree, VLAN, OSPF, VRRP and QoS, to establish switching policies
for their applications. Integrators can easily implement additional routing
policies to meet the unique requirements of their applications. Thus, the
OpenArchitect environment provides Motorola’s system developers with
the tools to build value-added solutions.
Additional products covered in the extended OEM agreement
include embedded networking products based on the PCI bus. CompactPCI adapters
and PMC/PIM cards provide carrier class network interface functionality for
CompactPCI chassis. These provide both blade and PMC form factors.
“Our priority is to give our customers flexible and
scaleable CarrierClass system-level networking to meet all of their packet
needs,” said Alan Deikman, CTO of ZNYX Networks. “ZNYX’s switches,
blades and modules OEM’ed by Motorola provide the design, high performance
and flexibility desired by the manufacturers and system integrators serviced
by Motorola.”
About ZNYX Networks
ZNYX Networks is the leading global provider of high availability
CarrierClass™ networking solutions to equipment manufacturers requiring
next-generation products with high-availability, high-performance, and strict
compliance to telecommunications standards. The ZNYX Networks family of products
and services provide design engineers with pre-built and pre-tested embedded
network and switch solutions that allow significant “time to market”
advantages. Combined with the OpenArchitect switching application platform
and support for CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane, equipment manufacturers
now have a flexible and powerful design environment.
ZNYX Networks family of CarrierClass networking and switching
products are used in next-generation architectures and applications including
wireline/wireless, central office, terabit routers, airborne network services,
Voice-over-IP gateways, video media gateways, and firewall VPN products.
Privately held, ZNYX Networks is headquartered in Fremont,
CA and has advanced research centers in Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Ottawa,
Canada. Sales and professional service offices are located throughout North
America, Europe and Asia. For further information log-on to www.znyx.com or
e-mail sales@znyx.com.
About Motorola
Motorola Computer Group is a business unit of the Motorola
Integrated Electronic Systems Sector (IESS). It is the world's leading supplier
of embedded computing platforms for equipment manufacturers in telecommunications,
network storage, imaging, medical equipment and semiconductor production and
test equipment industries. Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a global leader in
providing integrated communications solutions and embedded electronic solutions.
Sales in 2000 were $37.6 billion. www.motorola.com
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