10/100TX and fiber on one card lets managers future-proof networks

Bothell, WA, May 15, 2000 - Allied Telesyn International (www.alliedtelesyn.com), a worldwide leader in simplifying networking for businesses of all sizes, today announced the newest in their line of simple, flexible networking tools - a family of dual-capability LAN adapters that accommodate today’s evolving networks by providing a migration path from legacy copper to new Ethernet and Fast Ethernet fiber networks. The new adapters, Allied Telesyn AT-2450FTX, AT-2700FTX and their all-fiber cousin, the AT-2745FX are available beginning this month.

"Many of Allied Telesyn’s top-selling products have been in the dual-speed and media conversion product lines," said Vince Ricco, Allied Telesyn’s Senior Vice President of Sales. "These products extend the philosophy that drives those sales - real-world network evolution - to the copper/fiber drive that’s underway. Real world networks need flexible solutions, and Allied Telesyn knows that it’s critical for network managers to have the ability to be forward-thinking while maintaining connectivity with legacy equipment."

All of the new high-performance 32-bit PCI 2.2 adapters in this family are PC99-compliant, and support both Wake-on-LAN and ACPI. They come complete with a specialized software package that includes diagnostics, setup application and drivers for all popular operating systems, as well as the Managed Performance Portfolio from AMD, a software package that provides utilities and applications to help network managers get the most from their networks. These easy-to-integrate dual-capability network adapters can go a long way toward improving total system performance and user productivity right away, and their future-proof duality combined with lifetime warranties and free technical support mean they’ll be part of the network for a long time to come.