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- LAGUNA HILLS, CA, April 27, 1992 -- The AdaptSNA LAN Gateway from Network
- Software Associates, Inc. (NSA) was awarded the Tester's Choice Award by
- the editors of Data Communications Magazine in their exhaustive March 21
- st benchmark testing of nine competitive SNA LAN-to-host connectivity
- gateways.
-
- "This award is a significant endorsement," said Data Communications
- Publisher Laurence Altman. "Our readers respect the Tester's Choice logo
- and use the award to help them decide which networking products to buy."
-
- The AdaptSNA LAN Gateway is used on Ethernet, Arcnet and Token-Ring LANs
- running NetBIOS or NetWare IPX/SPX. It gives PC clients access to
- mainframe resources using the 3270, LU6.2/APPC, 3770/RJE and LU0
- protocols. The gateway includes the NSA Network Manager which allows
- NetWare file services to be monitored and controlled remotely via IBM's
- NetView network management system.
-
- In presenting the Tester's Choice Award, Data Communications editors stated
- that "NSA alone, among the vendors tested, supports NetView remote
- operators...The NetView operator can both shut down and reboot the
- gateway, as well as run diagnostic routines to debug network problems.
- Further, NSA's Network Manager makes it possible to monitor up to 100
- NetWare file servers."
-
- The editors also wrote that "SNA connectivity pioneer NSA...has
- consistently offered the most diverse and flexible line of SNA
- emulators."
-
- "We are honored to receive this prestigious endorsement, said NSA Director
- of Product Marketing Russ Hertzberg. "We feel it validates what our
- customers have been saying about our powerful and flexible gateway
- solutions."
-
- The testing was conducted at Virtual System's Interlab, which supplies
- product testing to the networking industry.
-
- Founded in 1980, Network Software Associates develops, markets and supports
- a wide range of PC connectivity products for IBM networking environments.
- The company is headquartered at 39 Argonaut, Laguna Hills, CA 92656.
- Phone: (714) 768-4013 or (800) 352-3270. Federal Systems Division: (703)
- 875-0444
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