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Mier Conference: Integrated Access
MIERComm, based on Princeton-Hightstown Road, is holding
two weeks of workshops and testing sessions for vendors of integrated
access devices (IADs), now through September 8 at the National
Conference
Center at Exit 8A. These first-of-their-kind events bring together
industry leaders to perform interoperability and comparative
performance
analyses. For information, call 609-275-7311, extension 18.
“An integrated access device is one that brings together or
integrates
the most important forms of Internet traffic in use today, i.e. voice,
video, and data so that this may be transmitted along the same
connection
or channel, saving time, temper, and smoothing out the bumps in the
all-important bottom line,” says Martin Milner, client
services
manager.
Representatives from Princeton University, the University of
Pittsburgh
and NJIT have been invited, and — though the event is
theoretically
not a public one — interested persons would not be turned away.
“MIERComms is keen to foster links with educational establishments
and to train the country’s young people in the technologies of
tomorrow,”
says Milner. Founded in 1988, MIERComms is an independent networking
consultancy and product-test center that pioneered the comparative
assessment of networking hardware and software.
After initial analysis, vendors may choose to have their device
thoroughly
examined, the results to be published in the Business Communications
Review (www.mier.com/publications). Workshops through Friday,
September
1, are for vendors who have an IAD with a TDM (time division
multiplexing)
focus. Those from Tuesday to Friday, September 5 to 8, are for those
who primarily use ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) as their access
mechanism.
Among the California-based visiting companies are Mariposa
Technologies,
Verilink, Vina Technologies, Mariner Networks, Coastam, and Sonoma
Systems, plus NexTone Communications of Maryland, Pennsylvania-based
Marconi, and Adtran from Alabama.
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