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E: A European Backbone Takes Shape INTE OPERABILITY EBO TE T 0 I parti ipate. Th key to EB NE i very carefully worded memorandum of under tand- ing-wording that w offen ive to the Ie t number of people. Afraid of upsetting the PTT ? M ke ure t call this "value- added networ ." What about the I 0 camp? Mak it an "open, val- u dded network." Th Trans- m' ion ontr I Pf t I people? Make it an "open, multiprotocol, value- dded netw rk." ventu 1- Iy, the volun- tary 011 or- tium will g aw y in f: vr of me pro- fe ional group that will run a Eu- ropean b bone. M whit , each of the participant agre to contributc omething. For som gr ups, e . ting line- r reallocated that all ENE traffIC ov r them. ther organiza giv pc pi , routers or nctW rk m n gemcnt. Ell NE i a OIK.'-ycar v lun- tary effi rt. At the t-nd f n 'xt yt'ar, aU the f rc 0 back t the riginal org nization. Maybe Ell NEwill be extended fi r 1993, but maybe a fonnal organi- zati n wiU be in place by then. For 1992, tit. ther will be a functioning backbone. our points-on in the north, ne in the south and two in central Eu- rope-arc the EBONE hubs. Two links to the United t te pr vi tTong Inten :t COfU1t.'Ctivi- ty. Tail circui coni v rious r - gi llal y tem. The remainin qucs . n . how many met..'tin p rti . pan n corwin e their man gemc..-nt to kt them i'n up. EB NE hows that users can c ntr I their nctw rks. It i nt ry to wait for ovemmcnt to act. Whil not a perm nent solu- tion, it' certainly nc mod I of tarting infrastructure. Ideally, of course, B N w uld have been tarted with the help f thc European 'ommi i n. Like the U. . N . uI . da' , it could have rted the frort, then ught a way to m ke it 'If- u taining. But whc..-n ov- emmt. ..n become p ral yzed, tht.TC i till th . pas ibility fi r individu Is t c Iltrol their own d tinies. ('0 "I(' TIO I';I';K ARL MALAMUD. TIi Alff)1 R X K • HA JU iT HAD PU8USH . A K: INTER P RABIUTY IN T OMPUTER N WORK' (PR NTI HALL. IWI). H VIEWS EXI'R '0 AR HI OWN. abl is the wide vari ty of orga- nizations repr ented in thi vo- luntary consortium. More than 3S groups wer pr ent at the Zoo, including th CERN phys- ics laboratory in Gen va, veral tel communications authoriti , universiti , regional netWor and even IBM. Not all of th will rily Sprint. Mad for Ke s Negg r ,an mploye of Surfuet, the r gional n twork for plac like the Netherlands and B Igium. Kees work d with group such as EUnet, which has comm rcial link to the United States, and Nordunet, which is th r gional network for th Scandinavian countri . What makes EBONE remark- technologies. Virtual or dedicated configurations. And real f1 xibility for future growth. If you'd lik to know more, call us at 1-800-800-1522. We'll have detailed infor- mation in your fax machin in minut s. And w '11 show you the right way to conn ct IBM sy terns. On a net- w rk that was literally mad for them. I waiting for Godot. The Europe- an Commission, with its mon- ey, seemed a likely place to get a pan-European network. The European Commission spawned lots but its focus on X.25 and Open Syst ms intercon- nection to the dusion of other protocols paralyzed it. The EBONE effort w led by The Sprint· network. It has 100% digital switches. And 100% fiber optic trans- mission.Nationwide. And from th very beginning, it was made to send data. Especially data that comes in large blue blocks. Because we have solutions for networking every- thing from mainframes to mid-range syst ms to LANs. Including SNA back- bon , peer-to-peer networks, and remot -to-host conn ctivity. We also give you circuit switch d, packet switched, or private line AM TERDAM. NETHERLANDs-On Oct. 30, at the Tiger Room of the Amsterdam Zoo, history took place. A group of European net- works, users and computer com- panies got together and decided that they would pool their reo- sam and form a European backbone. For years, Europe has been
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parti ipate. Th key to EB NEi very carefully wordedmemorandum of under tanding-wording that w offen iveto the Ie t number of people.
Afraid of upsetting the PTT ?M ke ure t call this "valueadded networ ." What about theI 0 camp? Mak it an "open, valu dded network." Th Transm' ion ontr I Pf t I people?Make it an "open, multiprotocol,value- dded netw rk."
ventu 1Iy, the voluntary 011 ortium will gaw y in f: v rof me profe ionalgroup thatwill run a European bbone. M
whit , each of the participantagre to contributc omething.
For som gr ups, e . ting line-r reallocated that all ENE
traffIC ov r them. therorganiza giv pc pi , routersor nctW rk m n gemcnt.
Ell NE i a OIK.'-ycar v luntary effi rt. At the t-nd f n 'xt yt'ar,aU the f rc 0 back t the
riginal org nization. MaybeEll NEwill be extended fi r1993, but maybe a fonnal organizati n wiU be in place by then.
For 1992, tit. ther will be afunctioning backbone. ourpoints-on in the north, ne inthe south and two in central Europe-arc the EBONE hubs.
Two links to the United t tepr vi tTong Inten :t COfU1t.'Ctivity. Tail circui coni v rious r gi llal y tem. The remaininqucs . n . how many met..'tinp rti .pan n corwin e theirman gemc..-nt to kt them i'n up.
EB NE hows that users canc ntr I their nctw rks. It i n t
ry to wait for ovemmcntto act. Whil not a perm nent solution, it' certainly nc mod I oftarting infrastructure.
Ideally, of course, B Nw uld have been tarted with thehelp f thc European 'ommi i n.Like the U. . N . uI .
da' , it could have rted thefrort, then ught a way to m ke
it 'If- u taining. But whc..-n ovemmt...n become p ralyzed, tht.TCi till th . pas ibility fi r individu Ist c Iltrol their own d tinies.
('0 "I(' TIO I';I';K
ARL MALAMUD. TIi Alff)1 R
X K • HA JU iT HAD PU8USH
. A K : INTER P RABIUTY IN TOMPUTER N WORK'
(PR NTI HALL. IWI). H VIEWS
EXI'R '0 AR HI OWN.
abl is the wide vari ty of organizations repr ented in thi voluntary consortium. More than3S groups wer pr ent at theZoo, including th CERN physics laboratory in Gen va, veraltel communications authoriti ,universiti , regional netWorand even IBM.
Not all of th will rily
Sprint.Mad for data~
Ke s Negg r ,an mploye ofSurfuet, the r gional n tworkfor plac like the Netherlandsand B Igium. Kees work d withgroup such as EUnet, whichhas comm rcial link to theUnited States, and Nordunet,which is th r gional networkfor th Scandinavian countri .
What makes EBONE remark-
technologies. Virtual ordedicated configurations.And real f1 xibility forfuture growth.
If you'd lik to knowmore, call us at 1-800-800-1522.We'll have detailed information in your fax machin
in minut s. And w '11 show you the rightway to conn ct IBM sy terns. On a netw rk that was literally mad for them.
I
waiting for Godot. The European Commission, with its money, seemed a likely place to geta pan-European network. TheEuropean Commission spawnedlots of~, but its focus onX.25 and Open Syst ms interconnection to the dusion of otherprotocols paralyzed it.
The EBONE effort w led by
The Sprint· network.It has 100% digital switches.And 100% fiber optic transmission. Nationwide. Andfrom th very beginning, itwas made to send data.
Especially data that comesin large blue blocks. Becausewe have solutions for networking everything from mainframes to mid-rangesyst ms to LANs. Including SNA backbon , peer-to-peer networks, andremot -to-host conn ctivity.
We also give you circuit switch d,packet switched, or private line
AM TERDAM. NETHERLANDs-On
Oct. 30, at the Tiger Room oftheAmsterdam Zoo, history tookplace. A group of European networks, users and computer companies got together and decidedthat they would pool their reosam and form a Europeanbackbone.
For years, Europe has been
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