From: "Andrew Sprung" <andrew@sprungpr.com>
To: <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Coyote Point to add WAP support to load balancer
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 12:33:51 -0400

www.coyotepoint.com
From: Andrew Sprung/212-721-3495

Attached below is news of Coyote Point Systems' release of
Equalizer 5.0, a UDP-enabled version of its load balancing appliance that
will work with WAP devices and serverless storage devices.

Relevance to Linux: Equalizer works with any server hardware, OS or
software, and Coyote Point's Open Source roots (Equalizer is based on
FreeBSD) have made the product especially popular among Linux and BSD users.
Equalizer's functionaltiy can be easily customized by scripting and access
to the command line interface.
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For release on or after: 10/25/00
Coyote Point Adds WAP and Storage Appliance Support to Equalizer 5.0

Santa Clara, CA (Oct. 25, 2000) -- Coyote Point Systems, Inc., the
price/performance leader in Internet traffic management technology, will
unveil a UDP-enabled upgrade of Equalizer, an intelligent load balancing
appliance, at Internet World 2000, Oct. 25-27 at the Javits Convention
Center in New York City, Booth 4141.

Equalizer 5.0, shipping in November, will provide failover and
high-availability for WAP devices and network-attached storage devices.
Coyote Point is partnering with wireless hardware and software vendor
Infinite Technologies to develop a complete WAP server clustering solution,
and with serverless storage software vendor CrosStor to develop advanced
high availability functions for network-attached storage devices.

Equalizer 5.0 will also feature a revamped user interface, enhancing the
ease of use of Coyote Point's industry-leading reporting features included
in the base price of every Equalizer -- a browser-based, real-time display
of server and cluster performance.  In December, Coyote Point will offer a
gigabit interface option on a new high-end model, Equalizer 550, enabling
bandwidth at up to 1,000,000 megabits.

High Availability for WAP Sites

Allan Carter, Vice President of Marketing for Infinite Technologies, said,
"The demand for more advanced high availability and high performance
products such as Equalizer 5.0 indicates just how serious customers are
about building reliable WAP infrastructure. This is further evidence that
WAP adoption is expanding.  We look forward to working with Coyote Point to
meet our customers' needs for effective WAP traffic management."

Pioneering UDP Load Balancing

"In the past three years, load balancing has been a major factor in Web
companies' ability to set new performance standards even as Web traffic
increased geometrically," said Bill Kish, Coyote Point's CTO.  "As a company
that helped pioneer load balancing technology, Coyote Point is proud to be
at the forefront of the drive to develop equally high performance standards
on the emerging wireless Web. In the next five years, as tens of millions of
people are introduced to the Web through wireless devices, Coyote Point will
again be blazing the high availability trail."

Serverless Storage Devices

Coyote Point is collaborating with CrosStor on a high-availability version
of CrosStor's serverless storage appliance software, CrosStor NAS. CrosStor
NAS consolidates and simplifies network storage by moving complex storage
operations off the server. Jeff Helthall, VP of Sales and Marketing at
CrosStor, explained, "With enterprise storage requirements doubling yearly,
NAS appliances must support high availability, scalability and a greater
level of reliability for mission-critical business enterprises, regardless
of size. We are pleased to be working with Coyote Point as we advance our
high-availability solutions."

About Coyote Point Systems, Inc.

Coyote Point Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of server management
devices for enabling scalable, highly?available server clusters.  Recognized
for intuitive configuration and low maintenance, price/performance and
superior trending analysis, Coyote Point's Equalizer ensures fast
connections and fail?safe 24x7 access to web sites and other critical
Internet and intranet applications. Coyote Point solutions support all
Internet protocols and accommodate all operating systems.   The company is
headquartered in Santa Clara, CA and can be contacted directly at
650-969-6000 or on the web at http://www.coyotepoint.com

About CrosStor

CrosStor provides the intelligence behind serverless storage. CrosStor's OEM
software helps hardware manufacturers build products-including NAS and
intelligent SAN devices-to meet the increasing demand for mission-critical,
high-performance storage appliances that are independent of enterprise
servers. With enterprise storage requirements doubling yearly, OEMs use
CrosStor's modular, storage-centric operating system to rapidly create
customized, high-availability storage solutions and speed time to market.
CrosStor was founded in 1990 by former Bell Labs engineers and is privately
held. The company is headquartered in South Plainfield, NJ and can be
contacted at 908-226-0100 or by visiting its Web site at
http://www.crosstor.com. CrosStor NAS and CrosStor SAN are trademarks of
CrosStor Software, Inc.

About Infinite Technologies

Since 1991, Infinite Technologies, Inc., based in Owings Mills, MD, has
worked to enrich basic network communication by offering a variety of
enterprise messaging solutions. Infinite is aggressively expanding its
presence in the WAP market. Infinite InterChange is the most powerful e-mail
solution available for WAP compatible mobile phones and devices. Infinite
InterChange extends the reach of both corporate e-mail systems and ISP
e-mail systems to these mobile devices. Additional information is available
at www.InfiniteMail.com/wap