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Perle Systems Case Study
Perle helps the International Herald
Tribune
handle over three million words a day
JetStream 8500 Serial
Server
"...the product which represented the best price/performance solution..."
Over a century ago, the New York Times established
a European edition of its newspaper in Paris. It became the first truly
international publication. One hundred years on, modern technology
has globalized what is today called the International Herald Tribune
(IHT). Printed in 11 cities and distributed in 164 countries, over
three million words are sent each day to the IHT central computers
in Paris from the four corners of the world.
To link its four commercial centers in Paris, London,
Zurich and New York, the IHT chose an Ethernet Network as the optimal
communications solution. This is supported by a local, fiber-optic
sub-network in Paris, which can handle up to 152 users.
Providing this 152-port configuration are eight, 8-port
Perle Modular Terminal Servers (now called JetStream 8500) and eleven,
8-port Perle Modular Terminal Adapters (MTAs). The reason for choosing
Perle? According to the IHT: "Our choice was for
the product which represented the best price/ performance solution
to meet the International Herald Tribune's requirements. In practice,
the product has exceeded our expectations".
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