LAN bridge augurs well; radio is a winner for California database giant Oracle.

From: Communications News | Date: April 1, 1990 | Copyright information

Relational data base management system vendor Oracle Corp acquires short-haul microwave technology to provide a 10M-bit/sec Ethernet local area network (LAN) bridge from the firm's Belmont, CA, headquarters to a new 12-story building three miles away. Oracle Communications Dir Tony Chance selected a Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) Metrowave Bridge which was installed by DEC subcontractor Pacific Communications. The Metrowave Bridge consists of DEC Ethernet hardware and a M/A-COM Inc (Chelmsford, MA) 23GHz microwave radio system. The DEC hardware includes a DEC LAN Bridge 100 and a DEC microwave ...

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