LINMOR and Rebel.com Announce Strategic Alliance:
LINMOR to bundle their LINUX-based Network Management System
with Rebel.com's NetWinder to capitalize on the Telco and Internet Service Provider (ISPs) market.
December 10, 1999
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--Rebel.com Inc., a leading supplier of LINUX(r)
and UNIX enterprise solutions, and LINMOR Technologies (CDNX:
LIR), a leading developer of network management systems for
managing the Internet network infrastructure, today announced that
they are working together on a hardware-software network
management system solution that will offer significant savings to
the Telco and Internet Service Provider (ISPs) market.
"We wanted to combine our network management software with a
proven hardware system," said Tom Morocz, vice president of
business development at LINMOR. "Rebel.com's NetWinder offers us
the ultimate solution to bundle and sell our LINUX-based NEBULA
network management system."
LINMOR recently announced that they have ported their entire
NEBULA network management software product line to the LINUX
operating system. Bundling this software with the NetWinder will
allow LINMOR to target the solution to both Telcos and ISPs with a
more cost-effective hardware alternative. This is particularly
important to those Telcos and ISPs who are entering the rapidly
emerging Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and Internet over cable
markets, where the typical network is comprised of millions of
objects that need to be managed. The savings come from the fact
that the Netwinder costs a fraction of what traditional UNIX
systems cost to purchase and maintain, at the same time offering
exceptional performance and reliability. The LINUX solution to be
offered by LINMOR and Rebel.com will now enable carriers to
cost-effectively manage this new breed of very large, complex
networks at a fraction of their current hardware costs.
"Up until now, NEBULA could not be deployed as widely in a
carrier's network as they would have liked due to the high cost of
the UNIX systems required to run the software," said Morocz. "A
LINUX-based solution, particularly on the Netwinder, offers our
customers tremendous hardware cost-savings. By lowering hardware
costs for our customers, they then, in turn, can now afford to use
our software throughout their network."
"We are pleased to be working with LINMOR on this initiative,"
said Michael Mansfield, president of Rebel.com. "LINMOR has a
proven track record in the Telco and ISP markets -- two very key
markets for Rebel.com. Working closely with LINMOR will allow us
increased access to these customer bases with a full solution for
their network management needs.
In addition to utilizing the NetWinder for their network
management solution, LINMOR will also have access to the marketing
and engineering expertise which Rebel.com has demonstrated in the
LINUX marketplace, as well as the substantial reseller channels
they have in place.
"Working with Rebel.com will allow us to tap into their expertise
in the LINUX arena to further penetrate this exciting market,"
said Morocz.
About LINMOR Technologies
LINMOR Technologies (www.LINMOR.com) is a leading developer of
network management systems for managing the Internet network
infrastructure. LINMOR's NEBULA products manage the Internet core
and access networks as well as Internet services such as Virtual
Private Networks (VPNs) and Voice-over-IP (VoIP). NEBULA is
currently installed at some of the leading telecommunications
companies in the world including AT&T and MCI WorldCom. LINMOR
Inc. is publicly traded on the Canadian Venture Exchange (CDNX)
under the symbol LIR.
About Rebel.com
Based in Ottawa, Canada, Rebel.com is a leading manufacturer and
supplier of LINUX-based NetWinder Internet server appliances. The
company was recently named one of Canada's fastest growing
companies by Profit magazine. Available in either compact tabletop
or industrial-strength rackmount formats, the NetWinder product
line includes the NetWinder DM and the recently released NetWinder
OfficeServer. Providing outstanding power, speed and flexibility,
the NetWinder efficiently meets the development, thin-client or
Web serving needs of today's organizations. For more information,
please visit our Web site at www.rebel.com.
The Canadian Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved
the information contained herein. LINMOR, NEBULA and LINMOR logo
are trademarks of LINMOR Technologies. All other trademarks
mentioned in this document are the property of their respective
owners.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
LINMOR Technologies Inc.
Gail Oliver
(613)727-2757 ext.232
E-mail: gail.oliver@LINMOR.com
Web Site: www.LINMOR.com
or
Rebel.com
Nicole Sanford
(613) 788-6008, ext. 6110
E-mail: nicole.sanford@rebel.com |
