Press Releases for New Products
May 2001

Keyspan Ships USB 4-Port Serial Adapter for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS

Keyspan, a provider of USB connectivity products, is now shipping its new USB 4-port Serial Adapter. According to the company, the Keyspan USB 4-Port Serial Adapter allows four serial devices to be connected to a single USB port. Each of its male DB9 ports allows connection to RS-232 serial devices at data rates up to 960 Kbps. In addition to supporting Linux 2.4, the Keyspan USB 4-Port Serial Adapter can also be used on the Windows 98, Windows ME, and Windows 2000 platforms, as well as with Mac OS 8.6 or higher. Support for Mac OS X will be available in the third quarter.

This new adapter is targeted to enterprise and industrial market segments. It is an option for connecting serial devices needed in laboratory, manufacturing, and retail settings for Point of Sale (POS), process control, or data retrieval applications. Distributed by Ingram Micro and Tech Data, the adapter has a suggested retail price of $149.

For more information, contact: Keyspan, 3095 Richmond Parkway, #207, Richmond, CA 94806; Phone: (510) 222-0131; Fax: (510) 222-0323; Internet: info@keyspan.com; WWW: http://www.keyspan.com.

Connexx Announces SANavigator 1.5

Connex, a developer of Storage Area Network (SAN) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions, announced the availability of SANavigator version 1.5. According to the company, this new version of the vendor- and platform-independent SAN management application is a comprehensive solution that supports the Storage Network Industry Association (SNIA) Host Bus Adapter (HBA) API for in-band discovery. In addition to using this feature to provide key management, version 1.5