Stopping the Competition
Remote Access Products
MAX Family | MAX TNT | GRF Family | Security | Pipeline | Multiband | MultiDSL | Competitor Announcements | Emerging Technologies | GX 550 | Network Management | Performance Tests | Market Share, Trends, Forecasts
The following competitive marketing documents are Ascend Confidential. They are provided as reference materials to aid in effectively positioning Ascend's products in competitive situations.
| MAX TNT |
| Contains analyses, product/price comparisons for the MAX TNT vs. key competitive products: Bay 5399, Cisco AS5200, Nortel Rapport 670 and USR Total Control Hub. |
 Cisco AS5800 Remote Access Concentrator vs. MAX TNT - February 1998 |
| Ascend MAX TNT vs. Bay Networks 5000 MSX w/5399 - November 1997 |
| Ascend MAX TNT - Performance and Scalability - November 1997 |
| Ascend MAX TNT vs. USR Total Control HiPer Access System/Hub |
| Remote Access Concentrators, Comparison Matrix - July 1997 |
| GRF |
| Analyzes competitive gigaswitch/router products and IP switching products as well as comparisons between as comparisons between GRF and conventional routers. |
| Ascend GRF vs. Cisco GSR |
| GRF ATM OC-12 Forwarding Performance - November 1997 |
| GRF Performance Test Results, Tolly Report - July 1997 |
| Competitive Flash Cisco's Gigabit Switch Router - the "GSR" - June 1997 |
| Cisco's "Tag Switch" - November 1996 |
| Selling against the Ipsilon Story - November 1996 |
| Ascend GRF 400 vs. IP Switch ATM 1600 - September 1996 |
| Security |
| Compares Ascend's Secure Access with key competitive products |
| Ascend Access Control vs Shiva's Universal Accessmanager - October 1996 |
| Ascend Access Control Overview - October 1996 |
| Pipeline |
| Comparisons between key competitors and the Pipeline 25-FX/PX, 50, 75, as well as Pipeline 130-specific comparisons. |
| P220 vs. VPNet VSU-1000 and VSU-1010 |
| Pipeline 85 |
| Looking at the Competition, Larribeau Report - June 1997 |
| Pipeline 130 vs. Key Competitors - May 1997 |
| Pipeline 15 - May 1997 |
| Pipeline 25-FX, 25-PX, 50 and 75 Family - May 1997 |
| Multiband |
| Contains comparisons to specific competitive products from key competitors, including Promtus and Madge. |
| Promtus OASIS 1000 and 2000 - January 1997 |
| Madge Networks AccessSwitch 60 - January 1997 |
| MultiDSL |
| Provides an extensive data on DSL products, and Ascend's MultiDSL competitive advantages. |
| Nortel "Internet Thruway" vs. Ascend MAX /MultiDSL Solution - January 1997 |
| MultiDSL - April 1997 |
| Competitor Announcements |
| Indexes Ascend's market alerts that review and respond to competitive press announcements and new product releases. |
| NetSpeed Inc. Competitive Analysis - March 1998 |
| Aptis CVX 1800 Announcement - December 1997 |
| 3Com Introduces SuperStack II Remote Access 3000 Family - December 1997 |
| Cisco Announces the AS5300 |
| Ascend Competitive/Market Bulletin |
| 3Com/USR Adds Its Own Software to USR's Remote Access Product Line, Part II |
| 3Com/USR Announces the Total Control HiPer Access System - July 1997 |
| Cisco Announces Access Path System Competitive Bulletin - June 1997 |
| Competitive Flash Cisco's Gigabit Switch Router - the "GSR" - June 1997 |
| US Robotics' Total Control Performance Evaluation Press Release - May 1997 |
| Emerging Technologies |
| Boardwatch 56K Cover Story: Fact or Fable? - March 1998 |
| Provides Ascend's competitive positioning regarding new technologies. |
| 56K Modems A Reality Check - July 1997 |
| Virtual Private Networks - October 1996 |
| GX 550 |
| GX 550 Competitive Analysis |
| Network Management |
| Contains comparisons to specific competitive products from key competitors. |
| NavisXtend vs. Key Competitors |
| Ascend Network Management vs. Key Competitors - April 1997 |
| Performance Tests |
| Contains the results of Ascend's internal performance testing, and external Test performed by the Tolly Group, as well as Ascend's internal analysis and selling points. |
| The MAX 6000 Tolly Report - March 1998 |
| Ascend MAX TNT - Performance and Scalability - November 1997 |
| GRF Performance Test Results, Tolly Report - July 1997 |
| MAX 4048 Performance Test Results, Tolly Report - July 1997 |
| MAX 4048 Performance with 56K Modems - May 1997 |
| MAX 400X and Key Competitor's Performance Report with UDP Packets - January 1997 |
| MAX 4004 Performance Test Results - October 1996 |
| Market Share, Trends, Forecasts |
| Contains Market Share sell sheets and PowerPoint presentations that demonstrate Ascend Market Share. Also provides powerpoint presentations with current forestes for Ascend's market segments, and the trends that influence these forecasts. |
| Q4 '97 Remote Access Market Share Results - February 1998 |
| Competitive Marketing Information - Training Presentation - December 1997 |
| Q3 '97 Remote Access Market Share Report - November 1997 |
| Q2 97 Remote Access Market Share Report |
| IDC's Latest Market Research Results Confirm Ascend's Continued Market Leadership in 1996- June 1997 |
| Networking Market Trends and Forecasts - May 1997 |
| Remote Access Shipments and Market Share - October 1996 |
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