Nineteen communications systems and equipment vendors used the InterOp ’89 show to proclaim their support for Sun Microsystems Inc’s SunNet Manager, a network management system for multi-vendor, distributed computing environments that the workstation manufacturer hopes will become an industry standard (CI No 1,275). Those supporting SunNET Manager at the InterOp show with new products include: BICC Data Networks, which introduced a SunNET interface to 802.1; Brixton Systems, which introduced a SunNet interface to IBM’s NetView; Communications Machinery Co, with an interface to SNMP; Computer Network Technology, which promised to integrate SunNet into its ChannelLink high-speed extended networking products; and Independence Technologies Inc, which promised to use SunNet Manager to monitor hardware and software elements in its transaction processing systems. Others voicing support for the new Sun schema include Cabletron, Canaster, Cisco Systems, Comdisco Systems, Concord Communications Inc, FiberCom Inc, Make Systems Inc, Netlabs Inc, Network General Corp, Network Research Corp, Raycom Systems Inc, SynOptics Communications Inc, Wellfleet Communications Inc and Xylogics Inc.
