Multicasting gathers steam. (support for Internet Protocol multicasting; Tibco ships TibNet) (Company Business and Marketing)

Tibco, a subsidiary of Reuters, is developing a line of Tibnet products that employ 'publish and subscribe' technology to enable IP multicasting. Several companies are supporting Tibnet protocols in their own products. These companies include Sun Microsystems, Informix, Netcom and JavaSoft...

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Published inInformationWeek (Manhasset, N.Y.) no. 609; p. 24
Main Author Janah, Monua
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Manhasset UBM LLC 09.12.1996
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Subjects
Company technology development
Data transmission
Innovations
Internet
Internet Protocol
Internet services
Operating systems
Product development
Product lines
Software upgrading
Standardization
TCP/IP
TCP/IP (Network protocols)
United States > US
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ISSN8750-6874

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Summary:Tibco, a subsidiary of Reuters, is developing a line of Tibnet products that employ 'publish and subscribe' technology to enable IP multicasting. Several companies are supporting Tibnet protocols in their own products. These companies include Sun Microsystems, Informix, Netcom and JavaSoft. Cisco Systems will include the protocols in the next version of its Internetwork Operating System. Multicasting simultaneously sends packets to several IP address in order to conserve bandwidth. The publish and subscribe technology facilitates the sharing of data between applications. Tibco plans to submit the technology to the Internet Engineering Task Force in early 1997 for consideration as an Internet standard.
ISSN:8750-6874