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Proteon and Motorola Expand Partnership with Software Licensing Agreement

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Proteon, Inc. and Motorola's Information Systems Group (ISG) have expanded their partnership with a new software licensing agreement. Under the terms of the contract, Motorola will license the rights to use new elements of Proteon's transportable OpenROUTE(TM) internetworking software. This agreement also extends an existing cross-licensing agreement between the two companies, whereby Motorola licenses elements of Proteon's internetworking software for integration into its products.

Key Takeaways:

  • Proteon has signed a software licensing agreement with Motorola's Information Systems Group (ISG) to license the rights to use new elements of Proteon's OpenROUTE(TM) internetworking software.
  • This is the third licensing agreement for Proteon in the past six months, following agreements with Digital Equipment Corp. and IBM.
  • OpenROUTE(TM) software suite provides bridging, Open Routing, and Systems Network Architecture (SNA) internetworking services, with more than 300 man-years of development.
  • The software is designed to be interoperable with standards-based network implementations and includes Proteon's Bandwidth Reservation, MOSPF, and DLSw implementations.
  • Proteon's relationship with Motorola dates back to 1992 when Motorola began to integrate Proteon's internetworking products into its comprehensive enterprise connectivity solutions.
  • Proteon's networking and internetworking products are installed in more than 70 percent of the Fortune 100 companies, enabling users to integrate IBM and non-IBM networks using international networking standards.

Statistics:

  • Proteon has signed three software licensing agreements in the past six months.
  • More than 300 man-years of development have gone into the OpenROUTE(TM) software suite.
  • 70 percent of Fortune 100 companies have installed Proteon's networking and internetworking products.
  • Motorola's 1994 sales were $22.2 billion, making it one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems and services.

Sources:

  • Proteon, Inc. press release, March 6 /PRNewswire/ (no source date).
  • "Hot Product of the Year" award from Data Communications Magazine, January 1995.
  • "Motorola's Information Systems Group" press release.
  • "Proteon's networking and internetworking products" press release.

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