ODS, Cisco integrate to provide users with ATM; Infinity line offers common platform. (Optical Data Systems Inc's Infinity 7000+ hubs compatible with Cisco Systems' Cisco 7000 router) (Brief Article) (Product Announcement)

Optical Data Systems Inc. (ODS) plans to support future Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) by integrating its Infinity series of intelligent hubs with the Cisco 7000 router.

The Infinity 7000+ will begin shipping after final testing by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), expected within a month. Prices will start at $19,900.

"We built a whole new backplane to Cisco specifications so that the Cisco 7000 cards fit," said Terry Gaston, ODS marketing vice president. "This provides customers with a common hardware platform for all the modules, either ATM, routers, or others."

The 7000+ will be backward compatible with all ODS Infinity modules and hubs, …