Fore Systems Inc has been chosen by the French National Library to build Europe’s largest end-to-end network using high speed technology for delivering multimedia text, voice and video. It said the network will link multiple branches of the French National Library, one of the world’s oldest public libraries. The installation will include 300 of Fore’s high-speed Asynchronous Transfer Mode switches and connect more than 3,500 workstation users on a network capable of sending multimedia data at speeds of up to 155Mbps. Fore said it was the largest number of users with direct ATM connections that Fore has ever announced. The network will be put into operation during the first half of next year.
