# Interoperability and Certifications

"Certification and standards form the foundation of Madge testing. Multi-vendor interoperability is essential to enable our customers to effectively protect their investment in heterogeneous network environments. Guaranteed interoperability provides them with the ability to choose the best network components to build an infrastructure that is both optimized to support the needs of their business and to deliver the network services demanded by their end-users.

Madge is committed to providing products that comply to all the relevant industry standards. True, interoperable, heterogeneous networks now empower our customers to control how their networks evolve and the ways in which this significant investment is protected and leveraged for the future". John Grubb - Director, Quality and Test Engineering, Madge Networks Limited - Desktop Division

## Network Operating System Certification Schemes

Madge particpates in the following Network operating system certification schemes :

- Novell Certification Alliance
- IBM - Tested and Approved for OS/2 Warp
- Microsoft - Hardware Quality Labs
- SCO Tested and Supported
- Banyan Vines
- Sun Solaris

## Desktop Hardware Certification Schemes

Madge is a member of the following Hardware certification schemes :

- Compaq PC Card Solutions Program
- IBM PC Server Program

## 3rd Party Product Testing

Madge uses a number of independant test houses for interoperability testing.

- Technical Resources Interoperability Lab (TRIL)
- University of New Hampshire

For the latest information on all certifications please refer to the Madge WWW site (http://www.madge.com).