recognize anyone here!!!
NBase near the bottom is a finalist...I think
Never thought I'd live long enough to see our name with the big boys
:-)
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IDG's ComNet '98 Announces New Product Achievement
Awards Finalists
Business Wire - January 20, 1998 15:30
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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 1998--
Featuring the Year's Best New Products in Networking, Data and Telecommunications
MCI, RADLINX Reach Finals in 2 Categories; Bay Networks, NetReality and Network
Associates also Among the Finalists
IDG Expo Management Co. Tuesday announced that 24 finalists will compete for top honors in
the ComNet New Product Achievement Awards.
Sponsored by IDG's InfoWorld, the Awards recognize the best new products debuting at
ComNet, the largest enterprise networking and telecommunications conference and exposition,
scheduled for Jan. 26 - 29 at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center and the Washington, D.C.
Renaissance Hotel.
Among the finalists are 3Com, AT&T, Cisco Systems and MCI Telecommunications. Winners
will be chosen by non-exhibitor attendees, who will cast votes during the show and choose the
best new product in each of eight categories, as well as one product for the ComNet '98 Most
Innovative New Product or Service.
Finalists will be on display in the New Products Showcase located in the Main Lobby of the
Washington, D.C. Convention Center. All winners will be announced at the New Product
Achievement Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. in the Renaissance
Hotel.
To qualify for the competition, products must be introduced for the first time at ComNet '98, or
announced within eight weeks preceding ComNet and cannot have been introduced or exhibited
in the same form at previous trade shows.
The finalists were chosen by a panel of judges consisting of representatives from the trade and
business press, industry research firms, the financial community and academia.
They were evaluated on the basis of innovation, industry contribution, integration with current
product lines, migration capabilities and return on investment. A complete list of the finalists,
product descriptions and company contacts follows.
The winners of this year's competition will join past honorees from ComNet '97, including
Acclaim Communications, Cascade, IDNet, Micom, Microsystems Engineering, networkMCI,
Siemens/Newbridge, and Grand Prizewinner Paradyne.
ComNet '98 is expected to attract close to 50,000 professionals to the Washington, D.C.
Convention Center to witness approximately 500 companies demonstrating the latest
telecommunications and networking technologies. This year's keynote speakers are Eric
Benhamou of 3Com, Ivan Seidenberg of Bell Atlantic, and Kim Polese of Marimba.
1998 NPAA FINALISTS
Carrier/WAN Product
Company Product Description Company Contact -------- ------------------- --------------- AT&T
Roselle, IL Service Level Agreements (SLA) - David Thompson Customer defined option
packages 908/221-4178 providing customers with robust, clearly defined service levels,
backed by financial guarantees - SLAs for Frame Relay Service are AT&T's newest offer.
NetReality Inc. Sunnyvale, CA WiseWan(TM) - Modular WAN Cheryl Salantino bandwidth
management system 617/520-9102 designed to monitor and optimize available bandwidth.
Digital Link Corp Sunnyvale, CA DL7100 Multiservice Concentrator - Leslie Conley High
capacity system that 408/745-4195 multiplexes and switches voice, data, video, low speed cell
and Frame Relay for ATM transmission.
Internet/Intranet
Company Product Company Contact --------- ------- --------------- MCI Telecommunications
Washington, DC networkMCI Click'nConnect - Paul Adams Network-based, single line
770/280-6406 product that gives organizations and call centers the ability to offer an easy to use
way for Web visitors to ask for assistance and interact with a representative over the Internet.
RADLINX, Inc. Mahwah, NJ PASSaFAX PF-8 - PSTN to LAN Ilene Adler gateway connects
standard 201/461-1400 fax devices to the LAN and sends fax transmissions on-line and in real
time.
V-One Germantown, MD Multi-Access VPN - Virtual Jim Reed private network product
301/515-5200 that communicates across multiple layers of the OSI model to create a secure
virtual link enabling the use of business applications over an open network.
LAN/Internetworking
Company Product Contact -------- --------- --------- BAY Networks Santa Clara, CA
Accelar(TM) 1150 Routing Erin Curtis Switch Four-port 408/495-3619 standalone Gigabit
Ethernet Routing Switch with 2 expansion slots, that integrates IP routing into ASICS, delivering
extensive bandwidth, the intelligence needed to minimize the impact of broadcast traffic, and
support for low-latency, time sensitive multimedia applications.
Cisco Systems San Jose, CA Cisco 12008 Gigabit Erin Bergamo Switch Router - GSR delivers
408/527-0600 scalable IP forwarding and services performance in a carrier-class platform,
enabling high-speed IP backbones to scale to OC (155Mbps), OC-12 (622 Mbps), and OC-48
(2.4 Gbps) facilities.
Packeteer Inc. Campbell, CA Packetshaper 3.0 - Software Bob Quillin that discovers the
presence 408/873-4400 of all traffic types on the enterprise WAN and suggests appropriate
service-level policies to relieve chronic WAN delays.
Network Infrastructure
Company Product Contact -------- ---------- -------- Atmosphere Networks Cupertino, CA
Cirrus(TM) FSN - Multiservice Lori Lux SONET that uses a "thin 408/732-2228 layer of
ATM(TM)" to deliver infinitely divisible bandwidth which results in up to 80% improvement in
bandwidth utilization as compared to STM SONET/SDH.
RADVision Mahwah, NJ L2W-323 Gateway - Standalone Stacey Bender RISC-based network
device 973/744-0707 that translates between H.323 and H.320 protocols, and converts
multimedia information from circuit switch to IP packets.
Structured Internetworks San Jose, CA Ipath/10M(TM) - Network Mark King Quality of
Service (QoS) 408/467-0880 product with advanced subnet, workgroup and applications-based
traffic management functionality that enables administrators to better balance available network
resources.
Network Management
Company Product Contact ------- ------- ------- Ganymede Software Pegasus - Application-level
Laura Borgstede Morrisville, NC performance monitor for enterprise 919/468-1323 networks
that proactively detects potential fault areas before they reach crisis level and provides a single,
accurate measurement of network response time.
Make Systems NetMaker XA Release 3.0 - Software Beverly Dygert Mountain View, CA tool
suite that addresses migration, 650/941-9800 insertion and design issues for new technologies
such as ATM and also provides end-to-end Quality of Service management across
multi-technology networks.
Managed Object Formula - Fully JAVA-compliant Dean Banta Solutions network and systems
management 703/356-1437 McLean, VA product designed to utilize a client's intranet or Internet
connection and translate their existing network and systems management products onto a
common workstation.
Remote Access/Wireless
Company Product Contact ------- ------- ------- Data Communications VirtualNet - A Direct
Sequence Eric Edwards Technologies Spread Spectrum (DSSS) system 919/462-6545
Morrisville, NC integrating the Harris Semiconductor "Prism" chipset" that enables users to
easily set up an operate a wireless Local Area Network.
3Com Superstack(R) II Remote Access Robyn Porter Mt. Prospect, IL 3000 Family -
SuperStack II 847/797-6583 integrated with US Robotics Total Control(TM) technology to
create the first complete stackable remote access concentrator that gives customers a unique,
expandable architecture to quickly and easily access information.
Telmax Communications WebXpress2300-RTR - xDSL edge David Fremont, CA router that
supports IP/IPX Della-Maggiore routing and PPP or Frame Relay WAN 510/440-8680
protocols at data transfer rates up to 2.048 Mbps over a single pair of copper wires.
Software and Applications
Company Product Contact ------- ------- ------- MCI MCI InnovAgent Network Paul Adams
Telecommunications Solutions - Instantly routes 770/280-6406 Washington, DC inbound call
center traffic based on unique caller characteristics, using a CTI-based routing system.
Network Associates WebSniffer - Web site performance Todd Koch Menlo Park, CA
management system that integrates 650/473-2968 network protocol and system resource
information to provide Webmasters with an early warning system that can prevent Web site
problems and expedite problem resolution.
RADVision H.323 Protocol Stack - Updated Stacey Bender Mahwah, NJ version of this
software package 973/744-0707 that performs all the functions needed to establish a
videoconferencing session over IP data networks.
Switching Technology
Company Product Contact ------- ------- ------- Nbase Gigabit Ethernet to 100 KM - Jeff Graham
Chatsworth, CA Switch featuring up to 12 818/773-0900 switched Gigabit Ethernet ports with a
sustained filter/forwarding rate of 5.5 million packets per second and supporting technologies
such as Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Direct IP Switching, VLANs and RMON.
NETRIX Network Exchange Voice Gateway - Sue Hale Herndon, VA Multi-service switching
platform 703/742-6000 that combines WAN switching, switched compressed voice, and
multi-protocol support in a single compact platform.
Newbridge Networks MainStreetXpress 36140 ATM Kir Goldfarb Herndon, VA Multiservice
Access Switch - 703/834-3600 Multiservice access platform designed to perform ATM
adaptation, traffic management, grooming and switching from the access entry point to the ATM
network.
IDG's ComNet Conference & Exposition
ComNet/Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, produced by IDG Expo Management Company, is
celebrating its 20th year as the largest technology conference and exposition dedicated to
wide-area telecommunications and data communications networking. More than 500
manufacturers and suppliers of computer networking hardware, software, services and solutions
participate in ComNet every year.
Since 1977, ComNet/Washington, D.C. has served as the premier information source for
professionals responsible for designing, building, facilitating, and managing global networks.
The success of ComNet/Washington, D.C. extends to countries around the world and now to the
West Coast next year, as IDG Expo Management Company launches ComNet/San Francisco, to
be held Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 1998 at the Moscone Convention Center. For more information on
ComNet, call 800-545-EXPO or visit our Web site at www.comnetexpo.com .
International Data Group (IDG)
Headquartered in Boston, International Data Group (IDG) informs more people worldwide
about information technology than any other company in the world. With annual revenues of
$2.05 billion, IDG is the leading global provider of IT media, research, conferences and
expositions.
IDG publishes more than 285 computer newspapers and magazines and 500 book titles in 75
countries, led by the Computerworld, Channel World, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World,
PC World and ...For Dummies global product lines.
IDG offers online users the largest network of technology specific sites around the world
through IDG.net (http://www.idg.net), which comprises more than 200 targeted Web sites in 52
countries.
IDG is also a leading producer of 110 computer-related expositions in 35 countries and
research arm International Data Corporation (IDC) provides computer industry research and
analysis through 49 offices in 41 countries worldwide. Company information is available at
idg.com .
InfoWorld
Headquartered in San Mateo, California, IDG's InfoWorld Media Group publishes InfoWorld,
"The Voice of Enterprise Computing." The newsweekly provides the country's leading
Information Technology (IT) executives with the most up-to-date analysis and evaluation of the
technology shaping the workforce and the workplace -- now and in the future. InfoWorld Media
Group is a wholly owned independent business unit of International Data Group (IDG).
IDG Expo Management Company
Headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, IDG Expo Management Company is a premium
producer and manager of exposition and conference events that shape the U.S. IT marketplace.
IDG Expo Management Company is an affiliate of the IDG World Expo Corporation family of
companies; together, the two companies produce the broadest array of conferences and
expositions related to information technology around the world.
IDG Expo-produced events include the MACWORLD Expos in New York and San Francisco;
ComNet in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco; the Telecommuting & Remote Access
Conference & Exposition (TRACE) in Santa Clara, CA; and E3 - the Electronic Entertainment
Expo in Atlanta, produced for the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA).
Each year, more than 2,000 exhibiting companies and more than 250,000 IT professionals attend
IDG's U.S. events to buy, sell, learn about and influence the IT purchasing agenda. IDG Expo
Management Company was founded in 1979 as Mitch Hall Associates. For more informati on,
please call 781/51-9800 or visit the company's Web site at www.idgexpos.com .
CONTACT: IDG Expo Management Company
Michelle Lifton, 781/440-2827
mlifton@idgexpos.com
or
Porter Novelli
Alicia Awbrey, 202/973-5875
aawbrey@porternovelli.com
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