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DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND LAN TIMES MAGAZINES ANNOUNCE THE SIX BEST-OF-SHOW
AWARD WINNERS AT NETWORLD+INTEROP '98 LAS VEGAS
Berkeley Networks Chosen Overall "Grand Winner" for Firewall Accelerator Agent
Las Vegas, May 5, 1998. Data Communications and LAN Times, The McGraw-Hill Companies'
premier networking publications, today announced the winners of the BEST OF SHOW Awards at
Networld+Interop '98 Las Vegas. The BEST OF SHOW program honors the leading new products
and services announced at NetWorld+Interop that significantly advance the state-of-the-art of
distributed computing and networking.
The "Grand Winner" award, given to the category winner judged to have the single, most significant new
product or service at the show, was given to Berkeley Networks for its Firewall Accelerator Agent.
Already known for its unique approach to high-end switching, Berkeley is the first vendor to implement a firewall-Check Point's
market-leading Firewall-1-in silicon. This approach eliminates the need for a firewall in front of each switch port, providing a
significant cost savings. Since switches are deployed on internal networks, it allows for protection of intranet as well as Internet
connections.
Six category winners were selected from 19 initial finalists chosen from over 300 BEST OF SHOW award entries. THE BEST
OF SHOW winners and their innovative products according to category were:
Network Applications: Symantec's Mobile Update. This provides an efficient way for users to monitor important network
data from within their e-mail application, the most popular remote application for most users.
Network Infrastructure: The Extreme Networks Summit48 Enterprise Desktop won for its overall features, performance, and
price. This Layer 3 switch has a port density of 48 10/100 ports and two gigabit Ethernet uplink ports.
Network Management and Analysis: Wandel & Goltermann's W6 Mentor. This Windows-compatible software gives expert
advice on how to solve network problems on token ring, Ethernet, frame relay, and TCP/IP nets.
Network Server Systems and Peripherals: GigaNet Inc.'s cLAN Host Adapter (GNN1000). This host adapter pushes the
bounds of throughput while keeping a lid on pricing. The GNN1000 can maintain speeds of 1.25 gigabits per second and
latency of 8 microseconds.
WAN and Remote Access Equipment and Services: Redback Networks' SMS 1000. This service makes it easier and
cheaper for providers to roll out DSL services. The benefit for end-users is that it allows them to choose between multiple DSL
services.
Network Security and Performance: Berkeley Networks' Firewall Accelerator Agent puts Check Point's Firewall 1 on an
ASIC inside its gigabit Ethernet switch, delivering vastly higher throughput (up to 40 Gbit/s, compared with less than 50 Mbit/s
for most firewalls).
The BEST OF SHOW Product Awards program is designed to help end-users evaluate the expansive offering of new
products which debut at the Network+Interop '98 Las Vegas. The editors of Data Communications and LAN Times scour the
industry and show floor, evaluating hundreds of new products.
They select winners for unique and innovative products that strive to provide end-users with cutting edge networking benefits.
The BEST OF SHOW winners were announced on Tuesday, May 5, 1998, at the NetWorld+Interop Stage in the lobby of
the Las Vegas Convention Center. BEST OF SHOW applicants were required to be NetWorld+Interop '98 Las Vegas
exhibitors and had to submit entries for consideration by April 17, 1998. In addition, the products entered have to be
introduced no earlier than April 4, 1998, with a product release date no later than November 21, 1998.
Data Communications is the only global networking magazine written for network architects who plan, design, and manage
large corporate and Internet infrastructures. With a corporate backbone perspective, Data Communications' in-depth editorial
coverage focuses on today's hot infrastructure products and services such as Intranets, firewalls, ATM, remote access, and
VLANs.
LAN Times is a bi-weekly publication of The McGraw-Hill Companies that provides more than 210,000 network
professionals who plan, build and maintain distributed enterprise networks and the applications that run on them with
responsible analysis of networking trends and products in order for them to better satisfy expanding business objectives.
Data Communications and LAN Times are part of The McGraw-Hill Companies Information Technology and Communications
Group. Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a leading information services organization serving worldwide
markets in education, business, finance, the professions, and government. Company revenues in 1997 exceeded $3.5 billion.
NetWorld+Interop is the world's largest event providing networking and Internet professionals an unprecedented forum for
education, products, services, and up-to-date information to make critical purchasing decisions. The event provides these
professionals with the opportunity to experience and demonstrate emerging and existing technologies in the Internet and
networking market, focusing on interoperability in a multivendor, multiprotocol environment.
Someone we know and love is missing from the list.
Can't win em all :-(
John
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