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To: Tim Luke who wrote (59459)	9/14/1999 3:04:00 PM
From: Dolfan	Respond to of 90042

Howdy everyone. The CS News just keeps on coming! Related Quotes CS 19 3/16 +7/8 delayed 20 mins - disclaimer Tuesday September 14, 2:29 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release SPECTRUM VLAN Manager Named Finalist in Best of Show Industry Award Industry's First Standards-based, Multivendor VLAN Management Solution Praised for Innovation by Data Communications and InternetWeek Editors at Networld+Interop '99 Atlanta ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 1999-- SPECTRUM's new VLAN Manager was named a finalist in the Network Management category of the Best of Show Awards competition by CMP's Data Communications and InternetWeek editors. The new SPECTRUM VLAN Manager marks another technology first as it is the industry's only standards-based, multivendor and directory enabled VLAN management solution. The new product will be demonstrated at Networld + Interop running seamlessly with the SPECTRUM management suite as well as HP OpenView. SPECTRUM VLAN Manager allows enterprise and service provider customers to intelligently orchestrate their entire switching fabric regardless of the vendors products deployed in the network. Additionally, SPECTRUM VLAN Manager's design features provide optimal utilization of bandwidth for business-critical applications and data resources. ''With our introduction of VLAN Manager, customers see that SPECTRUM is at the forefront of designing available-today solutions that help them tackle real-world service issues,'' said Mike Skubisz, president of SPECTRUM. ''Being named as a finalist and praised for VLAN Manager's innovation will lend itself to promoting the benefits of SPECTRUM to IT managers hungry for solutions that work for them today, and not just words in a fancy ad or sales sheet.'' The Best of Show Product Awards Program is designed to help end-users evaluate the new product offerings that debut at Networld+Interop 99 Atlanta. The editors of Data Communications and InternetWeek scour the industry and show floor evaluating hundreds of new products, selecting Finalists that have unique or value-added product solutions. ''All of the finalists were chosen based on a rigorous evaluation process,'' said Lee Kepugh, editor-in-chief for Data Communications and head of the editorial judging team for Best of Show Awards. ''We picked SPECTRUM's VLAN Manager because we believe it's one of the most innovative solutions in the Network Management category.'' This announcement comes on the heels of SPECTRUM's recent praises for high-marks in a NetworkWorld customer survey that reports SPECTRUM beating out HP, Tivoli and CA in the categories of Enterprise Management, Scalability, Integration, Overall Value and Customer Satisfaction. This flurry of news arrives just as SPECTRUM prepares to launch new products and a new company name and branding campaign, elements all part of SPECTRUM's increased efforts to grow its management software business through products that guarantee service availability and performance for critical e-business processes. About SPECTRUM SPECTRUM is the leading provider of intelligent multi-vendor management solutions that meet the service level requirements of network, enterprise and service provider customers. SPECTRUM pioneered the field of intelligent network management in 1990, with the introduction of its flagship SPECTRUM software suite and holds 30 technology patents related to inductive modeling and reasoning solutions for proactive data, services and IT resource management. With support for a rapidly growing list of over 500 products from the industry's leading network and telecommunications vendors, SPECTRUM is at the forefront in integrated network and service level management. SPECTRUM's headquarters are located in Durham, NH and its web site is located at www.spectrummgmt.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: SPECTRUM Lara D. Willard, (603) 337-7444 larad@spectrummgmt.com or Ted Hebert, (603) 337-7643 thebert@spectrummgmt.com