To: ogod who wrote (7099 ) 11/5/1999 8:31:00 AM From: JakeStraw Respond to of 8358
Cabletron Senior Executives to Speak At Service Provider Seminar Series Cabletron's COO, CTO and SPECTRUM Director of Research Will Present the Company's Service Provider Solutions Across 8-City Tour ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 1999-- Cabletron Systems (NYSE:CS - news) today announced that members of the company's senior management team will speak at an 8-city Executive Seminar Series, ''Service Provider Strategies for the Competitive Marketplace,'' sponsored by Telecommunications Magazine. Cabletron's executives will join other industry experts in presenting and discussing technologies, services and marketing strategies tailored to the competitive communications access and service provider markets. Topics covered will include competing access technologies (including DSL, VoDSL, cable and cable modems), new services and applications (including VPNs and enhanced voice services), service level management and market strategies. The seminar will also feature a customer case study by COVAD, a leading data CLEC. Romulus Pereira, Cabletron's COO, and John Roese, Cabletron's CTO, will present Cabletron's service provider solutions. Mr. Pereira, who in addition to his role as COO also directly supervises Cabletron's service provider strategy, will speak in Boston, Dallas, Denver and San Francisco. Mr. Roese, who recently co-authored the new IEEE 802.1X draft standard for security and authentication, will speak in Fairfax, Chicago and Atlanta. (See below for a complete list of seminar cities and dates.) Dr. Lundy Lewis, director of research for SPECTRUM, a Cabletron wholly owned subsidiary, will join Mr. Pereira and Mr. Roese at select cities during the tour. He will discuss how the SPECTRUM management solution complements Cabletron's service provider strategy at the New York seminar on November 10, 1999. Dr. Lewis, a member of the IEEE and author of two books on enterprise management, will be available to sign copies of his books. For more information on the Executive Seminar Series, or to register for the seminar, please visit hhexpos.com . Service Provider Seminar Cities and Dates November 9, 1999 Boston November 10, 1999 New York November 16, 1999 Fairfax November 17, 1999 Chicago January 11, 2000 Atlanta January 12, 2000 Dallas January 18, 2000 Denver January 19, 2000 San Francisco About Cabletron Systems Cabletron Systems, a premier provider of world-class networking solutions, delivers reliable network access and communications to millions of people worldwide. With scaleable products designed for Global 1000 enterprise networks, service providers and small businesses, Cabletron is the e-business communications specialist in the Internet economy. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange for more than a decade under the symbol CS, Cabletron is an S&P 500 index company. Cabletron's web site can be reached on the Internet at cabletron.com . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact: Cabletron Systems Ann Kelly (603) 337-2588 akelly@cabletron.com