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To: bob who wrote (72630)	11/15/1999 8:29:00 AM
From: kfdkfd	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 90042

CS news Leading Japanese Educational Organization Selects Cabletron Convergence Solution Cabletron Chosen to Enable Deployment of Multimedia Education ROCHESTER, N.H. and HAMAMATSU, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1999--Cabletron Systems (NYSE:CS - news) today announced that the Seirei Gakuen Educational Organization (SGEO), Japan's leading healthcare education center located in Hamamatsu City, has selected a Cabletron convergence solution to enable deployment of multimedia education. SGEO is Japan's national center for teaching and training the bulk of the country's healthcare workers, including nurses, midwifes and care workers. SGEO's primary goal in implementing a new convergence strategy for multimedia was to enable its students to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their studies. This included the ability to prepare for upcoming classes by remotely reviewing lecture notes and materials. In addition, the new infrastructure had to enable individual PC access to both the Internet and the campus-wide LAN, irrespective of location. A key element to the new communications infrastructure was the ability to ensure minimal congestion during periods of concentrated user access. By harnessing the power of Cabletron's high-performance, Layer 4 SmartSwitch Router (SSR) 8000, SGCO created a network that could apply guaranteed, end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) to multimedia content, as well as: wire-speed Gigabit routing to support high-bandwidth applications; bandwidth monitoring capabilities to understand application growth and plan future bandwidth requirements; policy and accounting functionality to allocate costs to departments and bill students where appropriate and; enhanced security features to ensure approved student access to course work and material. ``Our goal was to create a network that would be capable of meeting our needs throughout the next decade,' explained SGEO Administrative Director Ruka Horiguchi. ``We were specifically seeking to create an environment that would be able to support multimedia education. The environment would also have to support the rapid evolving information needs of our students, each of whom we expect to have their own personal computer within the next two to three years.' At this stage, Cabletron's convergence solution for SGEO incorporates only the university, junior college and administrative offices. However, SGEO intends to expand the system to also incorporate its high school and training school. ``In order to stay competitive,' explained Horiguchi, ``Seirei needs to have advanced IS systems linking all of the facilities that the group owns and operates. We are confident that SGINS, with the help of Cabletron's SmartSwitch Router technology, will serve as a strategic infrastructure base as we work towards making this a reality.' ``Distributed learning will be one of the fastest areas of growth for interactive studies,' commented Nigel Kilpatrick, managing director of International Multimedia Corporation Limited (IMC), a leading independent global provider of multimedia applications, based in London, UK. ``Colleges and institutions of higher education are increasingly looking to provide on-line teaching environments for their campus-based students and to extend their courses and materials to off-campus students, effectively streamlining their business practices and generating incremental revenue. SGEO is a good example of how we see users implementing and utilizing multimedia applications,' added Kilpatrick. About Seirei Gakuen Educational Organization (SGEO) The Seirei Group has been a key player in the areas of education and healthcare in Japan. The group's educational activities are coordinated under the Seirei Gakuen Educational Organization (SGEO), which operates over half a dozen facilities in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, including a college and a junior college of nursing, as well as a training school for care workers. SGCO is committed to providing its faculty and students with the resources they need to keep pace with society's rapidly evolving needs. About International Multimedia Corporation International Multimedia Corporation (IMC) is the creator of Multimedia By The Minute(c), a new generation of multimedia packages and services for international enterprises, at a flat per-minute charge around the world. IMC is also the creator of Multimedia As You Like It(c), a quantum change in content-rich interactive personal entertainment packages for the travel industry, again at a flat per-passenger usage rate. For more information please visit eyemsee.com.

To: bob who wrote (72630)	11/16/1999 9:08:00 AM
From: Tim Luke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90042

Tuesday November 16, 8:32 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Oracle Corporation Sapient and Oracle Form Strategic Relationship to Provide Rapid Deployment Of E-Business Solutions Partners Deliver Robust Solution for iWon.com in Under Five Months LOS ANGELES, ORACLE OPENWORLD '99, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapient Corporation (Nasdaq: SAPE - news), an innovative e-services consultancy, and Oracle Corp. (Nasdaq: ORCL - news), the number one choice for e-business, today announced a strategic relationship to help companies transform themselves into e-businesses. Through this alliance Sapient will provide strategic e-business consulting, including digital business strategy, experience modeling, creative and technology implementation services to complement Oracle's industry leading suite of e-business tools. Sapient and Oracle recently demonstrated the success of their alliance by creating a new destination portal for iWon.com, a new Internet portal that combines world-class search, content and functionality with the Internet's largest guaranteed cash giveaway. ''We knew our site's success depended on our being the first to market with this compelling combination,'' said Jonas Steinman, Co-CEO of iWon.com. ''Sapient and Oracle, working with over 45 content and technology partners, allowed us to launch our unique portal in under five months.'' As they did with iWon.com, Oracle and Sapient will help create the next generation of e-businesses by combining Sapient's end-to-end consulting expertise with Oracle's Internet-based database, application server, tools and application products. ''Our clients face immense opportunities and challenges posed by the new Internet economy,'' said Boyd Scroggins, Sapient vice president. ''Oracle's scalable and reliable Internet Platform and industry leading e-business tools, combined with Sapient's integrated industry and mutidisciplined expertise, provide a complete solution to help our clients overcome these challenges by transforming themselves into leading e-businesses.'' ''Businesses require a proven Internet platform as well as leading e-business consulting to help them compete in today's economy,'' said Thomas Kurian, vice president, e-Business Program Office, Oracle Corp. ''We are excited to partner with Sapient given their proven strategy, experience modeling, creative and technology expertise. Together, Sapient and Oracle provide the full-service e-business solutions that meet the extreme requirements of 'dot coms' like iWon.'' About Sapient Sapient is a leading e-services consultancy providing Internet strategy consulting and sophisticated Internet-based solutions to Global 1000 companies and startup businesses. Sapient helps clients define their Internet strategies and design, architect, develop and implement solutions to execute those strategies. Founded in 1991, Sapient has been providing Internet solutions for over five years and employs approximately 1900 people in offices in Cambridge, Mass., the company's headquarters, as well as London, Sydney, Milan, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles and Washington D.C. More information on Sapient can be found at www.sapient.com. About Oracle Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest software company. With annual revenues of more than $9.1 billion, the company offers its database, application server, tools and application products, along with related consulting, education and support services, in more than 145 countries around the world. For more information about Oracle, please call 650-506-7000. Oracle's World Wide Web address is www.oracle.com. NOTE: Sapient is a registered service mark of Sapient Corporation. All other product, service and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. Oracle is a registered trademark and Oracle8i is a trademark or registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.