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To: Tom Klempay who wrote (11026)	12/17/1997 12:27:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Respond to of 77400

And the beat goes on ........ - Dow Jones Newswires -- December 17, 1997 - Cisco Software Enhancements May Strengthen Customer Base NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) has come out with enhancements to its router software that some analysts believe could help the company strengthen its position in the networking market. In a little-noticed announcement, Cisco said the enhancements enable Internet service providers to offer various levels of service to their customers. For instance, an Internet-service company might offer higher-priority delivery for information that requires it or promise selected customers fewer delays for Internet traffic. The access provider then could bill extra for the higher-quality service. Cisco is the first of the top-tier networking companies to offer this quality-of-service software, and the company's prevalence in the networking market could allow it to establish the product as a de facto standard, said Barbara Ells, an analyst at Zona Research. Enhancements like this help keep the growth momentum at the company going, she said. Other analysts said the enhancements, which Cisco will offer for free, could help it lock in customers. Cisco said it expects to make money by providing hardware upgrades so that its routers can run the new software. Quality-of-service enhancements are a hot topic in the networking industry. Internet providers are eager to offer differing levels of service and charge higher prices for the improvements. In an announcement of the new software on Dec. 3, Cisco said companies such as @Home Networks; Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. (HKT); MCI Communications Corp. (MCIC); Global One, a Sprint Corp. (FON), France Telecom SA (FTE) and Deutsche Telekom AG (DT) venture; and UUNet, a division of Worldcom Inc. (WCOM), are helping to test and deploy the software. excerpt from: interactive2.wsj.com!WJ12/17+++129!&time=12/17+10:42 And on and on ........ Regards