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To: HEXonX who wrote (864)	1/8/1998 9:46:00 AM
From: Sector Investor	Respond to of 1629

Since Yahoo articles expire in less than 3 months, I repeat the company portion in fixed font. The 1997 Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500 Rank Company 5-Year City State Growth % 1 Integrated Process Equipment Corp. 71,136 Phoenix AZ 2 Cascade Communications Corp. (Ascend) 41,686 Westford MA 3 McLeodUSA, Inc. 32,429 Cedar Rapids IA 4 Optiva Corporation 31,943 Bellevue WA 5 International Network Services 23,605 Sunnyvale CA 6 InteliData 21,962 Herndon VA 7 IDT Corp. 21,268 Hackensack NJ 8 Pacific Gateway Exchange, Inc. 20,203 Burlingame CA 9 Computer Concepts Corp. 19,519 Bohemia NY 10 MELE Associates, Inc. 18,353 Rockville MD 11 Technology Applications, Inc. 17,934 Chesterfield MO 12 RS Information Systems, Inc. 15,628 McLean VA 13 CBC Distribution & Marketing, Inc. 14,517 St. Louis MO 14 Storage Computer Corp. 13,683 Nashua NH 15 Silicon Storage Technology 13,227 Sunnyvale CA 16 Premisys Communications, Inc. 12,844 Fremont CA 17 Raptor Systems, Inc. 12,532 Waltham MA 18 Fore Systems, Inc. 11,808 Warrendale PA 19 Base Technologies, Inc. 11,172 McLean VA 20 RF MicroDevices, Inc. 11,151 Greensboro NC 21 IBAH Inc. 11,140 Blue Bell PA 22 Intelligroup Inc. 9,711 Iselin NJ 23 Documentum, Inc. 8,853 Pleasanton CA 24 Pericom Semiconductor Corporation 8,605 San Jose CA 25 Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. 8,591 Fairfax VA 26 Video Server, Inc. 8,149 Burlington MA 27 Ascend Communications, Inc. 7,491 Alameda CA 28 OAO International 7,448 Greenbelt MD 29 Sensitech Inc. 7,200 Beverly MA 30 Indelible Blue, Inc. 7,001 Raleigh NC 31 Telecom Solutions, Inc. 7,000 Lake Forest CA 32 Inhale Therapeutic Systems 6,931 Palo Alto CA 33 The Counsell Group 6,900 Boston MA 34 InnerDyne, Inc. 6,732 Sunnyvale CA 35 Mattson Technology, Inc. 6,560 Fremont CA 36 3-G International, Inc. 6,472 Springfield VA 37 Alkermes, Inc. 6,278 Cambridge MA 38 Edgewater Technology, Inc. 6,274 Wakefield MA 39 ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 6,107 Cambridge MA 40 E*Trade Group, Inc. 5,984 Palo Alto CA 41 Hoveround Corporation 5,567 Sarasota FL 42 Alliance Semiconductor Corp. 5,539 San Jose CA 43 Network Intensive, Inc. 5,512 Irvine CA 44 Excel Communications Inc. 5,492 Dallas TX 45 INDUS Corporation 5,440 Vienna VA 46 Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc. 5,268 San Diego CA 47 UNIFI Communications, Inc. 5,204 Lowell MA 48 PowerCerv 5,125 Tampa FL 49 AN-CON Genetics, Inc. 4,958 Melville NY 50 SA Telecommunications, Inc. 4,766 Richardson TX 51 Database Technologies 4,690 Newton MA 52 Eltron International, Inc. 4,687 Simi Valley CA 53 Coretech Consulting Group Inc. 4,639 King of Prussia PA 54 Art Technology Group 4,606 Boston MA 55 Sapient Corporation 4,578 Cambridge MA 56 SEQUUS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 4,485 Menlo Park CA 57 PixelVision 4,476 Acton MA 58 Glasgal Communications, Inc. 4,441 Peguannock NJ 59 GammaGraphX, Inc. 4,407 Waltham MA 60 Arrowhead Space & Telecommunications, 4,273 Fairfax VA Inc. 61 VIS Development Corp. 4,239 Waltham MA 62 Antex Biologics Inc. 4,032 Gaithersburg MD 63 America Online Inc. 4,014 Dulles VA 64 Pure Atria Corp. 3,997 Sunnyvale CA 65 i2 Technologies, Inc. 3,870 Irving TX 66 TranTech, Inc. 3,864 Alexandria VA 67 Clarify Inc. 3,844 San Jose CA 68 Compunnel Software Group, Inc. 3,814 Iselin NJ 69 Westt, Inc. 3,804 Menlo Park CA 70 Vixel Corporation 3,794 Bothell WA 71 WinEstimator, Inc. 3,733 Kent WA 72 I-STAT Corp. 3,541 Princeton NJ 73 Trex Medical Corp. 3,538 Danbury CT 74 Intrex, Inc. 3,500 Durham NC 75 The Automatic Answer 3,447 San Juan CA Capistrano 76 DSP Communications Inc. 3,281 Cupertino CA 77 Applied Cellular Technology Inc. 3,247 Nixa MO 78 ArrayComm, Inc. 3,196 San Jose CA 79 Lasersight Inc. 3,168 St. Louis MO 80 Insync Systems, Inc. 3,161 Milpitas CA 81 Reptron Electronics 3,124 Tampa FL 82 Technical Resource Connection, Inc. 3,122 Tampa FL 83 Houston Associates, Inc. 3,078 Silver Spring MD

To: HEXonX who wrote (864)	1/8/1998 9:50:00 AM
From: Sector Investor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1629

IDG's Network World Names Industry's Most Influential Companies, People and Trends; Fourth annual Power Issue highlights "everything powerful" Business Wire via Dow Jones FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jan. 7, 1998--Network World, the leading newsweekly of enterprise network computing, published its fourth annual special edition, the "Power Issue" (December 29/January 5 issue), profiling the industry's most powerful people, companies, trends and users. "1997 was a year of profound change and 1998 promises to be equally turbulent. The Power Issue provides Network IS professionals with a detailed guide to the people and companies dominating the network industry and how they are navigating the changes in the marketplace," said John Gallant, editor-in-chief of Network World. "In this industry especially, power, like fame, is a fleeting thing. For instance, only a third of the people named to the list of the 25 Most Powerful People in Networking in last year's Power Issue returned to the 1998 list. Network IS professionals look to Network World to help them keep up with the rapid changes," said Gallant. Network World's list of The Most Powerful People in Networking includes: Paul Allen Founder, The Allen Group C. Michael Armstrong CEO, AT&T Jim Barksdale President and CEO, Netscape Communications Corp. Eric Benhamou President and CEO, 3Com Corp. John Chambers President and CEO, Cisco Systems, Inc. Michael Dertouzos Director, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science John Doerr Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Bernie Ebbers President and CEO, WorldCom, Inc. Mory Ejabat President and CEO, Ascend Communications, Inc. The Federal Judiciary Manuel Fernandez President and CEO, Gartner Group, Inc. Bill Gates Chairman, president and CEO, Microsoft Corp. Lou Gerstner Chairman, president and CEO, IBM Andy Grove Chairman, president and CEO, Intel Corp. John Hickey Executive vice president, Technology Services, NASDAQ Terrell Jones Senior vice president and CIO, SABRE Interactive Charles Lee Chairman and CEO, GTE Dawn Lepore Executive vice president & CIO, Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Terry Matthews Chairman and CEO, Newbridge Networks Corp. Rich McGinn President and CEO, Lucent Technologies, Inc. Scott McNealy President and CEO, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Terrence Milholland Vice president of information systems and CIO, The Boeing Co. Joe Nacchio President and CEO, Qwest Communications Corp. Alex Mandl Chairman and CEO, Teligent Eckhard Pfeiffer President and CEO, Compaq Computer Corp. Michel Roujansky CIO, Equant Another feature in the issue highlights the top startup companies to watch in 1998. Network World's list of The Ten Companies to Watch includes: Abirnet, Inc. Aptex Software, Inc. Arrowpoint Communications Bright Tiger Technologies Netspeed, Inc. Nextpoint Networks, Inc. Sitara Networks, Inc. Switched Network Technologies, Inc. Torrent Networking Technologies Corp. Yago Systems, Inc. Other stories in the annual Network World Power Issue include features on the power struggles shaping the industry, technology comparisons, and the list of Network World's User Excellence Award winners. The special edition is available on Network World Fusion (http://www.nwfusion.com). Network World (http://www.nwfusion.com) is the industry's only newsweekly shaping the future of network computing in the enterprise. Through its publishing, education, software and online products and services, Network World empowers Network IS professionals with the knowledge to deliver the open applications and infrastructure required to meet their evolving business needs. Network World is a subsidiary of International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading IT media, research and exposition company. IDG publishes more than 285 computer magazines and newspapers and 500 book titles and offers online users the largest network of technology specific sites around the world through IDG.net (http://www.idg.net), which comprises more than 200 targeted Web sites in 52 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 110 computer-related expositions worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 49 offices in 41 countries worldwide. Company information is available at idg.com.