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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (7149)	1/12/1998 10:38:00 AM
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Does not Fore make ATM for Cabletron?...... ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 1998-- SmartSwitch Meets Strict Criteria for Upgrading Shore-Base, Atlantic and Pacific Fleet Communications Cabletron Systems (NYSE:CS) today announced that its high-performance SmartSwitch products have passed strict speed, interoperability and reliability testing, qualifying them for the US Navy's Information for the 21st Century (IT-21) project. Cabletron SmartSwitches are now certified to be included in the Navy's ambitious plans for upgrading the network architectures for the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. Under the PC LAN+ contract, the Nay has teamed with EDS to select, certify and supply networking equipment. EDS has certified Cabletron's Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Fast Ethernet and Ethernet SmartSwitches as IT-21 compliant for voice, video and data communications. "Cabletron has successfully completed IT-21 Vendor Qualification Testing with their ATM and Fast Ethernet solutions," said Peter Buck, EDS' PC LAN+ program manager. "The SmartSwitches have passed all criteria in the test and are now certified as IT-21 compliant." "IT-21 certification highlights Cabletron's long-time commitment to providing the federal market with the highest-quality, most reliable networking solutions," said Robert Travis, Cabletron's director of product marketing and development for federal systems. "By offering Cabletron's ATM and Fast Ethernet Solutions through EDS' PC LAN+ contract, the Navy is assured of a standards-based, reliable, high-speed infrastructure to support mission-critical IT-21 requirements." The Cabletron Advantage Vendor's were qualified based on their ATM and Fast Ethernet solutions. The Navy/EDS team tested products for interoperability between virtual and emulated local area networks, redundancy, fault tolerance and automatic reconfiguration after link failure. Two award-winning SmartSwitch 6000s passed communications along an ATM, OC-12 (622 Mbs per second) backbone, facilitating data from high-end Fast Ethernet workstations. When put to the test, the Navy/EDS team found the SmartSwitches displayed plug-and-play installation, quick device location and true multi-vendor ATM interoperability via PNNI (Private Network-Network Interface). Utilizing PNNI, users may seamlessly introduce the SmartSwitch into existing multi-vendor ATM environments. Cabletron Passes IT-21 Vendor Qualification Testing Cabletron is now included as an IT-21 supplier on the IT-21 approved list, located on the Navy's IT-21 web site (www.chips.navy.mil/it). Information contained within the associated web site includes additional Navy IT Umbrella contracts: PC-LAN+, ViViD, ITSS, NTOPS, NAVNET3 and Super-Minicomputer 2.