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To: blankmind who wrote (38586)	3/9/1998 10:20:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Respond to of 61433

3/9/98 InfoWorld (Pg. Unavail. Online) 1998 WL 7574760 InfoWorld Copyright (c) InfoWorld 1998 Monday, March 9, 1998 Vol. 20, Issue 10 TOP OF THE NEWS Ascend powers up Max 6000 will support voice, VPNs Stephen Lawson Ascend Communications is expected this month to introduce a beefed-up family of remote-access concentrators designed to support value-added services, such as voice traffic and virtual private networks (VPNs). The move comes in response to the trend for ISPs to offer such services as a way of differentiating themselves from the competition, and enterprises look to these technologies as a way of cutting their networking costs. Sources said the Max 6000, which is expected to replace the current Max 4000 series, will feature additional memory and processor capacity to handle more concurrent sessions and VPN functions. Included will be a pair of co-processors that will offload compression and encryption tasks from the central processor. The company will also introduce a module that will offload voice-processing functions, according to the sources. Some users said the limitations of the 4004, which can be equipped with modules for four T1 or ISDN Primary Rate Interfaces, are known and acknowledged by Ascend. "The processors couldn't handle the interrupts if you had all 96 connections going at the same time," said Rich White, director of San Francisco operations at Best Internet, in Mountain View, Calif. After evaluating the 4004, Best chose another vendor's product. Others agreed that the platform can create a bottleneck. "We really loaded up the 4004 with ISDN, and that's where the box pooped out," said Robert Berger, president of Internet Bandwidth Development, a consultancy in Saratoga, Calif., and a former ISP technology chief. The new platform will solve this limitation, Berger said. "Adding more processing and headroom gives it the capability to do more value-added features, such as VPNs and voice," Berger said. Sources said Ascend will migrate features from its higher-end products, such as the ASX-1000 ATM backbone switch, to enhance the feature set of its flagship Max line. Analysts said this could help the company hold on to its leadership position against growing competition from Cisco and other rivals. "What the Max currently does is primarily remote LAN access, so Ascend has a lot of opportunities to expand the capabilities of the Max into the VPN space," said Liza Henderson, an analyst at TeleChoice, in Verona, N.J. Ascend's competitors, including Cisco, 3Com, and Lucent, are lining up to provide those services. Lucent is currently beta testing cards designed for its Livingston remote-access concentrators and routers, which will use RISC processors to support compression and encryption using a range of protocols. However, Berger said that despite looming competition from Cisco's AS5200, 3Com's Total Control hub, and Lucent's Livingston PortMaster products, no vendor yet has surpassed Ascend's technology. "Between the 6000 and the [Max] TNT they'll have a good lineup of products that can terminate a range of central office connections," Berger said. "Ascend is still the best at the multiservice, high-density stuff." Ascend Communications Inc., in Alameda, Calif., is at (510) 769-6001 or ascend.com. ---- INDEX REFERENCES ---- COMPANY (TICKER): Ascend Communications Inc. (ASND) INDUSTRY: Communications Technology; Telecommunications, All (CMT TEL) Word Count: 473 3/9/98 INFOWORLD (No

To: blankmind who wrote (38586)	3/9/1998 10:23:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 61433

3/9/98 Prof. Inv. Rep. 15:30:00 (4:30 report not available) Professional Investor Report Copyright (c) 1998, Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Monday, March 9, 1998 NMS Share Volume Most Actives At 3:30 P.M. Stock Net Chg Last Volume Net Tick Vol ---------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------ DELL - 4 3/8 64 7/8 30,090,100 - 1,589,300 INTC - 3 75 1/8 23,783,500 - 2,299,500 ORCL - 1 1/8 25 3/4 12,022,400 - 354,100 MSFT - 2 5/8 80 1/8 10,617,900 - 558,500 SUNW - 4 1/4 38 1/2 9,118,800 + 180,600 CSCO - 3 61 3/8 8,269,200 - 216,600 ASND - 1/2 34 9/16 5,982,900 + 720,900 AMAT - 1 5/16 32 3/16 5,650,000 - 402,100 SEEK + 2 5/8 21 5,370,200 - 158,500 QNTM - 1 3/8 19 3/4 4,853,000 + 124,100 NOVL Unch 10 3/8 4,717,500 + 382,900 COMS - 5/8 35 4,616,000 - 12,300 FPAM - 1/4 18 1/2 4,563,200 - 629,500 WCOM + 5/32 38 13/32 4,432,100 + 129,600 QWST - 7/16 36 1/16 4,335,400 + 365,400 AAPL - 1 11/16 22 3/4 4,242,000 + 1,000,000 AMGN + 1 13/16 54 11/16 3,675,400 + 20,700 ALTR + 5/16 41 11/16 3,568,700 + 105,900 YHOO + 5 7/8 86 7/16 3,522,300 + 47,200 TDGO + 17/32 9 13/32 3,277,300 + 292,900 (END) Dow Jones Newswires 03-09-98 03:30 PM EST ---- INDEX REFERENCES ---- STATISTICS: Most Active Stocks - Share Volume (SVA) Word Count: 189 3/9/98 PIR 15:30:00 END OF DOCUMENT

To: blankmind who wrote (38586)	3/9/1998 10:33:00 PM
From: Sector Investor	Respond to of 61433

<<i could change the color of the font for his name to match the backround.>> LOL!

To: blankmind who wrote (38586)	3/10/1998 8:30:00 AM
From: Jeff Jordan	Respond to of 61433

To: +Sector Investor (38575 ) From: +Gary Korn Monday, Mar 9 1998 9:49PM EST Reply # of 38614 YTD performance of selected network stocks through Mon., 3/9/98: Stock 12/31/97 03/09/98 %gain(loss) MADGF 3 7/8 6 1/4 61.3 XYLN 15 1/8 22 5/8 49.6 ASND 24 1/2 34 5/8 41.3 SHVA 8 9/16 11 7/8 38.7 LU 79 7/8 107 5/16 34.4 *DIVE 10 12 9/16 25.63 NT 44 1/2 54 1/4 21.9 XIRC 10 1/16 11 3/4 16.8 YUM * 26 28 7/8 11.6** CSCO 55 3/4 61.22 9.8 BAY 25 9/16 28 1/16 9.8 NWX 277.83 304.90 9.7 TLAB 52 7/8 56 5/8 7.1 MRVC 23 7/8 25 1/32 4.8 PAIR 19 3/8 20 1/16 3.5 COMS 34 15/16 34.97 .1 WSTL 12 3/4 12 1/4 ( 3.9) FORE 15 1/4 14 1/2 ( 4.9) CS 15 13 5/8 ( 9.2) NN 34 7/8 23 9/16 (32.4) CIEN 61 1/8 20 1/16 (34.5) Gary Korn * I have no idea what they do? Just that they worked their way onto your chart via the net.( i.e networks)<g> Jeff