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Network Computing Presents Fourth-Annual Well-Connected Awards for Best Enterprise-Wide Technology Products 09:30 a.m. May 06, 1998 Eastern LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 1998-- 3Com Corporation Takes Top Hardware Honor; Tivoli Systems Places First for Software The editors of CMP Media's Network Computing last night honored the industry's top technology products at the fourth-annual Well-Connected Awards presentation. The gala event, held in conjunction with the NetWorld+Interop networking trade show underway here, recognized the best, lab-tested products in 52 categories. The evening's top winners were 3Com Corporation's CoreBuilder 3500 Layer 3 High-Function Switch, as hardware product of the year, and Tivoli Systems' TME 10 NetView 5.0 network-management platform, as best software of the year. "Our editors worked at length to research and test the best products in the technology arena," said Network Computing Editor-in-Chief Fritz Nelson. "The products singled out in the Well-Connected Awards are unique because they have been tested over a networked enterprise by the editors themselves. They are truly innovative solutions." The fourth-annual Well-Connected Awards were selected by a team of Network Computing editors who put the products through the rigors of enterprise testing. These experts, who have years of experience with information systems and networking solutions, test products in Network Computing's Real-World Labs where they can compare features and functionality across a seven-location, coast-to-coast connected and distributed environment. More than 150 products were considered in this year's competition in nine categories, such as collaborative computing, operating systems and services, Internet/intranet, middleware and enterprise security. Winners included Intel's Business Video Conferencing with ProShare Technology, Computer Associates' ARCserve family of network backup software, Bay Networks' NetID IP address-management tool, IBM's MQSeries V5.0 message-queuing middleware and Check Point's Firewall-1 security software. A complete list of Well-Connected winners is posted on the magazine's Web site at networkcomputing.com . Driving IT decisions, Network Computing is the premier technology- solutions publication providing trusted enterprise-tested results to technology drivers -- IT professionals -- twice monthly. In addition, the publication consistently has the largest average-issue audience among all networking publications, according to Simmons and IntelliQuest. Network Computing received the 1997 Maggie Award for Best Computer & Telecommunications (trade) Publication. CMP Media Inc. (Nasdaq: CMPX) is the only high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the full technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. With its portfolio of leading newspapers, magazines, Internet products and conferences, CMP Media is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Online editions of the company's print publications, which include EE Times, InformationWeek, Computer Reseller News and Windows Magazine, along with products and services created exclusively for the Internet, can be found on CMPnet at cmpnet.com . o~~~ O