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To: riposte who wrote (10289)	1/25/1999 3:34:00 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 12559

FORE Systems Wins Two Data Communications 1999 Hot Products Awards ForeRunner ASX-4000 Captures Top Prize in Enterprise WAN Equipment Category; Firewall Switching Agent Wins in Security Category PITTSBURGH, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- FORE Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: FORE - news), a leading global supplier of advanced networking solutions, today announced that its ForeRunner® ASX(TM)-4000 ATM switch and Firewall Switching Agent (FSA) each were recognized by Data Communications' editors as winners in the Seventh Annual HOT PRODUCTS competition featured in the January 7, 1999, issue. The ASX-4000 won the Enterprise WAN Equipment -- ATM Switch category, and the FSA won in the Security -- Silicon Firewall category. The wins make FORE Systems one of only two companies to win multiple awards in this year's HOT PRODUCTS competition. ''These prestigious awards recognize FORE's commitment to leading the industry in providing innovative networking solutions with the features today's customers want,'' said Donal Byrne, senior vice president corporate marketing at FORE Systems. ''They also further confirm that FORE Systems is a premier provider of scalable, secure and reliable solutions for service provider and enterprise customers alike.'' The ASX-4000: ''Bigger and Faster than the Competition'' In awarding the ASX-4000 the HOT PRODUCT Award in the Enterprise WAN Equipment -- ATM Switch category, Data Communications' Andrew Cray and Stephen Saunders wrote, ''With its ASX-4000 ATM switch, Fore Systems Inc. is thinking big -- and bringing big benefits to corporate networkers.'' The ASX-4000 is a groundbreaking switch from FORE Systems that utilizes the same proven ForeThought® software as the company's other award-winning ATM switches. The ASX-4000 offers 10, 20, 30 or 40 Gbps of non-blocking, full-duplex switching capacity, and it delivers the first OC-48c (2.5 Gbps) ATM ports in the industry. Providing a scalable, reliable, high-speed foundation for building networking solutions that last, the ASX-4000 is specifically designed for the core of the Internet and the backbone of large enterprises. ''FORE's FSA Boosts Throughput to MultiGigabit Rates'' In recognizing the FSA, Data Communications' David Newman wrote, ''(FORE's) Firewall Switching Agent (FSA) embeds instructions from Check Point's market- leading FireWall-1 in custom chips inside FORE gigabit Ethernet switches, delivering aggregate rates of up to 20 Gbit/s, according to the vendor -- much faster than the 50- to 100-Mbit/s top speeds of most standalone firewalls.'' Working with FORE's ESX(TM)-2400 and ESX-4800 Application Aware(TM) multi- Gigabit switches, the FSA provides simultaneous Gigabit line-rate TCP/IP firewalling, line-rate switching/routing and strong quality-of-service (QoS) guarantees. It performs much of the inspection and all of the forwarding in switch hardware, which is made possible by microcode that runs on custom- built, programmable ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits). Policy management and control takes place through a series of network and application agent plug-ins for the ESX switches. About Data Communications Founded in 1972 as the world's first networking publication, Data Communications has been covering the enterprise networking market for over 25 years. Data Communications is part of the Business Technology Group at CMP Media Inc. About FORE Systems FORE Systems is a leading global supplier of networking solutions based on an Intelligent Infrastructure(TM) designed to handle the networked applications of today and tomorrow. FORE's Networks of Steel(TM) deliver the increased capacity, reduced complexity and unparalleled flexibility and scalability necessary to build networks that last. Thousands of enterprise and service provider customers worldwide have put FORE Systems' solutions at the heart of their networks. For more information on FORE's Networks of Steel, call (888) 404-0444 or visit the FORE Systems web site at fore.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to products, partners, customers, future growth and other matters. Please refer to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by FORE Systems with the Securities and Exchange Commission in June, 1998, and the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed by FORE Systems in August, 1998, and November, 1998, for a discussion of risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. All FORE Systems' editorial information and graphics can be found on NEWSdesk, the high-tech Internet Networks at newsdesk.com. FORE Systems, ForeRunner and ForeThought are registered trademarks of FORE Systems, Inc. ASX, Application Aware and Intelligent Infrastructure are trademarks of FORE Systems, Inc. All other brands or product names are trademarks of their respective holders. SOURCE: FORE Systems, Inc.