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To: Riley who wrote (13343)	2/17/1999 9:13:00 AM
From: JeffA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90042

XYLN News Wednesday February 17, 9:01 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Xylan Selected for 10,000-User Network at Seven Veteran Medical Centers CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 1999--Xylan Corp. (Nasdaq:XYLN - news) Wednesday announced that the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN7), an association of Veterans Administration hospitals in Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina, will build fully switched networks using Xylan OmniSwitches. The new networks will expand bandwidth for new applications and allow communications among the seven hospitals. As a result, the hospitals expect to offer better patient care. The project will transform networks based on hubs and routers into fully switched networks that offer Ethernet or Fast Ethernet to each user, with ATM OC-3c (155 Mbps) connections to servers. The OmniSwitch, the only switch with integrated LAN, WAN and ATM support, will play an important role in the new networks. ''We were facing both a shortage of bandwidth and a need for wider access to data,'' said Wiley Stuckey, network information systems officer for VISN7. ''The OmniSwitch provides a solution to both problems and is integrated for ease of management. Xylan's sales and customer support worked with us as a team to analyze issues and solve problems. That support team made this a win-win situation.'' Stuckey said the existing networks were running out of bandwidth due to new graphical, client/server-based applications, and increased Internet and Intranet usage. The OmniSwitch offered the bandwidth necessary to solve these problems, and also enabled the hospitals to reduce training costs because it is a single-product solution. For WAN frame relay connection, some of the outpatient clinics use Xylan's integrated frame relay module to connect back to the main switches at the hospitals. About Xylan Xylan is the fastest growing hardware company in networking history. Its networks are used by many of the world's largest governments, corporations and service providers. For enterprise networks, Xylan's networks are so powerful that they allow a user to bypass an entire generation of network change. They combine ease of management, high performance, and easy integration with existing equipment and software. For CLECs, ISPs, RBOCs and PTTs, Xylan builds equipment for high-speed, multi-service, intelligent Internet access networks. They integrate broad connectivity options, advanced software for partitioning and security, and any-to-any switching. Xylan helps service providers build networks that are profitable today. Xylan's products combine LAN switching, ATM switching, layer-three switching and wide area switching, and are distinguished by advanced architectures and chip designs. Xylan's Switched Network Services takes switching to the next step: a comprehensive set of services that offers integrated directory-enabled networking, IP address management, user authentication, IP firewalls, quality of service, and routing and switching of multicast data. More information about Xylan and its products is available at www.xylan.com. This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Xylan with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's most recent report on Form 10-K and 10-Q, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Note to Editors: OmniSwitch is a trademark of Xylan Corp. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.