Two best-of-show finalists, Torrent NetworkingTechnologies and Netsation Corporation, announce...

LANDOVER, MD.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 6, 1997--

Gigabit Router Maker to Partner with Network Configuration

Vendor to Make it Easier to Install and Use Next-Generation

Routers

Torrent Networking Technologies, the leading

innovator of Gigabit Routing solutions, and Netsation Corporation, developers of the first Java-based, platform-independent network configuration tool, today announced a strategic alliance under which the two companies will collaborate in an effort to make it easier for companies to install and use next-generation routers. Under the alliance, Torrent and Netsation will share their knowledge and technology to facilitate the integration of their products. Netsation's Network Configurator product, which began shipping last week, will support the configuration of torrent's IP9000 Gigabit Router, slated to ship by year's end, in a new soon-to-be-released version.

Both companies are finalists this week in the Networld+Interop '97 Atlanta Best of Show Awards, sponsored by Data Communications and LAN TIMES. Netsation is competing in the network management and analysis category. Torrent is competing in the network infrastructure category. Both companies will demonstrate their products at the show. Netsation's exhibit will be in Booth #7650 in Start-Up City and Torrent will be located in Booth #1119.

Network Configurator is a Web-based, client-server configuration tool that takes the drudgery and complexity out of the once-complex task of router and switch configuration. Unlike any other configuration tool, Network Configurator is a GUI-based, vendor- and platform-independent tool, allowing network administrators to rapidly deploy new devices and dependably update existing ones. Network Configurator Release 1 supports Cisco routers and will support Cascade switches in a future release to be demonstrated at the show. Torrent's IP9000 Gigabit Router product family is the first to deliver leading-edge IP (Internet Protocol) internetworks with ATM-like guaranteed service based on industry standards at the price/performance level of LAN switching. The IP9000's ability to offer precise control over individual traffic flows makes it ideal for supporting new applications such as streaming video, audio and multimedia traffic across Internet, Extranet and Intranet backbones.