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NETWORK COMPUTING MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE 6^TH ANNUAL WELL-CONNECTED AWARDS

Manhasset, NY, May 8, 2000 -- CMP Media’s Network Computing announced today the winners of the 6^th Annual Well-Connected Awards at a gala event held in Las Vegas. Among the 50 winners announced at the awards ceremony, the most eagerly anticipated were Hardware Product of the Year, given to Cisco Systems for their Cisco 3060 VPN Concentrator, formerly Altiga Networks Concentrator, Software Product of the Year, awarded to Novell for their NOS eDirectory, and Digital Island, who was selected Most Innovative Service Provider of the Year. Both Winners and Finalists are highlighted in the May 15^th issue of Network Computing, reported the largest folio year-to-date, with over 220 pages. In addition to its bi-monthly circulation of 220,000, the May 15^th Well-Connected issue will have additional distribution of over 18,000 copies at NetWorld+Interop, one of the industries largest trade shows.

"Each year, it proves a challenge for our editors to narrow the list of 150 finalists down to just 50 winners," said Fritz Nelson, Publisher of CMP Media’s Network Computing. "The products and services that have received a Network Computing Well-Connected award here tonight represent truly innovative solutions, and reflect product quality rather than merely product popularity or marketing effectiveness."

During the Network Computing Well-Connected Award Ceremony, winners were simultaneously posted on the Network Computing Web site. A comprehensive listing of Categories, Awards, Winning Products and Companies can be viewed at http://www.networkcomputing.com/marketing/public_relations/well_connected.html

Network Computing, published by CMP Media, Manhasset, N.Y., is the only networking publication providing in-depth, comprehensive, technology and service reviews from a real-world perspective to 220,000 IT Professionals–The Technology Experts–biweekly. In addition, the publication consistently has the largest average-issue audience among all networking publications, according to Simmons and IntelliQuest. Most recently, Network Computing was named a 1999 Neal Award Finalist.

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