ADVISORY/Caw Networks to Spotlight WebAvalanche 2.0 and WebReflector At Networld+Interop.

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
    ADVISORY...for Tuesday-Thursday (May 8-10)

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      Who: Caw Networks, developer of planning and infrastructure
    solutions that enhance the performance and scalability of Web
    infrastructure operations.

      What: Caw Networks will be demonstrating its premiere product,
    WebAvalanche(TM), a Web infrastructure capacity-assessment
    appliance, at Booth No. SC311 at the Las Vegas Convention Center
    during the Networld+Interop show. VARBusiness Magazine recently
    (April 30, 2001) cited WebAvalanche as one of "20 Tools You Need
    to Beat the Economy." WebAvalanche is also a finalist in PC
    Magazine's Innovation in Infrastructure Awards; winners to be
    named at N+I.

      Caw Networks will also be previewing its soon-to-be-announced
    product, WebReflector(TM). WebReflector realistically simulates
    the behavior of a large cluster of Web servers, application
    servers and database servers. The combination of these
    cost-effective, intuitive appliances provides a total solution for
    recreating realistic customer environments in the lab.
    Additionally, WebAvalanche and WebReflector will be featured at
    the N+I booths of several key infrastructure equipment companies.

      Why: Built for companies that must deliver surefire Web
    performance under all conditions, WebAvalanche simulates realistic
    Internet traffic that challenges any computing infrastructure to
    stand up to the load and complexity of the Internet. For companies
    that manufacture network infrastructure equipment, build large
    network infrastructures, or need to evaluate the performance of
    network infrastructure equipment under real-world Internet
    conditions, WebReflector enables cost-effective and realistic
    stress tests of Internet devices and equipment; switches, routers,
    load balancers, packet shapers, firewalls, Web caches, and
    accelerators. These sophisticated appliances give users for the
    first time the ability to accurately assess the performance of
    mission-critical equipment, identifying serious problems in the
    lab rather than in a live environment.

      When: May 8, 9, 10

      Where: Networld+Interop
           Las Vegas Convention Center
           Booth No. SC311
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    CONTACT: Caw Networks
             Benita Kenn, 650/934-2396
             [e-mail]
                or
             ShapeTechnology
             Ruth Struckman or Lisa Lam, 650/235-2505
             [e-mail]

    KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA NEVADA
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE INTERNET NETWORKING SOFTWARE ADVISORY
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