BBN Internet Server Named "Hot Product" of the Year By Data Communications Magazine.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jan. 17, 1995 -- Data Communications magazine has named the BBN Internet Server from BBN Internet Services Corp., a subsidiary of Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc. (NYSE:BBN), as one of the "Hot Products" of the year.

"Each year, Data Comm sets out to assess the sizzle. That means finding the products and services we believe will transform corporate networks and change the way our readers do their jobs," states the McGraw-Hill publication in its January 1995 issue.

"BBN Internet Services Corp. wants to take the agony out of the information era. Its BBN Internet Server is the first turnkey application server to come fully loaded with all the software needed to establish a corporate presence," states the magazine. "In fact, all a customer needs is Internet access, and BBN can furnish that, too." BBN is the leading provider of Internet services in New England and the San Francisco Bay area.

The BBN Internet Server provides the most widely used Internet functions, including electronic mail (POP), network news bulletin boards, a Gopher server, a World Wide Web (WWW) server and a file retrieval (FTP) server. BBN preconfigures the Internet Server for easy installation on an Ethernet local area network. The server comes with the user's host name, domain name server location, network address, local newsgroup hierarchy, and Gopher, WWW, and FTP directories. It will support any relevant TCP/IP application that the user organization chooses from third-party vendors.

Simple to operate, the BBN Internet Server offers users all the power of the UNIX operating system without the administration issues. With BBN's FrontDoorTM graphical user interface (GUI)-based server administration software, any office professional, administrative assistant, librarian or researcher can manage an organization's Internet server from their Macintosh or Windows PC with familiar point-and-click menus. Users responsible for providing information on the server can easily manage mailing lists, user accounts, newsgroups and Gopher and WWW servers without accessing UNIX.

The BBN Internet Server consists of an Intel PentiumTM-based personal computer running the BSDI's UNIX operating system, with components designed to meet the exacting performance requirements of a true multi-tasking environment. For organizations with an existing Internet connection, the BBN Internet Server offers a true "plug-and-play" solution. All users have to do is plug it in to be up on the net in minutes. The system configuration includes a high-end PC system (Intel Pentium microprocessor), 16 MB of RAM, 500 MB hard disk (1 or 2 GB version available), a 2 GB DAT drive for data backup and software installation, the BSDI UNIX operating system, and an Ethernet controller card (with choice of 10BASE-T, BNC, or AUI connectors).

BBN's Internet Server is available immediately from BBN Internet Services Corp. Pricing is $9,895 for a complete plug-and-play hardware and software package with the 500 MB disk configuration. BBN's unique FrontDoor GUI-based server administration software running on the Macintosh is available immediately. FrontDoor for Windows software will be available at the end of Q1 1995. Pricing for a one-year software maintenance service is $1,450, which includes free server software updates and email and 800-hotline support which is available around the clock 365 days a year. Hardware maintenance contracts also are available.

BBN Internet Services Corporation, a subsidiary of Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., is a leading provider of managed Internet access and value-added services. More than 600 leading businesses, research, university, and medical facilities in the Northeast and the San Francisco Bay area connect to the Internet via BBN's NEARNETSM and BARRNetSM services. BBN's Internet services include managed security services, around-the-clock network operations, end-to-end problem resolution, a comprehensive problem tracking system, backbone management and on-going configuration management services. For its fiscal year ended June 30, 1994, BBN had revenue of $196 million.

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NEARNET and BARRNet are service marks of BBN Internet Services Corp. FrontDoor is a trademark of BBN. All other products and services mentioned are trademarks of their respective holders.

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