C-Port Corporation Names John F. Gavin as Chief Financial Officer.

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1999--C-Port(TM) Corporation, the pioneering communications platform company, today announced that John F. Gavin has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer. He joins the company from Compaq(R) Computer/Digital Equipment Corporation(TM), where he was most recently vice president of Finance for North America. Previously, he was vice president of Finance for Digital's Semiconductor Business.

"We are very pleased to have John join the C-Port team," said Larry Walker, president and CEO of C-Port. "John's extensive experience in all areas of the semiconductor business, from OEM relationships to manufacturing, will be very valuable as C-Port continues to execute on our plan to radically improve the way the networking industry designs, develops, and deploys products."

Mr. Gavin brings over 15 years of experience in high-tech finance to his new role. In addition to his most recent position at Compaq/Digital, he was senior finance staff member for North America on the Compaq/Digital integration team. He also held several senior finance positions at Digital, where he played a key role in the growth and development of Digital's Semiconductor Business Unit; co-developed and managed the construction of Digital's premier state-of-the-art wafer fabrication facility; and played a role in many strategic transactions, including the sale of Digital's semiconductor manufacturing unit to Intel(R) Corporation.

6 "C-Port is at the leading edge of the emerging communications IC market," said Mr. Gavin. "As CFO, I look forward to putting into place the business practices and processes that will support C-Port's sustained growth."

C-Port Corporation is a privately held startup company focused on radically improving the networking industry's ability to develop, deploy, and provision communications services. Combining expertise in full-custom microprocessors, networking, and software development tools, C-Port's unique team offers the industry's first communications platform, called C-Ware(TM). The company brings together seasoned veterans from leading companies such as 3Com (NASDAQ:COMS), AMD(TM) (NYSE:AMD), Cyrix(R)/National Semiconductor Corporation(R) (NYSE:NSM), Digital Equipment Corporation/Compaq (NYSE:CPQ), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP) , and Nortel Networks (NYSE:NT).

For more information on C-Port, visit our web site at www.cportcorp.com. Customers can contact C-Port sales at 978-773-2368, or send e-mail to [e-mail].

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