Cabletron introduces integrated ATM management capabilities for SPECTRUM; ForeView to be available on SPECTRUM 4.0 for industry's richest set of new technology management options.

ROCHESTER, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 1996--In order to help customers integrate ATM into existing networks, Cabletron is announcing support for FORE SYSTEMS(r) ForeView(tm) for powerful ATM management from SPECTRUM, the industry's leading platform for network and systems management. Also announced today were four new software management modules from Cabletron to address ATM management for new products requiring ATM emulation in the workgroup, data center and backbone. This will enhance SPECTRUM's ability to manage all new Cabletron ATM products, as well as FORE ATM switches, FORE LAN access products and Fore ATM network adapters -- all from the same console.

ForeView's support enhances SPECTRUM's ATM management module with a variety of new screen choices customized to the Cabletron environment, which includes SPECTRUM's view of connection paths throughout the ATM network. Both ForeView and Cabletron's management module will support SPECTRUM 4.0 -- on Windows NT, as well as all leading Unix platforms.

"SPECTRUM has once again distinguished itself as an industry leader with the most robust management available in the industry for mixed ATM and non-ATM networks," said Barbara Maaskant, director of computing at Emory University School of Public Health. "Cabletron's ATM application harnesses SPECTRUM's modeling technology for superior event correlation, while ForeView gives our network managers a complete suite of configuration, monitoring and analysis tools."

ForeView is now a launchable application from Cabletron's ATM management module that exploits SPECTRUM's unique inductive modeling for superior detail in showing relationships between devices within a network and their applications. This, coupled with SPECTRUM's powerful fault isolation technology, saves customers time and money by providing improved intelligence about where faults occur.

"New technologies such as ATM require increasingly sophisticated and powerful management choices," said Patricia Chrystycz, Cabletron's director of systems and network management marketing. "Integrating ForeView into SPECTRUM's arsenal of applications is further proof of Cabletron's commitment to providing its customers with the industry's best solutions for managing the introduction of new technologies in a network."

Cabletron Systems is the largest company in the world dedicated exclusively to computer networking products and services. With corporate headquarters in Rochester, NH, the company has 90 offices around the world and employs 5,500 people. Based on its Synthesis product framework, Cabletron develops, manufactures, markets and services both shared and switched-access internetworking products as well as the industry's most advanced network and systems management software.

Cabletron directly services customer sites around the globe and provides 7 x 24 support coverage, including free telephone support during normal business hours. A component of the S&P 500 index, Cabletron's common stock is traded over the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CS. Over the last four quarters the company has reported record revenue of approximately $1 billion and earnings of $202 million. -0-

Cabletron's World Wide Web site can be reached on the Internet at http://www.cabletron.com. Cabletron and SPECTRUM trademarks are registered trademarks of Cabletron Systems. FORE SYSTEMS is a registered trademark, and ForeView is a trademark of FORE SYSTEMS INC. All other products or services found in this document are identified by the trademarks or service marks of their respective companies or organizations.

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