PFN's Fran Reichmeyer to Discuss How COPS is Used to Monitor, Manage and Maintain MPLS Traffic at iBAND 2000.

Business/Technology Editors

Fall ISPCON 2000

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2000

PFN Inc., a leading provider of intelligent network communications solutions, announced today that Fran Reichmeyer, senior network architect, will present at the iBAND Conference being held November 8-10, 2000 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, Calif. Please Note: This session, titled, "Common Open Policy Service (COPS) Management for MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) Traffic Engineering," will be held on November 9, 2000 at 4:45 p.m.

Reichmeyer, who has more than seven years experience in developing IP and network solutions, will discuss how using the COPS protocol enables a single management mechanism for provisioning, dynamic mapping of traffic onto MPLS tunnels and monitoring and maintaining tunnel performance. As Next Generation networks evolve, more focus is being placed on adding intelligence to the network edge to drive the high-speed core technologies, such as MPLS capable optical switches. The use of COPS to manage MPLS extends control of the network resources to the edge of the core, where it can be integrated with business level policies to provide an intelligent communications infrastructure to the users and applications driving the network.

The iBAND Conference is a technical planning event focusing on how Internet traffic management, service provisioning and performance measurement turns raw bandwidth into cost-effective network platforms able to run applications and business services. iBAND is being held concurrently with ISPCON Fall 2000, a conference focused on Internet Service Providers. For more information on iBAND and ISPCON, please visit www.ispcon.com.

About PFN, Inc.

Founded in 1995, PFN, Inc. provides advanced communications architecture and technologies that deliver end-to-end, persistent intelligence, and policy-based quality of service over traditional IP networks. The patented network communications architecture uses policies and distributed directory technologies to support next generation applications such as business-to-business, supply chain, wireless networking, voice over IP, and converged data services.

PFN's FirmLink is a suite of policy-based services that provide a secure, reliable platform for linking a company's internal systems with its suppliers' and partners' systems, quickly, easily, and non-intrusively over the Internet - without extensive software development or technology adoption. PFN is headquartered in Cambridge, MA and holds seven patents for its components and communications processes. To learn more about PFN and FirmLink, please contact 617-494-9980 or visit www.pfn.com.