Rapid Logic Delivers Version 3.1 of RapidControl.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

ALAMEDA, Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000

Major enhancements include: advanced craft-style interface functionality, basic scripting support, improved group-based security model, richer support for SNMP master-sub agents and an enhanced file

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Rapid Logic, the industry-leading provider of intelligent, Internet-based device software products, today announced the release of RapidControl(tm) 3.1, the latest version of Rapid Logic's unified device management suite.

Rapid Logic's RapidControl product suite unifies all device management functions within a single, robust and integrated framework. This provides vendors the ability to build a variety of management layers quickly and systematically upgrade and customize user interfaces across multiple product releases and product lines. The RapidControl product family includes RapidControl for Web, RapidControl for Applets, RapidControl for CLI, and MIBway for RapidControl.

Major enhancements to RapidControl 3.1 include: advanced craft-style interface creation capabilities such as expanded command line editing, command aliasing, 'more' command support for output paging, basic scripting and advanced help system functionality, enhanced support for either bitmask-based group security levels or linear access levels, custom type support, dynamic runtime access to new SNMP MIB variables in master-sub agent settings, support for one-to-many device management applets and an improved file system. Significant enhancements to the RapidControl rapid integration "tool bus" accelerate the pace of command node/tree generation and customization, add plug in support for VisualCafe(tm) for Java, and enable increased tool menu and target system parameter customization. The new version also includes significantly improved documentation and online tutorials.

"We have worked closely with our customers in developing this new release, and they drove the enhancements in RapidControl 3.1," said Michael Edison, Rapid Logic`s RapidControl Product Director. "We have continued to listen to our customers and leverage our existing product to make improvements."

All of the new features and enhancements in RapidControl 3.1 have been done with the customer in mind. RapidControl for CLI has two new key features that give the customers new flexibility in customizing products for their requirements.

Key enhancements to RapidControl for CLI have focused on giving customers more opportunity to add customization and user defined options to their products. The improved help functionality in CLI now includes both node and parameter specific help as well as the ability to access user defined help functions. The new version of RapidControl for CLI has custom type support flexible enough for any data type such as enumerations and bounded integers. Customers have the ability to specify their own validation routine for any custom data type when they build their devices with RapidControl for CLI.

Other prominent enhancements of RapidControl 3.1 include:

RapidControl for Web has a improved file system that allows creation of multiple RAM images and use of multiple file systems such as Flash-based plus ANSI plus NFS. Customers now have the ability to access new SNMP MIBs at runtime. Web pages can now access any existing MIBs whether they were known at compile time or not.

RapidControl for Applets has a new multiple connection broker that allows monitoring of several devices from a single web page or a single applet in real time.

MIBway for RapidControl includes support for bulk GETS, improving the performance of SNMP tables. MIBway is now as fast or faster than a native SNMP console for SNMP table access. RapidControl now supports Agent X for asynchronous SNMP MIB access.

RapidControl 3.1 has a new bitmask-based group security model. Rather than having to implement a linear or hierarchical security model customers now have the choice to group people on a need to access basis.

Availability

Rapid Logic RapidControl 3.1 is available now. For more information, please visit www.rapidlogic.com or call 510-749-0900.

About Rapid Logic, Inc.

Rapid Logic is the leading provider of intelligent device management software that enables manufacturers of network devices to incorporate remote management capabilities into their products via the Internet. Its RapidControl(tm) product suite unifies all device management functions within a single, robust and integrated framework. This provides vendors the ability to build a variety of management layers quickly and to systematically upgrade and customize management interfaces across multiple product releases and product lines.

RapidControl products are currently deployed by the top 10 device manufacturers in the datacom, telecom, cable and office automation industries. More than 100 intelligent device manufacturers have deployed RapidControl products on more than 200 platforms. With RapidControl products, device vendors can easily create their own powerful Internet-based configuration, access and control applications in a fraction of the time and cost it took previously.

Rapid Logic's customers include established leaders such as Alcatel (NYSE:ALA), Nortel Networks (NYSE:NT/TSE:NTL), Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU), Hitachi (NYSE:HIT), 3Com (NASDAQ:COMS), Nokia (NYSE:NOK), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP), and Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) as well as robust upstarts such as Redback Networks (NASDAQ:RBAK) and Tut Systems (NASDAQ:TUTS). Rapid Logic's partners include Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM), International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) (NYSE:IBM), Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Wind River (NASDAQ:WIND).

Rapid Logic is headquartered in Alameda, Calif., with offices in Chicago, and Boston. The company's investors include Intel Corporation, Wind River, Needham Capital, and Sterling Payot.

Note to Editors: Rapid Logic and RapidControl are registered trademarks of Rapid Logic, Inc.