SBS Technologies Announces High-Performance DS3/E3 ATM Monitoring Adapter for Wide Area Networks.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- WANic 1001-DEM PCI-X Network Monitor Adapter Offers Full Line Rate WAN Monitoring

--Single Port DS3/E3 ATM Monitoring

--ATM Auto Discovery Feature

--PDU Time Stamping 

--High-Performance SAR 

--Non-Intrusive Network Monitor Tap

Today, SBS Technologies(R), Inc. (NASDAQ: SBSE), a leading designer and manufacturer of communication solutions, is continuing its role as an embedded computer industry market leader by introducing the newest members of its WANic 1000 line - the high-performance WANic 1001-DEM DS3/E3 ATM network monitoring adapter. The WANic 1001-DEM adapter can easily monitor a full duplex DS3/E3 ATM Wide Area Network (WAN). The WANic 1001-DEM effortlessly connects to a WAN using a standard DS3/E3 Monitor Tap and a DB-15 cable, both of which are included in the WANic 1001-DEM kit.

"The WANic 1001-DEM is designed to perform such essential DS3 network monitoring requirements as network security, line rate monitoring and network testing in a cost-effective manner," said Rubin Dhillon, General Manager of the SBS Technologies Communications design center in Massachusetts. "This DS3/E3 ATM WAN adapter brings a high degree of flexibility and reliability to a network manager's network maintenance responsibilities."

This PCI-X-based adapter comes with a non-intrusive T1/E1 Tap system that occupies only one slot. The WANic 1001-DEM contains a bypass circuit that lets network managers easily monitor DS3/E3 ATM network connections as a passive device. With its Auto Discovery and indexing functions, the WANic 1001-DEM adapter can automatically detect new Far-End Group Identifiers and provision a corresponding local VPI/VCI identifier prior to forwarding the ATM cells to the ATM segmentation and reassembly (SAR) device on the WANic 1001-DEM. This Auto Discovery function significantly improves the quality of the monitoring information available to a network manager.

Price and Availability:

Available now, the quad port WANic 1004 lists for US$2,045, and the octal port WANic 1008 lists for US$2,499.

About SBS Technologies

SBS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SBSE), founded in 1986, designs and builds a wide range of standard and customized embedded computer products. Our products include processor boards, input/output modules, networking devices, and complete computer systems. Our products are used in many industries, including telecommunications, medical electronics, industrial automation and defense. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, SBS maintains eight primary operating locations, has regional sales offices throughout the United States and has international sales and support offices in six countries. More information on SBS is available at www.sbs.com.

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This new product announcement contains forward-looking statements concerning SBS Technologies, Inc.'s product strategy, technology capability, competitive leadership, product capabilities. These statements reflect the perspectives and expectations of SBS management as of the date of this release. Actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risk factors, including sales and product strategy within SBS; the impact of rapid technological and market change; and other risk factors listed from time to time in the SBS SEC reports, including those listed under "Risk Factors" in the SBS Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports.