SNMP Development Made Easier.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1996-- SIMPLESOFT, Inc. a provider of Network Management tools and services will be introducing major enhancements to its Automated SNMP Agent Simulator products and will be demonstrating them at the Networld+Interop show in Atlanta (Booth No. 7471).

SIMPLESOFT's Agent Simulator, SimpleAgent, has been enhanced to allow the simulation of a complete network of SNMP manageable devices -- a truly "virtual" network of LAN-WAN components that can be monitored and controlled by any SNMP management application in real- time.

This version, called SimpleAgentPro, makes it easy to demonstrate Manager Applications at tradeshows and seminars without the physical network hardware. It also facilitates the development of Network Management applications before the real Agent is ready. "It's really a fantastic product," said Avinash Marathe, Engineering Development Manager at Cisco, "Without it, it would be impossible to ship our management applications on time." The new release includes support for a variety of operating system platforms: Win 3.1, Win 95, Windows NT, Solaris and HP/UX. Both SimpleAgent and SimpleAgentPro are available today, for $2,000 and $10,000 respectively.

At the show, SIMPLESOFT will demonstrate SimpleTester, an MS Windows based tool that automates the proactive testing of SNMP Agents. All types of SNMP Agents (standalone, proxies, sub-Agents) implementing one or more standard, experimental or private MIBs can be exhaustively tested, within minutes, for both SNMP protocol and MIB compliance. This tool improves the quality and interoperability of Agents while at the same time shortening the software development cycle. SimpleTester is available today for $3,000.

SIMPLESOFT will also demonstrate a sample manager Applet, written in Java, that performs Fault, Configuration and Performance functions using the standard SNMP protocol, providing a "faceplate" view of the device. The company develops custom, Java based manager applets to manage networking equipment. SIMPLESOFT provides assistance both in porting existing device management applications to Java and creating new device management applications to meet customer needs.

SIMPLESOFT, based in Mountain View, CA, was founded by Sudhir Pendse and Sameer Jayakar using private capital, and has been shipping SNMP test tools since Oct. 94. Today, the company has more than 50 satisfied customers in the U.S. and in Europe, including networking giants like Cisco and 3Com. For more information please contact Sameer Jayakar (415/969-7572), visit their Booth No. 7471 at Interop or their web site at http://www.smplsft.com

SIMPLESOFT Backgrounder

SIMPLESOFT, Inc. was founded in August of 1993 with a single mission: "To provide high quality tools and services that enable our customers to quickly create robust, functionally complete, interoperable Network Management products."

SIMPLESOFT started off by providing consulting services to help networking companies quickly create robust, functionally complete, interoperable SNMP based products, including support for SNMP Agents and SNMP Manager applications. Initial clients included data communication equipment manufacturers and networking software companies.

Through this extensive hands-on experience, SIMPLESOFT developed SNMP tools that help development and test engineers create superior products with minimum "time-to-market" interval. The company has been marketing these tools since October of 1994. In keeping with its efforts to provide support for both "sides" of Network Management, its products include tools that can be used for both Agent and Management application development.

Today, SIMPLESOFT customers include more than 50 networking companies in U.S. and Europe, including networking giants like Cisco and 3COM.

SIMPLESOFT Founders

The founders of SIMPLESOFT include Sudhir Pendse and Sameer Jayakar.

Pendse, President of SIMPLESOFT, has been actively involved in the field of Network Management for over a decade, and has been working with SNMP since 1988. Having experienced the need for high quality SNMP development and test tools first hand, Pendse started SIMPLESOFT, Inc. in 1993, and created a suite of automated agent testers and agent simulators that can be used during development, testing and sales presentations. Pendse has also been involved in the WinSNMP effort and is the author of the most recent draft of the WinSNMP-MIB API.

Prior to starting SIMPLESOFT, Pendse worked as an SNMP consultant, providing both SNMP Agent and Management application solutions for a number of networking companies like Novell, UB Networks, 3Com and Allied Telesis. Before that Pendse worked in the Software Engineering departments of Sytek/Hughes LAN Systems and Racal Milgo, implementing Network management solutions in the LAN and WAN arena.

Pendse also holds a patent for a CSMA-CD based LAN protocol that combines the advantages of concentration and reservation schemes. Sudhir holds an MS degree in Computer Engineering from SUNY, Buffalo. Sameer Jayakar, V.P. of Sales and Marketing of SIMPLESOFT, has over sixteen years experience in strategic planning, marketing and software development in the area of data communications and networking.

In 1988, Jayakar founded a consulting company specializing in network management strategy formulation and implementation. Client companies included Sun Microsystems, Network Equipment Technologies, Hitachi Computer Products and Larscom Corp. Prior to that, Jayakar was an Engineering Group Manager at ROLM Corp., responsible for DataCom and VoiceMail applications of the ROLM CBX. Jayakar holds Masters degrees from the School of Engineering at UC Berkeley, and from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford.

SIMPLESOFT Customer Information

SIMPLESOFT has more than 50 customers today, including the following: -0-

3Com         AT&T Bell Labs     Bellcore
Cisco        Ericsson           Hewlett Packard
IBM          NEC America        Nokia
PacBell      Racal Milgo        Stratacom
Tektronics   Telco Systems      UB Networks

CONTACT: SIMPLESOFT Inc.

Sameer Jayakar, 415/969-7572

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