CMP Media's Network Computing Announces Winners of the 10th Annual Well-Connected Awards May 11, 2004

CMP Media LLC's Network Computing today announced the Well-Connected Award Winners, an impressive mix of the most outstanding and distinctive products and/or services. The ranking includes names such as Airespace, Fortinet, Forum Systems, Hewlett-Packard, Polycom, ProactiveNet and Sun Microsystems. For 10 years, Network Computing has honored companies with this unique and distinctive award. The winning technology products and/or services have excelled in testing and evaluations within real-world environments, as well as surpassed other products in their competitive set.

To be considered, products had to have been featured either as a subject of a review or subjected to a hands-on testing process, which is an important distinction from other award programs. Network Computing's expert editorial staff works at length during the course of the year to research and test products in various technology areas.

"The Well-Connected Awards are the only industry accolades chosen by technology experts based on product testing and evaluations in a real-world environment. We view all products, technologies and services from the same perspective as our readers and peers do," said Fritz Nelson, VP and Group Publisher of the Network Computing Enterprise Architecture Group. "This is an important distinction from any other award program -- the products selected in the Well-Connected Awards are unique because they have been tested over an enterprise by our editors themselves. They are truly the best and brightest."

Among the 44 winners announced today in the May 13th issue, the most eagerly anticipated were Most Outstanding Product of the Year, given to Airespace, Intelligent RF Access Point and the seven core area Products of the Year including:

   -- Most Outstanding Product of the Year, Airespace, Intelligent RF Access
      Point
   -- Product of the Year: Business Applications, Forum Systems, Forum
      Sentry 1504 2.0
   -- Product of the Year: Digital Convergence, Polycom, SoundPoint IP 600
      SIP 1.06
   -- Product of the Year: Infrastructure , Sun Microsystems , N2000 Series
      Application Switch
   -- Product of the Year: Mobile & Wireless Technology, Airespace,
      Intelligent RF Access Point
   -- Product of the Year: Network & Systems Management, ProactiveNet,
      ProactiveNet 5.1
   -- Product of the Year: Security, Fortinet, FortiGate-60 (v2.5 of
      FortiOS)
   -- Product of the Year: Storage & Server Technology, Hewlett-Packard, HP
      ProLiant ML330 G3

A complete list of all winners, products and categories will be highlighted in the May 13th issue of Network Computing, on the Network Computing website http://www.networkcomputing.com/.

About Network Computing

For IT, By IT, Network Computing (http://www.networkcomputing.com/), published by CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, N.Y., is dedicated to providing critical analysis of technologies, vendors and products to 220,000 IT Managers and Staff who are accountable for strategic technology purchase decisions. In 2003, Network Computing won a total of four awards from the American Society of Business Publications Editors (ASBPE), including a national award in the Best Technical Article category.

About CMP Media LLC

CMP Media LLC (www.cmp.com) is a leading integrated media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum-the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, and research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences, and custom publishing.

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    Tpassuel@cmp.com
    516-562-5647

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