ATLANTA, Sept. 12, 1994 -- In an aggressive foray into thefastest-growing segment of the internetworking business, Cisco Systems hasadded five new product lines to its family of remote access internetworkingdevices, which enable workers in satellite offices, telecommuters andmobile professionals to access corporate data networks. The product lines,which include both new hardware platforms and new variations on the widelyused Cisco2500 platform, bring the user over 50 specific remote access solutions.

More than 57 percent of the Access Products soldworldwide during1993 were shipped by Cisco, according to the market research firm In-Stat(Scottsdale, Ariz.). Cisco is currently shipping more than 10,000 branchoffice routers per month, chiefly various versions of the entry-level Cisco2500 model the company introduced in January.

Don Listwin, Cisco vice president of marketing, said, "Cisco now offersby far the broadest range of remote access options in the industry.Whether the need is for small offices or individual telecommuters, for oneor several remote connections, for PC-based or stand-alone routing, Ciscohas the solution. And enterprise-wide interoperability is guaranteedbecause all Cisco products -- from the smallest remote unit to ourhighest-end backbone router -- run the same Cisco Internetwork OperatingSystem software." Cisco's new products are:

• The CiscoAccessPro PC Card, the first PC card that provides the full power of a stand-alone router. The router on a card is the result of a 1993 agreement between Cisco and Microsoft to develop a board-level router for Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server PCs. Priced starting at $1,995, the card began shipping in August.

• The Cisco1000 LAN Extenders, designed for the smallest, most cost-sensitive remote sites. Based on a new two-port hardware platform and specialized switching software, at $1,595 these are Cisco's lowest-priced stand-alone remote access devices; they will be available in October.

• Combinedaccess router/wiring hubs, based on the Cisco 2500 platform, that provide simplified installation, integrated management, and cost and space savings. Priced starting at $3,095, these integrated products will ship in November.

• Three newmodels of the Cisco 2500 platform that support two LAN connections each, instead of the single connection on earlier versions. The new models, priced starting at $2,995, will be available in October.

Cisco Systems,Inc., headquartered in San Jose, Calif., is the leading global supplier of internetworking products, including routers, bridges,workgroup systems, ATM switches, dial-up access servers, software routersand router management software. These products are used to buildenterprise-wide internetworks linking an unlimited number of geographicallydispersed LANs, WANs and IBM SNA networks. Cisco's Internetwork Operating System (IOS) technology, found in more than 200,000 installed Ciscounitsand in the products of over 20 partners, is the de facto industry standardfor data transmission. In the U.S., Cisco is traded over the counter underthe Nasdaq symbol CSCO. A member of the S&P 500 and Fortune 500, Cisco infiscal 1994 logged sales of $1.2 billion.

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Posted: Sep 12 09:41:19 1994