Contact: Patricia Chrystycz Gambit Communications, Inc. 978-921-0492 chrystycz@gambitcomm.com INTERNETWEEK AND NETWORK COMPUTING EDITORS NAME MIMIC SNMP Agent Simulator A FINALIST IN THE BEST OF SHOW AWARD PROGRAM AT NETWORLD+INTEROP 2000 LAS VEGAS Nashua, NH - May 8, 2000 - Gambit Communications today announced that its MIMIC(tm) product is a finalist in the Network Management category for the NetWorld+Interop Best of Show award, which will be presented during the NetWorld+Interop 2000, taking place at the Las Vegas Convention Center from May 9th to 11th. MIMIC is an SNMP agent simulation product that records, compiles, and simulates up to 10,000 SNMP-based devices from one platform. MIMIC will be demonstrated in Gambit Communications booth 8023. The Best of Show Awards program is designed to help end-users evaluate the new product offerings debuted at NetWorld+Interop. The editors of InternetWeek and Network Computing, two of CMP Media's premier IT publications, scour the industry and show floor evaluating hundreds of new products, selecting finalists in 11 categories and named MIMIC SNMP Agent Simulator a finalist in the Network Management category. The Best of Show Awards program helps IT professionals determine which new products are most unique and innovative in their quest to provide excellence in networking. MIMIC was named a finalist from a field of over 300 entries "All of the finalists were chosen based on a rigorous evaluation process," said Wayne Rash, Managing Editor/Technology for InternetWeek and head of the joint editorial judging team with Network Computing for the Best of Show Awards. "We picked Gambit Communications, MIMIC SNMP Agent Simulator because we believe it's one of the most innovative solutions in the Network Management category," explained Rob Kohlhepp, Lab Director for Network Computing . MIMIC's abilities are useful to enterprises for training and disaster recovery practice, as well as for network management software developers for development, testing, training, supporting, and demonstrating their products. Leading vendors are using MIMIC on the show floor to demonstrate specific capabilities of their products while lowering their trade show costs, including demo hardware costs, shipping, and personnel. Some of those exhibitors include: American Power Conversion (NASDAQ: APCC) - booth 5115, InfoVista Corp. - booth 7013, Interworking Lab - booth 3444, Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) - booth 5863 and RiverSoft Technologies Ltd. - booth 1147. About MIMIC MIMIC provides an inexpensive way for enterprises, device vendors, management software developers, and outsourcers to demo, test, develop, train and certify SNMP-based management applications without purchasing equipment and maintaining labs for those functions. MIMIC has the ability to simulate up to 10,000 SNMP-based devices from one workstation. MIMIC simulations can be distributed over multiple platforms for enterprise simulation testing of even larger environments. It includes user-friendly wizards for importing new MIBs, recording large networks, creating device simulations and network topologies, and provides full support for SNMP v1, v2, and v3 as well as RMON1 and RMON2. MIMIC's over 100 customers include: Computer Associates, HP, MCI, Lucent, Xylan, GTE, Quallaby, Seagate, Fujitsu, Marconi, Nortel, and Ericsson. About Gambit Founded in 1995, Gambit Communications is a leader in SNMP-based network management tools that enhance the productivity of network management developers and enterprise users while lowering their costs. Gambit's SNMP agent simulation tool, MIMIC, records SNMP agents, then "plays back" simulations for use in applications from development and testing to operator training and disaster simulations. For more information on Gambit and MIMIC, please visit www.SNMPSimulation.com. MIMIC is a trademark of Gambit Communications, Inc. ###