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Subject: CO-COMPATIBLE-SYSTEMS - BW0236 07121999
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 07:00:12 -0700

BW0236   Jul 12, 1999      06:15 PACIFIC    09:15  EASTERN
( BW)(CO-COMPATIBLE-SYSTEMS) Compatible Systems Inks Installation and
Support Pact with Data General; On-Site Support Program Now Available
for Industry-Leading IntraPort VPN Line

     Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

     BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 1999--Compatible
Systems Corporation today announced that it has signed an agreement
with Data General Corporation (NYSE:DGN) of Westboro, Mass. under
which Data General will perform on-site installation and maintenance
of Compatible Systems' award-winning IntraPort family of VPN Access
Servers.
     The On-Site Support Program (OSSP) is an option available to
customers of the Compatible Systems Total Care Support Program (TCSP),
the company's premium support offering.
     "We are the industry leader in hardware-based VPNs," said Matt
McConnell, president and CEO of Compatible Systems Corporation. "Our
IntraPort products are getting a great reception at Fortune 2500
enterprise accounts and Network Service Providers (NSPs). These
customers have consistently asked for an on-site installation and
maintenance program. Now we're partnering with Data General, one of
the most respected names in IT support services, to provide that
capability."
     The Total Care Support Program provides round-the-clock access to
Compatible Systems' support staff. When a TCSP customer with the OSSP
option requires on-site installation or maintenance, Compatible
Systems will notify Data General to dispatch a trained Data General
technician to the customer site from one of more than 270 Data General
support centers located throughout the world.
     "No matter what the reach of the enterprise or service provider
network, Data General has the means to provide quality on-site
maintenance," says Mike Mancuso, vice president, US sales and support,
at Data General. "Virtual Private Networks deliver great power and
flexibility. We can help companies get the VPN running quickly and
smoothly, just about anywhere that Compatible Systems products are
sold."
     While Compatible Systems will continue to include its no-cost
telephone and web-based Integrated Support Package with every product,
the Total Care Support Program with the On-Site Support Program option
provides additional fee-based services for customers who require
on-site installation and maintenance support. Under the program, a
qualified service technician can be on the customer's site within just
a few hours in the U.S., Canada, much of Western Europe and elsewhere.
     "Our customers are making significant investments in virtual
private networking," McConnell adds. "The On-Site Service Program is
just another way for us to help ensure that these customers get the
maximum return on their investments."

     The IntraPort Family of VPN Access Servers

     The IntraPort family of VPN Access Servers provides
Internet-based remote access and LAN-to-LAN solutions ranging in size
from 16 simultaneous tunnels to more than 40,000 simultaneous tunnels.
All IntraPort products feature:
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--   Leading-edge IPSec tunneling for TCP/IP and IPX network protocols
--   Integrated routing via RIP, RIP2 and OSPF
--   Three encryption levels including hardware-accelerated Triple DES
--   Unlimited-user client support for Windows 95(TM), Windows 98(TM),
     Windows NT(TM), MacOS, Intel Linux and Sun Solaris
--   MD5/SHA, RADIUS and SecurID authentication; and full packet
     filtering
--   CompatiView, a GUI management application for Windows and
     Macintosh, is included with every IntraPort.
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     About Data General

     Data General (NYSE:DGN), based in Westboro, is a major supplier
of storage and enterprise computing solutions for customers worldwide.
The company's products include CLARiiON Fibre Channel storage systems,
high-end NT and UNIX AViiON servers, and related software and
services. Data General reported fiscal 1998 revenues of $1.5 billion.
Additional information on the company, its products, and services is
available on the Internet at www.dg.com.

     About Compatible Systems

     Compatible Systems Corporation is the industry leader in
hardware-based VPN solutions for site-to-site and remote client
connection networking. The company has more than 10 years of network
product design experience and has worked with VPN technologies since
1991. Compatible Systems has strong customer, reseller and ISP
relationships and has installed equipment in thousands of networks
worldwide. For more information, contact Compatible Systems
Corporation at P.O. Box 17220, Boulder, CO 80308 or by phone at
800/356-0283 or 303/444-9532. The company's World Wide Web server is
http://www.compatible.com.
      Among the industry veterans who have begun development of VPN
products are Ascend Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASND), Cisco Systems,
Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO), Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) and Nortel Networks
(NYSE:NTL). Compatible Systems VPN client software runs native with
operating systems and development environments from Apple Computer
(Nasdaq:AAPL), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) and Sun Microsystems
(Nasdaq:SUNW).

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     CONTACT:  Compatible Systems Corporation, Boulder
               Tom Ferrell, 800/356-0283 or 303/444-9532
               tferrell@compatible.com
                    or
               Shandwick International, Redwood Shores
               John Jordan, 650/596-5880 X4274
               jjordan@shandwick.com

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