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Subject: CO-COMPATIBLE-SYSTEMS - BW0118 08111999
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 06:04:19 -0700

BW0118   Aug 11, 1999      06:03 PACIFIC    09:03  EASTERN
( BW)(CO-COMPATIBLE-SYSTEMS) Compatible Systems Founding Member of
VPN Consortium; E-Commerce Enabling Technology's Rapid Growth Leads to
Birth of New Trade Association

     Business Editors/High Tech Writers

    BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 11, 1999--Compatible
Systems Corporation, the industry leader in hardware-based Virtual
Private Networks (VPNs), is proud to announce they are a founding
member of The Virtual Private Network Consortium (VPNC), a newly
formed industry trade association to promote VPNs.
     Compatible Systems is one of 10 founding partners that include
Altiga Networks, Cisco Systems, Freegate, Hi/fn, Intel, Internet
Devices, MCI Worldcom Advanced Networks, Network Alchemy, and SSH
Communications Security.
     "We are quite pleased to have a leading VPN vendor such as
Compatible Systems as one of our founding members," said Paul Hoffman,
Director of VPNC. "Compatible has been in the core network business
for much longer than most of our members, and they bring a great deal
of experience to the VPN market."
     VPNs are a scaleable hardware and software solution that lowers
the cost of secure data transfer, including e-commerce transactions.
According to a recent study by Frost & Sullivan, the total U.S. VPN
market will grow along with e-commerce, from $3.5 billion in 1998 to
$18.7 billion in 2004.
     "As a founding member of VPNC, Compatible is at the forefront in
shaping the rapidly expanding VPN market and helping deliver high
quality products customers demand," said Matt McConnell, president and
CEO of Compatible Systems. "Compatible Systems has a history of
technical innovation and we look forward to sharing our insights with
the industry and the ever-growing list of potential customers."

     About VPNC

     VPNC serves as a forum for VPN manufacturers throughout the
world. As an international trade association for manufacturers in the
VPN market, the primary purpose of VPNC is to educate potential
customers as to the benefits of VPN technology in e-commerce, remote
access and other applications. In addition, VPNC will increase
interoperability between members, and provide publicity and support
for interoperability testing events. For more information visit the
VPNC Web Site at http://www.vpnc.org.

     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, Colorado 80308 or by phone at
800/356-0283 or 303/444-9532. The company's World Wide Web server is
http://www.compatible.com.
     Compatible Systems VPN Access Servers have been selected for use
by Adobe Systems, Amazon.com, Apple Computers, ENTEX Information
Systems, Jet Propulsion Laboratories, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories,
Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, the Mayo Foundation, Pacific Stock
Exchange, PSINet, the U.S. Department of Health and the Yankee Group.
     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).

     --30--kmw/se*

     CONTACT: Compatible Systems Corporation
              Tom Ferrell, 800/356-0283 or 303/444-9532
              (Fax) 303/444-9595
              tferrell@compatible.com
              or
              Shandwick Public Relations
              John Jordan, 650/596-5850 X4274
              (Fax) 650/610-6909
              jjordan@shandwick.com

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