FOR RELEASE January 31, 2000 Contact: Pankaj Shah Gambit Communications, Inc. (603) 881-3500 pankaj@gambitcomm.com Gambit Communications improves SNMP Simulation with version 4.10 Nashua, NH - January 31, 2000 - Gambit Communications, Inc., the leader in scalable SNMP agent simulation tools, today announced Version 4.10 of its MIMIC SNMP Agent Simulator. 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 all the equipment and maintaining labs for those functions. MIMIC 4.10 features: - The ability to simulate up to 2000 SNMP-based devices on Sun/Solaris and Linux. - Support for SNMPv3 SHA Access Control Module - Allows running an action script for every generated trap - User-friendly wizard for automatically updating to the latest version of MIMIC from the Internet - Configuration Wizard lets user configure different MIMIC tools - More networks in the network library - Improved performance. About Gambit Founded in 1995, Gambit Communications specializes in providing 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. ###