INS Named Top Networking Company on Business Week's List

of Fastest-Growing Companies SUNNYVALE, Calif. (PROTEXT) - INS (Nasdaq: INSS), a globalprovider of network consulting and software solutions todayannounced that it has been named to Business Week Magazine's Listof Top 100 Hot Growth Companies. Business Week ranked the 100 fastest-growing companiesaccording to their three-year results in sales growth, earningsgrowth, and return on invested capital. INS placed 15th overallon the list and topped the list of companies in the networkingindustry. The rankings were listed in the May 31 edition of themagazine. According to Business Week, "Resourcefulness and single-mindeddrive are two of the characteristics that pop up again and againamong the 100 companies on our 15th annual Hot Growth list ...this years winners have an uncanny ability to spot what theircustomers want next and to bring those products to market quickly... And many, particularly those in the field of informationtechnology, have mastered the art of profiting from theoutsourcing needs of their giant brethren." "INS is pleased to add another important accolade to the listof industry rankings we have gained recently," stated John Drew,Chief Executive Officer and President of INS. "The recognition byBusiness Week is especially gratifying to our employees becauseof the publication's prominent role in shaping the thinking ofbusiness leaders across the many industries and geographiesserved by INS." About INS INS is a global provider of network consulting and softwaresolutions. INS provides professional services for the full lifecycle of a network, including planning, design, implementation,operations and optimization, and maintains expertise in the mostcomplex network technologies and multi-vendor environments.Through its INSoft Division, INS offers industry leading softwaresolutions for managing and optimizing application-ready networks.As of March 31, 1999, INS had 2,002 employees and providedservice from 42 locations. INS' headquarters are located at 1213Innsbruck Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. The INS Web site is locatedat http://www.ins.com. INS is a public company, trading under theNasdaq symbol INSS. NOTE: All trademarks and registered trademarks in this releaseare the properties of their respective owners. ots Original TextService: INS Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: press,Jeff Kaplan, Strategic Marketing, 617-376-2450, ext. 236, orJeff_kaplan@ins.com, or financial analysts/investors, AnnCandelario, Investor Relations, 650-318-1151, orann_candelario@ins.com, both of INS Web site: http://www.ins.com

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