FatPipe's CTO Chosen as One of Utah's Top Female Innovators by Utah Business Magazine

Salt Lake City, UT: April 02, 2001 - FatPipe® Networks, the leading developer of router clustering products for reliable, redundant and fast Internet/WAN connections, announces that Sanchaita Datta has been chosen as one of the top female innovators in the State of Utah by Utah Business Magazine.

Datta, chief technical officer, vice president of engineering and co-founder of FatPipe, was featured in the March issue of Utah Business magazine which highlighted her success in creating patented niche technology called Redundant Array of Independent Lines (RAIL) is used in all FatPipe Networks router clustering products. She also was recently honored for her achievements as an engineer and innovator by the Women's Business Center at the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Women's Business Center and the National Association for Women Business Owners (NAWBO), co-sponsors of this years Women's Business Day luncheon during Utah Business Resource Network's (UBRN) Celebrating Utah Business Week, will also be honoring 30 of Utah's Most Innovative Women listed in Utah Business Magazine's March issue. The event will be held at the Little America Hotel & Towers, May 15th from 12:00pm to 1:30pm, and will have a general theme focusing on the progress of women in the world of business.

"We are very proud of Sanch, whose contribution to FatPipe Networks' development and success is immeasurable," commented president and ceo of FatPipe Networks, Ragula Bhaskar, Ph.D. "Only 11% of engineers in the United States are women, so we are doubly proud of her accomplishment of establishing herself as an engineer in her own right, and in successfully contributing new, innovative technology to the business world."

About FatPipe Networks
FatPipe Networks develops leading-edge technology that provides highly redundant, reliable, and high-speed Internet access for mission critical applications. FatPipe products enable companies to obtain low cost, highly redundant and fast Internet/WAN access, allowing such corporations to implement Intranets, Thin Client, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), and other web based applications.

FatPipe has established partnerships and alliances with major software and hardware companies including but not limited to Nortel Networks (NYSE:NT), US West (NYSE:USW), Digi International (NasdaqNM:DGII), AMD (NYSE:AMD), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP), Citrix ((Nasdaq:CTXS), and Novell (NasdaqNM:NOVL).

FatPipe® is a registered trademark of FatPipe Networks. Other brands and products are trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact:
Alisanne Casey, PR/Comm. Manager, FatPipe Networks, (801) 281-3434 ext. 2226, alisanne@fatpipeinc.com