1.   Although it became the first major computer networking firm two decades ago, it was later outmuscled in the big-business market by neighboring Cisco Systems.

2.   Allegro plans to take its product to market later this year, introducing an Internet traffic routing system that could threaten the sales of many established networking firms.

3.   Just as conglomerates are giving way to networking firms, so government should form partnerships with private groups to improve schools and slum housing.

4.   Lippis said the firm was hit hard when Nokia reduced its orders and Redback Networks, a San Jose computer networking firm, cut ties with the company.

5.   Morrell runs LanMinds Inc., a small computer networking firm in Berkeley.

6.   One of the juicier possibilities is Rhythms NetConnections Inc., a high-speed business networking firm from Colorado.

7.   Shares of networking equipment firms also fell as Cabletron Inc. warned that its fourth-quarter results would be disappointing because of weak demand.

8.   She noted that Cisco Systems Inc., the biggest data networking firm, recently acquired a company called LightspeedInternational Inc. of Sterling, Va., for the same reason.

9.   Yassini is the latest high-level Bay executive to leave the computer networking firm, which is reorganizing its management in the wake of disappointing earnings.