| Ensuring
a Successful IPv6 Transition with OPNET |
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December 14, 2005 -- Northrop
Grumman Corp. has won a contract to develop network security
applications that will give the Air Force early warning of information
security threats to its forces and coalition partners worldwide. Under
a contract worth $24.8 million over five years, Northrop Grumman
Information Technology of McLean, Va., will build a network-based
architectural framework that will provide the Air Force with
information, computer and network security, damage assessment
and recovery, security policy enforcement and response capabilities... |
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| Hurricanes
a boost for Integrated Wireless Network |
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December 12,2005 -- Prospects
might be brightening slightly for procurement activity on the
multibillion-dollar federal Integrated Wireless Network (IWN)
as a result of lessons learned from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The new national network, which may take 15 years to build and
has a price tag estimated at up to $10 billion, would bring together
federal law enforcement agents from the Homeland Security, Justice
and Treasury departments into a single wireless infrastructure... |
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| Cisco
seeks to control your apps |
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December 12,2005 -- Cisco wants
a central role in your service-oriented architecture plans, and
is proceeding in that direction, whether its partners like it
or not. Cisco last week used its World Wide Analyst Conference
to cast itself as a services and applications vendor, unveiling
a broad strategy for tying all its enterprise technology into
a services model. To that end, Cisco is expected this week to
announce a set of software tools aimed at letting customers monitor
and measure application performance on a network - a far leap
from its history of selling hardware and pushing packets... |
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| Cisco
set to take on network and application performance management |
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December 8, 2005 -- Cisco next
week is set to roll out a suite of products that will help network
managers better pinpoint the source of application performance
problems. Cisco's Network Application Performance Analysis (NAPA)
launch delivers on the company's promise to develop more technology
to manage network and application performance. Using technology
acquired through its purchase of Sheer Networks, OEM licenses
with OPNET and Corvil, and in-house technologies, Cisco built
four products that the company says will help customers identify
application performance issues... |
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was also covered by the following German publications: |
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| Cisco
Aims for Multivendor Network Management |
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December 8.2005 -- Cisco Systems
Inc. on Tuesday will launch a new suite of network management
tools that marks Cisco's first attempt at providing multivendor
network management. The new Network Application Performance Analysis
suite, composed of tools and services, is aimed at helping network
operators optimize the performance of the network to meet the
requirements of both planned and existing applications... |
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| No
troubles for end users |
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December 2006 --Most
companies are talking about "business service management" to
support critical business processes. As a consequence, companies
start monitoring performance from a customer perspective (end
user monitoring). Robots can generate user transactions and measure
response times, which only makes sense with an effective troubleshooting
strategy. One solution is to implement a Distributed Agent Controller
(DAC), which captures packet-traces over all involved tiers.
If a transaction causes a problem, the captured traces can be
analysed in an Application Characterization Environment (ACE),
which shows if delays are based on bandwidth, latency or server.
Administrators can therefore find out quickly if performance
problems are due to interactions between applications and network.
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| CA
and OPNET Announce Agreement To Extend CA’s Industry
Leading Performance Management Solutions With End-To-End Capacity
Planning |
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November, 2005 --
Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE:CA) and OPNET Technologies,
Inc. (NASDAQ: OPNT) today announced a global sales and marketing
agreement that combines CA’s performance monitoring, trend
analysis, and reporting solutions with OPNET’s modeling
and capacity planning products. The OPNET products include OPNET’s
award-winning IT Guru platform with Server and Mainframe Modeling
modules adapted for CA products, and OPNET’s Application
Characterization Environment. The agreement also includes terms
for OPNET and CA to cooperate in offering professional services
and support. |
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| Use
a virtual network for IT risk management |
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November, 2005 --
There are two big challenges for IT risk management. First: the
most meticulous documentation of network configurations cannot
predict the real behavior of the network because of complex interdependencies
between networks, devices and applications. Second: The IT infrastructure
is always being changed. Therefore, companies need two things:
a permanent network auditing and the possibility to perform what-if
analysis. With a virtual network environment, administrators
can build a realistic model of the production network and simulate
the real behavior of IT infrastructure. Furthermore, it is possible
to use special workflow techniques, which provide a permanent
update of the network model and an audit of network configurations.
Policy violations are immediately reported to IT staf... |
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| The
right data, in the right place, at the right time |
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November, 2005 --
As a Pharmaceutical Research company, Schering AG needs fast
access to laboratory data, as slow applications have a negative
effect on all of the processes in research and production. A
key part of this approach is the company's use of OPNET ACE,
which they use to analyse the performance of applications in
their multi-tier environments, to help track down the root-cause
of problems as fast as possible... |
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| The
Berlin Recipe for performance troubleshooting |
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November, 2005 --
O As a Pharmaceutical Research company, Schering AG needs fast
access to laboratory data, as slow applications have a negative
effect on all processes in research and production. The company
therefore uses OPNET ACE for application analyses in multi-tier
environments to track down the root-cause of problems a fast
as possible. This tool helps optimise the performance of applications
throughout the network by localising sources of errors both quickly
and prec |
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OPNET
Launches WiMAX Model Development Consortium;
Motorola Joins as Founding Membe |
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October, 2005 --OPNET
Technologies has enhanced its software "IT Guru" with
a tool for simulation and modeling of IBM zSeries. Users can
analyse how they can exploit the capacity of the mainframe in
an optimal way - either in order to improve the current performance
or to exalt the number of transactions. The goal is to achieve
as much performance as possible with the current number of processors... |
| The above
article also appeared in the following publications |
 
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| ACE
Advanced Console Records End-To-End Behaviour Of Transaction |
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September 2005 --
The ACE Advanced Console module (AAC) provides a solution for
a typical administrator problem: A user complains about poor
performance of his application, but there is no appropriate monitoring
data for exactly the time, when the problem occured. With AAC,
it´s possible to perform continuous packet captures and
store them. If a performance problem is reported, the administrator
can roll back and select the appropriate time period and use
filter techniques to isolate the relevant packets. The packets
can then be analyzed with OPNET ACE. ACE helps to find bottlenecks
in bandwidth, servers and latency. Morover, the administrator
can detect performance problems which result from the interaction
between network and applications. AAC is especially useful when
it is necessary to analyze intermittent problems |
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| Play
back the network movie |
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September, 2005 --
The ACE Advanced Console module (AAC) provides a solution for
a typical administrator problem: A user complains about poor
performance of his application, but there is no appropriate monitoring
data for the time, when the problem occured. With AAC, it´s
possible to perform continuous packet captures and store them.
If a performance problem is reported, the administrator can play
back and select the appropriate time period and use filter techniques
to isolate the relevant packets. The packets can then be analyzed
with OPNET ACE. ACE helps to find bottlenecks in bandwidth, servers
and latency. Furthermore, the administrator can detect performance
problems which result from the interaction between network and
applications. AAC is especially useful when it is necessary to
analyze intermittent problems. |
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| Finding
the error before the user notices it |
In German |
August, 2005 --End
user monitoring measures the performance of the IT infrastructure
from the user's perspective. It informs the administrator early
on about slow response times of applications critical for business.
But how can the administrator find the cause of the problem quickly?
One solution is to use a so-called Distributed Agent Controller
(DAC), which simultaneously records the "trail" of
a defined transaction across all involved tiers together with
the end user measurement. This ensures a consistent multipoint
measurement, which is important as a basis for fast troubleshooting
with ACE... |
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| Companies
turn to capacity planning to find bandwidth bottlenecks |
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August, 2005 --
Global oil company ConocoPhillips was all set to roll out SAP
AG's Business Information Warehouse for users in Perth, Australia,
but the early reports on the project weren't good. "This
was a high-profile project, and some application owners were
telling me that the network had a 15-second delay," says
Dave Strobel, operations supervisor in ConocoPhillips' global
information systems network operations group... |
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| Find
errors before the user notices them |
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August, 2005 --End
user monitoring (EUM) means monitoring performance from a customer
perspective. Robots generate user transactions and measure response
times. The administrator can thus find performance problems even
before real users notice them. But the technology only makes
sense if it is possible to find the root cause of the problem
quickly. With conventional monitoring tools, this is hardly achievable.
A solution is to implement a Distributed Agent Controller (DAC)
which captures packet-traces over all involved tiers by agents.
The DAC is activated by the EUM tool via a command line interface
when end user performance measurement starts. Thus the administrator
gets data for exactly the moment of the measured transaction.
By generating a footprint of the transaction before starting
regular measurement, it is possible to identify the packets of
the measured transaction among all the packets captured by each
agent. If a transaction causes a problem, the captured traces
can then be analyzed in an Application Characterization Environment
(ACE). |
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| OPNET
launches IT Sentinel v11.0 |
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August, 2005 --software
solution even more efficient for network integrity control IT
Sentinel carries out automatic audits of the nework equipment's
configuration, therefore, allowing large groups to implement
internal control and network security processes |
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| Army
to focus on getting apps out to more users |
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August, 2005 --The
challenges still facing Army transformation have to do largely
with the service’s ability to get beyond an individual
system approach and move to an interoperable, high-performance
computing environment. Monica Farah-Stapleton, director of the
Architecture and Systems Engineering Office of the Army Communications-Electronics
Research Development and Engineering Center at Fort Monmouth,
N.J., said her office must find a way in the coming years to
make systems more adaptable and scalable with improved configuration
control.“As we really begin to look at system of systems,
we need to look at true joint interoperability,” Farah-Stapleton
said last week during the OPNETWORK 2005 conference, sponsored
by OPNET Technologies Inc. of Bethesda, Md. “I would argue
we’ve been very successful to date, but we need to go to
the HPC environment.”... |
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| OPNET
announces the release of Panorama 3.0 |
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July, 2005 --OPNET
Technologies has announced the availability of Panorama 3.0,
a software for real time performance analysis for J2EE and .NET
applications. Panorama monitors system and application metrics
within each server, across all tiers. An important feature is
the integration between Panorama and ACE, which analyzes the
interaction between applications and networks on the basis of
captured network traces. Release 3.0 of Panorama has an interface
to ACE which makes it possible to integrate system and application
analysis from Panorama in ACE. Other features include a customizable
dashboard which shows the most important application and system
metrics in a combined view, and a new Web Service data adapter
which monitors and reports on detailed metrics on next generation
SOAP |
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the article in French. |
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| Panorama
3.0 Debuts from OPNET |
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June 2005 --
OPNET Technologies has announced the general availability of
Version 3.0 of OPNET Panorama. Panorama provides real-time visibility
and performance analysis of complex applications (J2EE/.NET)... |
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| OPNET
Technologies enhances ACE by a new analysis for SOA |
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June, 2005 --OPNET
ACE module is now capable of finding bottlenecks in service oriented
architectures (SOA) through an analysis of the interaction between
networks, nodes and applications. The software captures filter
and synchronize application traces from multiple network segments.
By decoding protocols like SOAP and HTTP, it is possible to synchronize
the application message level and network packet level in a combined
graphical view. Delays based on bandwidth, latency or server
are also analyzed and represented in a graph. The new ACE analysis
is important for IT administrators as it is very hard to identify
the root cause of performance problems in SOA. |
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| Virtual
Networks helps to understand real networks |
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April, 2005 -For
many companies, business processes dependent on their IT networks.
But at the same time, networks have become highly complex, and
it is hard to understand the interdependencies between the different
components of an IT infrastructure. Therefore, companies must
ensure quality and performance of IT services, find root-causes
of performance problems, implement new networks and applications
and audit the compliance with IT governance rules. To achieve
all this, companies need a software which automates those processes
and give a complete insight in the interaction between networks,
systems and applications. One vendor of such solutions is OPNET
Technologies which a short while ago launched version 11 of IT
Guru, SP Guru, Modeler and ODK. |
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| OPNET
signs a distribution contract with Cisco |
In French |
April, 2005 --OPNET
Technologies and Cisco Systems have agreed on a worldwide distribution
partnership. Based on the terms of the contract, Cisco will sell
a wide range of OPNET´s products for network analysis and
simulation. OPNET and Cisco will also develop new network management
solutions together. |
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| Software
for IT risk management |
In German |
April, 2005 --Governance
rules like Basel II and KonTraG (in Germany) require that companies
implement up to date risk management systems. Many business critical
processes are dependent on secure IT systems. IT infrastructure
is an important corporate risk which needs to be monitored systematically.
Therefore, companies need software solutions which provide what-if-analysis
and automate the IT compliance process |
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| Software
finds bottlenecks in SOA - ACE with new analysis for web services |
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April, 2005 --OPNET
has updated the ACE module with new analysis for web services.
It is possible to find bottlenecks in service oriented architectures
(SOA) through an analysis of the interaction between networks,
nodes and applications. While monitoring tools report poor performance,
ACE is capable of finding the root causes of poor performance.
The software captures, filters and synchronizes application traces
from multiple network segments. Furthermore, it is capable of
decoding protocols like SOAP and HTTP. It is thus possible to
synchronize the application message level and network packet
level in a combined graphical view. The software is furthermore
capable of analyzing if delays are based on bandwidth, latency
or server. The new ACE analysis is important for IT administrators
as it is very hard to identify the root cause of performance
problems in SOA. Full Story in German... |
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| Software
simulates the IT of tomorrow |
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April, 2005 --"IT
Guru" enables companies to build a virtual model of their
IT infrastructure. The aim is to detect IT problems before they
appear in reality and affect business processes. Simulations
help maximize the effectiveness an IT infrastructure. The model
is capable of imitating the behavior of the production network.
The information needed to build the model can be imported automatically
from other monitoring tools. The module "ACE" enables
companies to analyse performance problems. "Net Doctor" detects
misconfigurations of network components. "Sentinel" is
able to write back tested configuration data from the virtual
network to the production network. OPNET's tools are suitable
for organizations with large IT infrastructures. "Installations
of our products in networks with less than 300 components are
exceptions", said Detlev Riecke, sales director for central
and east Europe. A typical installation costs about 30,000 to
40,000 Euro. |
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| Verify
the IT risks on a virtual network |
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April 7 , 2005 --
IT infrastructure implies corporate risks, systematic IT risk
management is gaining importance. PricewaterhouseCoopers says
that 80 percent of U.S and European companies want to improve
their risk management due to compliance needs. But how do you
implement a risk management for IT infrastructure? Monitoring
tools deliver data about what is going wrong - but companies
need tools which can predict risks and guarantee continuous integrity
of continously changing networks. A possible solution consists
of 1) a virtual network environment which can predict problems
and analyse interaction between networks, devices and applications.
2) An automated solution for IT auditing which monitors configuration
changes, compares them with rules and reports policy violations
to IT staff and management. |
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| OPNET
teams with Cisco |
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March 31, 2005 --
OPNET Technologies last week announced it had entered into a
partnership with Cisco where the network giant will distribute
OPNET management wares along with its gear. |
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| OpinionWire
- OPNET Gets Cisco Channel |
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March 7, 2005 --
OPNET Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPNT), a provider of management
software for networks and applications, recently announced a
multi-year worldwide distribution agreement with Cisco Systems.
The terms of the agreement are that Cisco will distribute a broad
range of OPNET’s advanced software products, and the companies
will also collaborate on new network management solutions. |
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| OPNET
and Cisco Agree on Worldwide Distribution Partnership |
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March, 2005 --
OPNET Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPNT), and Cisco Systems have
agreed on a worldwide distribution partnership. Cisco will sell
a wide range of OPNET´s products for network analysis and
simulation. OPNET and Cisco will also develop new network management
solutions together. "OPNET's advanced analytical applications
can help our customers plan and operate their networks more easily," said
Cliff Meltzer, senior vice president and general manager of the
Network Management Technology Group at Cisco. Detlev Riecke,
Eastern European Sales Director at OPNET, added, "This is
a milestone for OPNET, which will bring tremendous opportunities
of global growth." |
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| Network-modelling
tools, part 2 |
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March 7 , 2005 --"IT
Guru led the pack. The product is very flexible and scaleable,
providing many customisation features. The user interface offers
several options and templates that let users drag and drop several
kinds of network topologies. This creates a product that is sophisticated,
powerful and complex. At times, we found ourselves overwhelmed
by its rich features and complexity."... |
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| Reducing
IT risks with the Virtual Network Environment |
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March, 2005 --The
Virtual Network Environment provides a model of the IT infrastructure
including routers, switches, protocols, servers, and individual
applications. It is possible to simulate and analyse IT changes
without affecting the real production network. IT managers can
compare scenarios, analyse root-causes of performance problems,
and validate changes before implementing them. Therefore, companies
can enhance their IT capacity, availability and performance. |
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| AHOLD
Director of Enterprise Networks and Integration Services Shares
IT Guru Success with Network World |
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February, 2005 -- "We
use IT Guru to identify problems with applications on LANs and
WANs. I bought this tool out of self-defense, because when applications
don't function the way the user expects, the problem is always "the
network is dragging!"... |
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Network
World Announces Winners of Annual Product Testing Awards
Nine Best of the Tests Winners Lead the Pack |
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 February,
2005 --Southborough, MA - Network World, Inc. announced
the winners of its sixth annual Best of the Tests awards in
its special Best Products issue released today. Winners were
chosen by the Network World testing editors in conjunction
with Network World's Lab Alliance -— 13 independent product
testers who are industry experts, university affiliates or
members of independent labs -— from among the 260 products
they tested throughout 2004 as part of Network World's Clear
Choice testing program. Nine Best of the Tests winners were
selected in eight categories and are profiled in this Signature
Series issue.. |
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| Un
réseau virtuel qui reduit les temps de réponse |
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February, 2005 --
RÉSEAU. La compagnie aérienne Cargolux s' est dotée
d' un outil de simulation de réseau pour limiter les besoins
en bande passante de ses applications |
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| 11.0
Versions of IT Guru, SP Guru, Modeler, and ODK Products |
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January, 2005 --OPNET
Technologies has announced general availability of the 11.0 release
of OPNET IT Guru, SP Guru, Modeler, and ODK (OPNET Development
Kit) products. The latest release significantly enhances OPNET’s
value propositions for end-to-end problem solving and problem
prevention, with an open product architecture that supports several
new third party integrations. |
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| OPNET
Featured in The Washington Post |
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January, 2005 --OPNET
Technologies of Bethesda said OPNET Analysis, a wholly owned
subsidiary, was awarded the second of four possible contract
extentions to continue to work on the US Department of Defense's
Network Warfare Simulation program, bringing total funding under
the contract to $9.7 million. Two additional option years remain
on the contrac |
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| OPNET
announces the opening of a new office in Germany |
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January, 2005 --OPNET
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPNT), a leading provider of management
software for networks and applications, announces the opening
of a new office in Germany in December 2004. There is a growing
need for performance management solutions. OPNET is a very profitable
company in this market with already established European offices
in France, Belgium, Spain, and the UK. Further expansion to eastern
Europe is scheduled. Detlev Riecke, comes from Compuware, and
is the Sales Director for Central and Eastern Europe. One of
OPNET's unique selling point is a virtual network which can analyse
the interaction between networks and applications. OPNET solutions
can perform automated configuration audits and can operate with
monitoring data from tools like Openview, Netscout, etc. |
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| OPNET
Covered by LANLine in Germany |
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January, 2005 --
Detlev Reicke introduces a new OPNET office in Germany and a
new Product release. |
