Press Release

WildPackets’ Omni Platform named Well-Connected Award Finalist by Network Computing

Walnut Creek, CA - 13 April, 2005

WildPackets Inc., innovator in advanced network services fault analysis, today announced that their Omni distributed analysis platform has been named a “Best Gigabit Analyzer Probe” finalist in the CMP Media LLC's Network Computing Well-Connected Awards. The Awards honor the year’s outstanding technology products and services from those tested by their labs. Finalists were ranked for their management capabilities, device decodes, expert alarms, and price.

“Gigabit networks are a complex and challenging environment for analysis. Though our Omni architecture extends well beyond Gigabit analysis, we are grateful for this public recognition of the strength of this aspect of our technology,” said Mahboud Zabetian, WildPackets President and CEO. “Based on the rapid rate of acceptance in the large, medium, and small enterprise for the Omni distributed message, which embraces 10/100/1000 Ethernet, WAN, and WLAN topologies, we are delivering the complete network analysis solution our customers need today at the right price point.”

"When we were in the process of upgrading our network gear to provide for an expanding user base, and to simplify administration for the IT Department, we evaluated different kinds of network monitoring tools,” states Chris Axley, IT Manager for the San Francisco Exploratorium Science Museum. “We had used EtherPeek in the past, and it was definitely on the short list of products that we wanted for our toolbox. We also thought that OmniPeek might be worth taking a look at, so we downloaded the demo. In short, we were amazed. The demo alone was more useful to us than a number of other competing fully functional products. Since recently acquiring OmniPeek, we have definitely seen the benefits of the network transparency that the product brings us."

"For the 11th year in a row, Network Computing will be recognizing the most outstanding tech products and services in the networking and IT world in our Well-Connected award 4/28 issue," says Mike Lee, editor of Network Computing magazine. "The awards are a snapshot in time, the best of what we evaluated over 12 months in our Real-World Labs® - more than 134 finalists in more than 44 categories have been named. The winners will be announced in our 4/28 issue."

About Omni

The Omni platform enables network-wide fault analysis on any network segment—WAN, LAN, or WLAN—from a single console. Using Omni's OmniPeek Console to monitor multiple parts of the network simultaneously and independently, Omni DNX distributed engines, and expert analysis, administrators can rapidly restore essential services and maximize network uptime. The Omni platform provides enterprises with an easily deployed, easily managed, scalable, and affordable solution for network services fault analysis. www.wildpackets.com/products/omni3

About Network Computing

For IT, By IT , Network Computing ( http://www.networkcomputing.com ), published by CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, N.Y., is dedicated to providing critical analysis of technologies, vendors and products to 220,000 IT Managers and Staff who are accountable for strategic technology purchase decisions. In 2003, Network Computing won a total of four awards from the American Society of Business Publications Editors (ASBPE), including a national award in the Best Technical Article category.

About WildPackets Inc.

Since 1990, WildPackets has been delivering real-time fault analysis solutions that enable the world’s organizations to keep their networks running securely and reliably, day after day. From the desktop to the datacenter, from wireless LANs to Gigabit backbones, on local segments and across distributed networks, WildPackets products enable IT organizations to quickly find and fix problems affecting mission-critical network services. WildPackets products are sold in over 60 countries through a broad network of channel and strategic partners. Over 5,000 customers across all industrial sectors use WildPackets products daily to troubleshoot networks and maximize network uptime. WildPackets customers include Cisco Systems, Comcast, EDS, Microsoft, Siemens AG, Unisys, Motorola, and Deutsche Bank. Strategic partners include Aruba, Atheros, Cisco, 3Com, Intel and Symbol Technologies. For further information, please visit www.wildpackets.com.

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