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WildPackets Outlines New UK Channel Strategy

...expands partner programme to meet escalating demand...

Walnut Creek, California, November 1, 2005 - WildPackets Inc., innovators in advanced network analysis, today outlined its new channel strategy for the UK market, aimed at recruiting strategic systems integrators, resellers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), services and solutions partners. The expansion follows continued growth and increasing customer demand for the company’s leading real-time network analysis solutions.

WildPackets currently works with leading partners, such as MarQuest and Eclipse in the UK. All of WildPackets' European business is delivered through the channel, with implementations, technical management, support and consultancy services delivered by carefully selected systems integrators and strategic partners. Fuelled by customers’ needs to optimise their network services and maximise uptime on enterprise networks, WildPackets has seen escalating demand for its solutions, especially its Omni3 distributed network analysis platform, over the past twelve months.

“WildPackets products don’t really suit the typical ‘plug and play’ type of reseller or partner,” commented Chris Bell, European Technical Sales Manager, WildPackets. “Our offerings require a strategic implementation, compared with a tactical low level tool. We are looking for partners that can add value and provide services for our enterprise class solutions. Our partners need to have a combination of technical excellence, commercial know-how and sector expertise to effectively translate customer requirements into technical solutions.”

“Ensuring the optimisation and security of the enterprise network is one of the things that keeps IT managers awake at night,” said Riaz Khan, Director of European Sales at WildPackets. “With WildPackets, the control and visibility that the products provide helps to alleviate that fear. Together, with our network of specialist partners, we are well positioned to deliver and manage offerings to companies of all sizes across all markets.”

WildPackets' Omni is a distributed network analysis platform for optimising network services and maximising uptime on enterprise networks. Omni gives network engineers real-time visibility into every part of the network—including Gigabit, 10/100, 802.11 wireless, VoIP, and WAN links to remote offices. Using Omni’s centralised console, distributed engines, and expert analysis, engineers can rapidly troubleshoot faults and fix problems, restoring essential services and maximising network uptime.

About WildPackets Inc.

WildPackets develops solutions that provide more network information to more people to assist them in maintaining productivity and the integrity of data in motion. Sold in over 60 countries through a broad network of channel and strategic partners, WildPackets products are deployed in all industrial sectors, including 80% of the Fortune 1000. Customers include Cisco Systems, Comcast, D-Link, EDS, Microsoft, Siemens AG, Unisys, Motorola, Deutsche Bank, and others.  For further information, please visit www.wildpackets.com.

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