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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Corporate Public Relations Contact		U.S. Public Relations Contacts
Ronnie Holland		Noah Dye for WildPackets
WildPackets, Inc.		Lewis – Global Public Relations
ronnie@wildpackets.com		wildpackets@lewispr.com
+1 925 937-3200		+1 619 708 7413

WildPackets Names New Executives

Seasoned team leads growth as OmniAnalysis v5 is released

Walnut Creek, California, July 25, 2007 – WildPackets® Inc., a leading provider of network and application analysis solutions, today announced the expansion of its executive management team and the release of OmniAnalysis 5, WildPackets’ platform for network and application assurance. Rocky Offner joins WildPackets as vice president of engineering and Tony Barbagallo comes on board as vice president of marketing and sales.

“The combined experience, collaborative style and management depth that Tony and Rocky bring to WildPackets will accelerate the adoption of our products in new markets and position us for the next stage of growth,” said Tim McCreery, President and CEO of WildPackets. “I’m very pleased to welcome them to our team.”

As vice president of engineering for WildPackets, Rocky Offner is responsible for all areas of product design, development, quality assurance, and production. Prior to joining WildPackets, Offner served as vice president of engineering at Dantz and EMC after its acquisition of Dantz in 2004. Previously, he was VP Engineering of Equilibrium, and has held engineering and management positions at Light Source, Pixar, and The Santa Cruz Operation. Offner holds four patents for color measurement and imaging systems.

As vice president of marketing and sales, Tony Barbagallo is responsible for the development and execution of the company's worldwide sales and growth strategies, product management, and corporate communications. Barbagallo comes to WildPackets from GroundWork Open Source, where he served as vice president of marketing. Previously he was vice president of marketing and sales for Dantz, where he oversaw the return of the company to profitability and subsequent acquisition by EMC. Prior to Dantz, Barbagallo was a group manager at Microsoft via their acquisition of VXtreme, where he served as vice president of marketing. He has also held sales and marketing positions with EVault, Mentor Graphics, Wind River, and Sun Microsystems.

About WildPackets Inc.

Since 1990, WildPackets has been developing innovative, high-quality, easy-to-use and valuable solutions to maintain the health and integrity of networks and applications. From the desktop to the datacenter, wired to wireless, distributed and local, WildPackets products enable IT organizations to monitor, troubleshoot, and secure their network systems. 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. For further information, please visit www.wildpackets.com.

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