![]() Deloitte Consulting and MIL 3, Inc. Sign Network Modeling and Simulation Alliance Agreement San Francisco, October 30, 1997 -- Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group, a leading global management consulting firm and MIL 3, Inc., the company that pioneered the technology of network simulation software, today announced that they have entered into a Network Modeling and Simulation Alliance. Under the terms of this agreement, Deloitte Consulting will offer its customers advanced network analysis and planning capabilities based on MIL 3's OPNET Planner software. MIL 3 and Deloitte Consulting will work together to provide a private-labeled version of OPNET Planner, incorporating models and methodologies that leverage Deloitte Consulting's global networking expertise. Deloitte Consulting will be adding OPNET Planner software to its Solution Center of the Americas. The Solution Center, located in Minneapolis, MN, is a research and development technical showcase and demonstration facility supporting Deloitte Consulting in the Americas. "The agreement between Deloitte Consulting and MIL 3 and the incorporation of simulation into our design methodology will provide our consultants and clients with superior technology for network capacity planning and performance prediction," said Mack Schwing, Global Director of Deloitte Consulting's Network Practice. "Our software is like electronic modeling clay for networks," said Marc Cohen, CEO and co-founder of MIL 3. "OPNET Planner will make it possible for Deloitte Consulting to see in advance how systems will work before committing to a network design or deploying new applications." "MIL 3 is in the process of incorporating models of specific applications to OPNET Planner, such as SAP and PeopleSoft," continued Cohen. "These models are flexible and parameterized, allowing Deloitte Consulting to apply their significant knowledge of how these applications impact the enterprise network." Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group is one of the world's leading consulting firms with revenues U.S. $1.55 billion in 1996. With 10,000 profesionals around the world, it provides an array of seamless services to industries including manufacturing, health care, financial services, consumer businesses, telecommunications, public sector and utilities. Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group is part of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu International, a global leader in accounting and auditing, management consulting and tax services, with more than 63,400 people in 126 countries. (www.dtcg.com) MIL 3, Inc. is a rapidly growing developer of advanced software tools for communications network planning and design. Based in Washington, D.C., MIL 3 has been the world leader since 1986 in providing state-of-the-art products for modeling and simulating communications networks. With its OPNET (r) family of products, MIL 3 has provided more than 1,000 organizations of all sizes around the world with sophisticated tools to quickly and efficiently design or improve communications networks or components. MIL 3 serves North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific, and the Middle East both directly through its headquarters in the United States and indirectly through a network of distributors. ### Note to editors: The word OPNET is spelled with all upper-case letters.
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