OPNET Delivers Groundbreaking Optical Planning Solution for Tellium's Service-Provider Customers
Tellium to Resell Software Based on OPNET Netbiz PlatformWASHINGTON, DC -- January 3, 2001 -- OPNET Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OPNT), the leading provider of intelligent network management software, today announced delivery of leading-edge optical-network planning software for Tellium, Inc., provider of the world's first in-service intelligent optical switches, allowing Tellium to offer service providers planning and management solutions to optimize the performance of optical networks.
The software, developed in conjunction with Tellium, leverages the OPNET Netbiz platform and enables the creation of optical network simulations based on Tellium's optical switch technology. Tellium will resell the software as part of its network planning suite. The new software allows service providers to project the impact of network-element failures on overall network performance as well as identify the root causes of predicted network bottlenecks. These capabilities make it possible for carriers to deliver reliable broadband services in anticipation of growing customer needs. The software also enables service providers to create contingency plans for resuming service within seconds of an interruption.
"Advanced network visualization, simulation of restoration, scalability, and flexibility make OPNET Netbiz the ideal platform for service providers and equipment manufacturers to plan advanced optical networks," said Alain Cohen, President and Chief Technology Officer at OPNET. "We believe the work we've done with Tellium adds tangible value to their offering. Combining our software and project management know-how with the expertise and vision of technology innovators such as Tellium is a winning formula we plan to repeat."
The new Tellium software will also be used internally as part of a suite of planning products to train the Tellium sales force and accelerate the delivery of network proposals to Tellium customers by automating the design process and quantifying predicted infrastructure performance. The software's analyses can remove uncertainty about the reliability and capacity of a proposed optical network by predicting variables such as path-blocking rates, load distributions, restoration latency and network availability.
"The solution we've developed for Tellium addresses the challenge facing so many service providers, namely, to reliably provision business-critical services in dynamic environments," said Cohen. "Tellium's Aurora product line combines extreme scalability and performance with the intelligence to parcel bandwidth on the fly. The OPNET-based planning software will enable Tellium's customers to simulate and evaluate the dynamics of Aurora's light-path creation, fault occurrence and path restoration to maximize their return on investment in these sophisticated systems."
About OPNET Netbiz Software
Netbiz provides equipment manufacturers and service providers a platform for automating high-quality network designs, proposals, and analyses. Netbiz allows users to tune network designs and plan network evolution with confidence in the face of traffic growth and the introduction of new technologies. Netbiz applications shorten design and sales cycles, ensure consistency, and offer clear differentiation from the competition.
About Tellium
Tellium delivers high-speed, high-capacity, intelligent core optical solutions, that empower service providers around the world to create, run, control and optimize their networks. First in the world to provide in-service, intelligent optical switches, Tellium's Aurora Optical Switch™ family and the StarNet Software Suite™ together offer service providers a simple and cost-effective migration path to next-generation public networks. More information is available at www.tellium.com.
About OPNET Technologies, Inc.
The OPNET family of intelligent network management software enables customers to optimize the performance and maximize the availability of communications networks and networked applications. The OPNET product suite combines predictive simulation and a comprehensive understanding of networking technologies to enable network professionals to more effectively design and deploy networks, diagnose network and application performance problems, and predict the impact of proposed network modifications. For more information about the company and its products, visit www.opnet.com.
The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, including statements regarding OPNET Technologies Inc.'s expectations, beliefs, intentions, or strategies regarding the future. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based upon information available to OPNET Technologies, Inc. as of the date hereof; OPNET Technologies, Inc. assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see the Company's reports filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, including its 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000.
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