OPNET Convenes Customer Advisory Boards
Leading Technologists From Industry and Government to Shape Strategic Direction
Bethesda MD-- July 17, 2002 -- OPNET Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPNT) the pioneer and leading provider of Intelligent Network Management solutions, has established Industry Advisory Boards for Enterprises and Service Providers to help shape the company's strategic direction.
Board members, representing prominent global enterprises, service providers, government, academia, and technology research organizations, meet quarterly to provide OPNET Engineering and Marketing Executives with guidance on industry trends and to help shape the company's product and business strategy.
"OPNET has a tradition of working closely with its clients and industry leaders, so that the company's products meet customer requirements head-on and remain at the cutting edge," said Alain Cohen. "The Enterprise and Service Provider Industry Advisory Boards enable us to more effectively anticipate and prioritize requirements and opportunities in these diverse and complex markets."
The Enterprise Board includes IT leaders from CIGNA Corporation, FleetBoston Financial Corporation, Hertz Corporation, IBM Global Services, and Infonet Services Corporation. OPNET's Service Provider Board consists of senior executives and technical leaders representing Cable & Wireless, BellSouth.net, MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, a large US government agency, and two other major service providers.
About OPNET Technologies, Inc.
Founded in 1986, OPNET Technologies is the pioneer and leading provider of Intelligent Network Management Software. For more information about OPNET and its products, visit www.opnet.com.
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