OPNETWORK 2002 Attracts Record Attendance in Washington, D.C.
Top Industry Minds Share Best Practices for Optimizing Network and Application Performance
Bethesda, MD—September 4, 2002—OPNET Technologies, Inc, the pioneer and leading provider of Intelligent Network Management software, today announced record attendance at its annual technology conference, OPNETWORK.
OPNETWORK 2002 was held last week in Washington DC at the Ronald Reagan Building. Over 1,000 people from corporate enterprises, government agencies, service providers, and equipment manufacturers participated in over 500 hours of conference sessions in 17 parallel tracks covering a wide range of topics, including network engineering, planning, and operations. Over 90 presentations by customers and independent experts contributed to the technical program.
In a report published by Janney Montgomery Scott, research analysts Richard Sherman and Vincent F. Damasco commented, “Our visit to the annual OPNETWORK conference... confirmed the uniqueness of OPNET's products, the potency of its customer and professional services, and the commitment of its clients. In our estimation, OPNET has the most powerful product portfolio we have seen.”
Keynote and featured guest presenters included:
- Bill Alderson, Executive NetAnalyst, Pine Mountain Group
- Dr. Dimitri Bertsekas, Professor at M.I.T.
- William Campbell (Lieutenant General, US Army-Retired), Former Army CIO, now Vice President of C4I Systems Integration at BAE Systems
- Nick Dauphinais, Capacity Planning Manager, FleetBoston Financial
- David Garbin, Vice President of Network Strategy at Cable & Wireless
- Jerald Murphy, Senior Vice President of Global Networking Strategies at META Group
- Bob Welsh, Principal Engineer at General Dynamics C4 Systems
Throughout the conference OPNET demonstrated significant enhancements in OPNET 9.0, in areas including:
- Application transaction analysis and troubleshooting
- Application deployment and network impact analysis
- Automated network configuration analysis
- Unified network data management
- Automated MPLS and optical network design
- Wireless network modeling and simulation
At the OPNETWORK Partner Pavilion, leading network management and software companies demonstrated their complementary solutions. This year's participants were CelPlan, Concord, Highland Systems, Internet Design Tools, Micromuse, NetScout, NetTest, and Sniffer Technologies.
Todd Kaloudis, OPNET Vice President of Business Development & Marketing, stated, “With the economy in such bad shape and travel budgets tighter than ever, we were especially thrilled to have record attendance this year at OPNETWORK. People came from twenty-seven countries to learn and share best practices for applying our software technology to the most challenging problems facing industry and government. We are pleased to have so many dedicated, enthusiastic customers because they help us build better software, which is good for everyone.”
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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