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OPNET 10.5 Products Available to Customers Worldwide

Major new release expands OPNET's value proposition for corporate and government enterprises, network service providers, and network R&D organizations

Bethesda, MD – May 13, 2004 --OPNET Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPNT), a leading provider of management software for networks and applications, announced today the general availability of OPNET Release 10.5 of IT Guru, SP Guru, Modeler, and ODK products. This release also includes a new Report Server product, new Automation module, and new Distributed Agent Controller module.

OPNET President & CTO, Alain Cohen, stated, "10.5 is a significant software release for OPNET’s products. It contains a broad range of technology advancements that emphasize the leading-edge role we are playing in application performance management, configuration management, and capacity planning, as well as our continued leadership in the modeling and simulation market. In this release we have also introduced major new capabilities that solve important network security problems not addressed by the rest of the industry.”

OPNET 10.5 delivers a broad spectrum of innovative new features and products:

  • New Report Server product, which provides a central repository for easily publishing and securely archiving reports generated by OPNET products; reports are accessible from a standard web browser.
  • New Automation module, to automate network analysis and reporting tasks performed by OPNET solutions. Tasks can be scheduled to run unattended.
  • New Distributed Agent Controller module which captures forensic information during the application performance monitoring process, supporting post-transaction root cause analysis.
  • Enhancements in ACE module for profiling and analyzing the performance of enterprise applications.
  • Enhanced support for Cisco Systems technologies, including Native IOS, Switch IOS, Cisco PIX AAA, and HSRP. Support for RADIUS, TACAS+, Kerberos, and Juniper firewall filters.
  • Enhancements in NetDoctor module for network integrity and security auditing, including new rules based on industry and US Government benchmarks.
  • Enhancements to OPNET’s Model Library, including firewalls, QoS, IPV6, MANET routing protocols, and Wireless LANs.

Availability
OPNET 10.5 software products and product modules are available immediately from OPNET.

About OPNET
Founded in 1986, OPNET Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPNT) is a leading provider of management software for networks and applications. For more information about OPNET and its products, visit www.opnet.com.

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