Network Instruments Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's 'Product of the Year' Award for 2004

Network Instruments Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine's 'Product of the Year' Award for 2004

Observer(R) Honored for Outstanding Innovation

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Network Instruments announced today that INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) magazine (www.itmag.com) had named Observer as a recipient of a 2004 Product of the Year award. INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Awards aims to recognize the best the IP telephony industry has to offer. Observer is a network analyzer designed to assist network administrators monitor, manage and troubleshoot both wired and wireless networks. Observer was submitted as a worthy contender because of the product's unique Distributed Network Analysis (NI-DNA(TM)) architecture and comprehensive feature set which includes a VoIP Expert, VLAN Analysis, over 500 network monitors, WLAN statistics, Application Analysis and more.

"We're delighted to receive the 2004 Product of the Year award from Internet Telephony," said Douglas Smith, president of Network Instruments. "Observer continues to receive praise and recognition from industry pundits as the cost benefits of choosing one analyzer to monitor the entire network are realized. Regardless of whether your network spans over local or remote locations or operates on WAN, LAN, 802.11a/b/g, and Gigabit links, Observer is the only solution network administrators need to keep on top of it all. Our NI-DNA architecture and scalability offers a strong return on investment to our customers."

Long Beach Transit's network administrator Mark Giorgis depends on Observer to monitor for virus and hack attacks, control network traffic levels and justify capacity upgrades. Now as the organization prepares to deploy VoIP across the network, Giorgis turns to Observer's VoIP Expert, which manages VoIP connections and improves VoIP performance across the organization.

"Observer's VoIP Analysis features are going to assist with implementation," said Giorgis. "Before I wouldn't have known if our systems were prepared for VoIP deployment but now I have the confidence we can go forward. Observer allows us to make more intelligent decisions about the future of our network."

"Each year INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine bestows its Product of the Year awards on companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements. Network Instruments has demonstrated to the editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY that its products or services are committed to quality and innovation while addressing the real needs in the marketplace," said Rich Tehrani, Group Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY.

The Product of the Year Award winners for 2004 will be published in the January 2005 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.

Observer 10.1 remains cost competitive with pricing beginning at $995.00. Expert Observer 10.1 includes Application Analysis, over 500 Real-Time Experts and the industry's largest 4GB Memory Buffer at $2895.00. The Observer Suite 10.1 package includes Expert Analysis, an SNMP console and Web Reporting for $3995.00. A free product evaluation and additional information about Observer and Network Instruments is available at the company's Web site at www.networkinstruments.com.

About Network Instruments, LLC

Network Instruments is the industry leading developer of distributed, user-friendly, and affordable network management, analysis and troubleshooting solutions. The award-winning Observer family of products combines a comprehensive management and analysis console with high-performance Probes to provide integrated monitoring and management for the entire network (Ethernet, Gigabit, Wireless, and WAN). All Network Instruments products are designed utilizing Distributed Network Analysis (NI-DNA(TM)) architecture. With NI-DNA, the Observer solution set simplifies network troubleshooting and management, optimizes network and application performance and scales to meet the needs of any organization. Founded in 1994, Network Instruments is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with offices in London, Paris and throughout the USA with distributors in 50 countries. More information about the company, products, innovation, technology, NI-DNA, becoming a partner and NI University can be found at www.networkinstruments.com.

About TMC(R)

Celebrating more than 30 years as a leading publisher, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R)) publishes Customer Inter@ction Solutions(R) and INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) magazines, Web portal TMCnet.com, and the online publications SIP(TM), Speech-World(TM), VoIP Developer(TM), WiFI Telephony(TM), WiMAX(TM), Alternative Power(TM) and BiometriTech(TM). TMC(R) is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC(R) Labs. TMC(R) produces INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Conference & EXPO, VoIP Developer Conference(TM) and Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit(TM). TMC offers live and online certification programs through TMC University. TMCnet.com publishes more than 14 online newsletters. Visit www.tmcnet.com for details.


Source: Network Instruments, LLC

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