Intelliden Joins OPNET Alliance Program; Will Collaborate to Deliver Enhanced Solutions for Optimization of Next Generation Networks

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 2006--Intelliden Inc., a leading provider of standards-based network automation solutions, today announced an alliance partnership with OPNET Technologies to deliver enhanced solutions for network optimization. The integrated solutions will provide joint customers with enhanced ability to drive greater operational efficiency, network availability and cost savings.

IT and network organizations are faced with greater challenges to prevent network outages, service disruptions and poor quality of service due to increased network complexity, greater reliance on networks for mission critical processes, and manual processes. Intelliden provides unique solutions for automating critical network processes such as configuration and change management, activation, compliance and security. OPNET provides best-in-class solutions for application performance management, network operations, capacity planning and design, and network R&D. With the integration of OPNET and Intelliden solutions, customers can combine strategic processes such as network architecture, planning and operational network management with automated network configuration and activation.

"Many network outages are caused due to poor planning, network complexity and manual processes," said Susan Cole, OPNET Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. "Our partnership will deliver enhanced value to our mutual customers by combining critical information on real-time network configuration state from Intelliden with unique network-level analysis from OPNET including routing, addressing, protocol configuration, and network resiliency. Detailed configuration information from Intelliden could also be leveraged in OPNET for improved network planning, `what if' analysis, and optimization."

"Today's IT and network organizations face tremendous pressures to support new services and maintain the quality of those services as their networks grow larger and more complex," said Rahul Sachdev, Intelliden's Vice President of Marketing. "With this new partnership, Intelliden and OPNET will combine the complimentary expertise of our two organizations to provide our joint customers with an improved ability to optimize their mission critical next generation networks. This will lead to reduced network configuration errors, greater streamlining of operational processes and more optimal use of existing network resources."

OPNETWORK 2006

As Alliance Partners, Intelliden and OPNET are committed to ensuring the success of our joint customers. Intelliden is proud to be a gold co-sponsor at OPNETWORK 2006 - OPNET's annual technology conference, held in Washington DC, August 28 through September 1, 2006. For more information on the conference, please visit: http://www.opnet.com/opnetwork2006/.

About Intelliden

Intelliden is the leading provider of standards-based network automation solutions to Communications Service Providers, Enterprises and Public Sector organizations. Intelliden's award-winning patented technology automates critical business processes such as configuration management, service activation, security and compliance management of heterogeneous IP devices. Only Intelliden provides solutions that combine the power of device modeling with 'zero touch network automation' to help organizations launch services faster, lower operational expenditure and consistently enforce network policies. For more information, visit http://www.intelliden.com.

About OPNET Technologies, Inc.

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, please visit http://www.opnet.com.

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