Net Optics Director Provides Cost-Effective Intelligent Filtering, Network Monitoring and Security

SANTA CLARA, CA, Apr 20 (MARKET WIRE) --
Net Optics, Inc., a leading provider of network access devices, today
introduced Director, the industry's highest port-density monitoring
access solution. With TapFlow(TM) filtering technology, Director enables
network monitoring tools to handle more traffic, more links and more
protocols than ever before. Net Optics Director allows enterprise network
managers to leverage their existing monitoring tools investments,
critical in the current economic climate which demands maximizing today's
return on yesterday's investment.

Maintaining network security and performance in this environment means
monitoring more points in the network for more detailed information and
for different types of data. Today's network administrators, compliance
officers and security personnel are confronted by quickly increasing
amounts of ever-faster multi-protocol network traffic. As a result,
monitoring tools are oversubscribed and multiple groups with various
responsibilities compete for use of the tools and access points. A
dizzying array of monitoring tools are available to keep the network
secure and running at peak performance, and to ensure that business
processes comply with government regulations and corporate governance
rules. Among the many challenges these professionals face is how to
provide their tools with access to 100 percent of the network traffic, in
a manner that is reliable, secure, and does not create conflicts between
groups.

Net Optics responds to this need with Director, a new family of data
monitoring switches that provide the highest-port-density access solution
in the industry. Director is designed for easy deployment and management,
and its filtering capabilities increase tool efficiency and tame the
torrents of data traveling on today's high-speed networks.

Director answers the need for more efficient monitoring access by enabling
a pool of tools to be deployed across a large number of network links,
with remote, centralized control of exactly which traffic is directed to
each tool. Using browser-based or platform-based software with friendly
graphical user interfaces, tools are easily and instantly moved from one
link or set of links to another without unplugging and plugging cables and
physically moving devices. There is no need to wait for a maintenance
window or get approvals for changing the network configuration, because
once Director is in place, it is completely transparent to the network.
Even if power is removed from both of the units' redundant power supplies,
the fully passive design ensures that in-line network links remain open
and network traffic keeps flowing.

Bob Shaw, Net Optics president and CEO, commented, "Net Optics Director
reinforces the company's commitment to be customers' first choice for
innovative network solutions. Net Optics is proud to deliver the hardware
products that enable customers to monitor, troubleshoot and secure their
most important investment -- the network."

Key Features and Benefits

Director provides one-to-one, many-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many
mappings of network links and Span ports to monitor ports. In other words,
traffic from any set of network links and Span ports can be aggregated
into a single stream and copied to any one monitoring port. In addition,
the same aggregated traffic stream can be copied to more than one
monitoring port at the same time, enabling different groups to monitor
the same data without conflicts. Multiple different aggregations and
regenerations can operate simultaneously, without interfering with each
other either functionally or causing slow-downs. Director aggregates,
regenerates, switches and filters traffic completely at line speed, even
for fully-utilized 10-Gbps ports. Director provides the following
benefits:

-- Secure - Director has no IP address on the network and is immune to
viruses, malware, and intrusions; management ports are password protected
and can be isolated on a management VLAN
-- Passive - Maintains network reliability; does not affect network
performance; does not introduce a potential point of failure in the network
-- Leverages existing monitoring tool investments
-- Relieves oversubscribed tools by filtering
-- Compatible with monitoring tools and intrusion detection and
prevention systems from all major manufacturers
-- Consumes less rack space and less power than discrete access devices
-- Provides 100% traffic visibility

Pricing and Availability

The Net Optics Director is currently available through the company, as
well as from authorized reseller partners. Pricing starts at $11,500.

About Net Optics

Net Optics is the leader in innovative passive in-line devices for network
security, traffic analysis, and IT monitoring. Its products are deployed
in enterprises, service providers, and government organizations worldwide.
Leading vendors of protocol analyzers, RMON probes, and IPS appliances
have selected Net Optics for their customers' monitoring solutions -- from
10/100 Ethernet to 10 Gigabit links.

For further information: http://www.netoptics.com

Contacts:
Kim del Fierro
Net Optics, Inc.
(408) 737-7777
Email Contact

Kari Curto
Loughlin/Michaels Group for
Net Optics, Inc.
(408) 370-5225
Email Contact

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