Frost & Sullivan Honors Empirix for Innovation in the IMS Testing and Monitoring Markets

Frost & Sullivan Honors Empirix for Innovation in the IMS Testing and
Monitoring Markets

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Based on its recent analysis of
the world IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) test and monitoring equipment market,
Frost & Sullivan recognizes Empirix Inc. with the 2009 Global Frost & Sullivan
Award for Product Differentiation Innovation. The company, which covers
multiservice segments, leads the market due to its ability to meet every
customer's quality assurance needs with a complete product portfolio, as well
as excellent infrastructure support - research & development (R&D),
manufacturing, sales and service support and focus on innovation.

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Empirix's quality assurance solutions aid in verifying interoperability of
both IMS elements and the PSTN with a variety of end-user devices deployed
through different core infrastructure elements. It's network-wide monitoring
and analysis tools help to quickly diagnose and fix interoperability issues.
Empirix's solutions help customers avoid the high cost of installing and
running numerous actual network elements from various vendors and are capable
of ensuring necessary performance testing, in addition to providing
programming flexibility and functionality test capabilities. The Hammer Test
Engine(TM) technology, established in the early 1990s, forms the backbone of
the company's offerings.

The Hammer family of products includes feature testing, load testing,
installation and service monitoring, which provide complete visualization into
real-time service quality in IMS networks. Hammer solutions reproduces
realistic user behavior on networks and applications aiding in service
assurance in both an out-of-service testing and in-service monitoring
scenario. Flexibility, scalability, and ease-of-use make Hammer solutions the
most preferred in the market. Empirix's focus on R&D has enabled constant
upgrades to meet the evolving standard in IMS technology. As a result, Empirix
was among the top in the voice over IP (VoIP) test market in 2008.

"Operating in a challenging market, including enormous complexity, ambiguous
standards, multi-vendor and network interoperability and increasing customer
expectations, Empirix has been able to address these issues with solutions
that have been deployed in many network infrastructure vendors and service
providers over the past few years," says Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst
Sivakumar Narayanaswamy. "Integral to its product line is its wide range of
variants, which are also customized to meet the different needs of customers
in this market."

Hammer XMS(TM), first introduced in 2004, is designed to accommodate any next
generation service and is flexible for future expansion as new capabilities of
IMS technology give birth to next generation services and existing deployments
mature. In September 2008, Empirix launched Hammer XMS 2.0, the most
comprehensive solution for monitoring VoIP in its class offering users
significantly greater scalability, improved diagnostics and presentation of
complex call flows and better service quality assessment.

Similarly, the recently introduced Hammer Edge(TM), is the only tool in its
class that can emulate the realistic behavior of users, devices and network
topology configurations; test realistic security scenarios; and predict user
experience of data, video and voice applications, as an aggregate, in the
pre-deployment phase. The next generation in quality assurance, Hammer Edge
gives organizations the ability to truly assure the quality of their
multiservice networks and services, while reducing time-to-market, increasing
service revenues, and improving test productivity.

Overall, flexibility and customization offered in terms of products and
service offerings has enabled Empirix's market share to grow. More
importantly, the company has demonstrated the ability to develop advanced and
innovative products in this market space. For all the aforesaid reasons, in
recognition of its achievements, Frost & Sullivan presents Empirix with the
2009 Frost & Sullivan Product Differentiation Innovation Award in the world
IMS test and monitoring equipment market.

Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that has
demonstrated the ability to develop and advance products with more innovative
capabilities than competing vendors and products. The award recognizes the
company's successful adoption of new or existing technology that has become a
part of its well-designed product family. Such innovation is expected to
significantly contribute to the industry in terms of product performance and
degree/rate of technical change.

Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety of
regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and
superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation,
customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare
market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews,
analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices
in the industry.

About Empirix Inc.
Empirix is the leading provider of service quality assurance solutions for new
IP communications. Since 1992, Empirix has led the market in innovation and
expertise for IP communications management. Its widely acclaimed Hammer Test
Engine(TM), with more than 30 patents, is the acknowledged global standard for
validating the quality of IP networks, systems and applications. The world's
largest wireless and wireline operators, equipment manufacturers, and
enterprise contact centers depend on Empirix's solutions to maintain the
quality of the user experience for business-critical voice, data, video and
mobile services. With Empirix, customers can increase revenues, reduce
customer churn and cut support costs. Empirix is privately held and
headquartered in Bedford, MA. For further information, please visit
www.empirix.com

Empirix, Hammer Test Engine, Hammer XMS, and Hammer Edge are trademarks of
Empirix Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks
contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

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Contact:
Jake Wengroff
210.247.3806
jake.wengroff@frost.com

For Empirix:
Payal Cudia
Schwartz Communications
781-684-0770
empirix@schwartz-pr.com

SOURCE Frost & Sullivan

Jake Wengroff of Frost & Sullivan, +1-210-247-3806, jake.wengroff@frost.com;
or Payal Cudia of Schwartz Communications, +1-781-684-0770,
empirix@schwartz-pr.com, for Empirix