Net Optics Named Tech Awards Circle Winner

Company Selected Among Top Technology Products, Services, Vendors, and
Individuals for 2009
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Net Optics, Inc., the global leader in intelligent network monitoring access
solutions, today announced it has been selected as a winner of the Tech Awards
Circle, taking Silver in the Best Enterprise Hardware category. Winners were
selected by an independent circle of publication reviewers/journalists from
nominations based on a broad range of achievements - from product and technology
innovations to talented executive leadership and engineering innovators.

Tech Awards Circle celebrates the products, services, vendors and individuals
making a difference in the industry today. The winners represent a broad range
of achievements, from hardware to software to services in consumer/SOHO, SMB,
midrange, and enterprise markets. Gold, silver and bronze awards were given out
in each category.

"Despite overwhelmingly strong competition, Net Optics exhibited true industry
excellence to be recognized among the top of the Tech Awards Circle," said Kevin
Anderson, awards program coordinator. "Our judges were pleased at the level of
submissions from all the vendors entering this year`s competition, so to be
named a winner of this prestigious award is a testament to the quality and
innovation unrivaled in the high tech community. We wish them continued success
and look forward to them defending their title during the next awards period."

Net Optics Director featuring TapFlow filtering technology consists of a 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 travelling on today`s high-speed networks. Director addresses
the requirement 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. 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.

"Director`s strong value proposition has taken the market by storm, winning
award after award since its initial launch this past spring, and we are honored
to be recognized by Tech Awards Circle with this recognition," said Bob Shaw,
president and CEO at Net Optics, Inc. "Director helps our customers reduce or
defer capital IT expenditures, improve operational efficiency and streamline the
deployment of new services and applications."

More information about Tech Awards Circle, including the full list of winners,
is available online at http://www.techawardscircle.com or by email at
info@techawardscircle.com.

About Tech Awards Circle

Tech Awards Circle was established this year to truly honor the `best of the
best` in technology. Tech Awards Circle is not affiliated with an analyst firm
or a media company, both of which are directly supported by tech vendors through
consulting relationships or advertising sales, so it is uniquely unbiased and
immune to conflicts of interest. Entries are judged by an independent circle of
journalists, including product reviewers, each with at least a decade of
experience covering technology from consumer electronics to enterprise-class
computing. To prevent these judges from being unduly influenced by vendors, they
have agreed to remain anonymous. For more information or to be added to the
mailing list please visit www.techawardscircle.com.

About Net Optics

Net Optics is the global leader in intelligent network monitoring access
solutions, helping more than 6,300 enterprises, service providers and government
organizations improve network performance, enhance security and maintain
regulatory compliance. The company's innovative solutions enable customers to
gain 100 percent visibility into their networks using leading intrusion
detection and prevention systems, protocol analyzers, firewalls and network
probes. Net Optics offers a comprehensive suite of monitoring access solutions
that enable complete, permanent visibility into any network link without data
stream interference or introducing a point of failure. Net Optics maintains a
global market presence through leading OEM partner and reseller networks. For
further information, visit http://www.netoptics.com.

Net Optics, Inc.
Kim del Fierro, 408-737-7777
kimd@netoptics.com
or
Loughlin/Michaels Group for
Net Optics, Inc.
Roger Fortier, 408-738-9141
roger@lmgpr.com

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