EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Allot Communications, the traffic management company, today announced that its sales have tripled within the last 24 months, due to a variety of factors, including: enhancements to its technology; stronger demand from enterprises, carriers and service providers; the addition of 600 new customers; new strategic alliances; and the company's continued ability to garner industry awards and accolades.

In the most recent 12 months, Allot has seen increased demand for traffic-management solutions in its primary markets - solutions for carriers and service providers and enterprise networks:

Within the last year, Allot has achieved a variety of milestones, including:

New customer engagements: across all market segments, including enterprise customers such as AG Edwards & Sons, Societe Generale, Starbucks, VW, Kroger, Schneider Electronics, Hitachi, Sony, Rolls-Royce, ADC, Amdahl, Symantec and Penske; Governments users such as the INS, the Department of Homeland Security and the German government's Customs Office; Service providers including Sprint, Verizon, Singtel, British Telecom and Fastweb, and continued dominance in University/educational markets, with customers including the University of Miami, Louisiana State University (LSU), Syracuse University, and hundreds of others.

The delivery of technological enhancements: to monitor, classify and manage new network traffic flows from evolving VoIP and P2P applications - in addition to a variety of network analysis and reporting tools that make it easier for network administrators to manage their networks, while helping service providers sell innovative new services to their customers.

Global expansion: New offices in Australia and New Zealand, plus an expanded presence in Japan and Italy, results in a global presence comprised of offices in 25 locations worldwide. Allot has continued to attract new sales and management executives in all markets, including the U.S. and Israel.

Partner Momentum: Allot has recently appointed a new head of its channel operations, launched a variety of enhancements to its partner program, and initiated alliances with scores of resellers and strategic partners such as Extreme Networks, Redback Networks, Oracle, Avaya and many others.

Innovative education and support programs: such as Allot's innovative "Traffic Management Handbook" which has been downloaded by tens-of-thousands of customers, partners, and prospects to date. Allot continues to invest in initiatives that cater to enterprise, service provider and university/educational market customers.

Industry Awards: Allot was recently ranked by IDC as the #2 provider of network traffic management solutions -ahead of many networking industry titans. Within the last year, Allot has been named to a variety of prestigious industry lists, including Deloitte & Touche's Technology Fast 50, and the Red Herring's list of 100-Top Technology Companies. Allot was the first company to achieve the Tolly Group's "First & Foremost" certification for traffic management solutions, and Cap Gemini recently declared Allot's technologies to be the industry's best overall solution for blocking recreational P2P traffic.

"We're extremely proud of the success that our management, sales, and product development teams have achieved within the last year, and we look forward to even greater success as market trends in the networking space continue to gravitate towards our strengths," said Yigal Jacoby, Chairman of Allot Communications. "Today, more than ever, traffic management technology has become a requirement for virtually every network, and we're committed to ensuring that Allot's offerings meet the evolving needs of our customers."

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