OpNet, GN Nettest to Collaborate

BETHESDA, Md., and TORONTO -- OPNET Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq: OPNT) the leading provider of predictive network management software, and GN Nettest, a leading worldwide designer and manufacturer of advanced equipment and systems for testing, monitoring and management of broadband networks, today unveiled plans to deliver integrated software solutions for planning and testing advanced networking technologies, beginning with Private Network-to-Network Interface (PNNI) and Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS).

"Best practice organizations integrate applications into the infrastructure through an integrated methodology that links application performance to the supporting infrastructure," reports Jerald Murphy, Vice President of META Group's Global Networking Strategies Service. "Plan, design, build, and test should occur in an environment where the tools that support both design and test work closely together with consistent data. This integration is becoming increasingly important as both applications and networks become more complex and the time to deploy infrastructure right the first time rapidly decreases."

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