NetTest Unveils a Slew of Products

LAS VEGAS -- NetTest, a leading worldwide provider oftesting, monitoring, management and optical component solutions foradvanced and converged networks, today announced a series of superiortest and management products for any type of network to meet development and pre-deployment testing requirements for the lab, as well as network surveillance requirements once deployed."NetTest is committed to providing customers with solutions thatincrease automation and optimization to significantly reduce the totalcost network deployment, test and measurement and network monitoring.These new offerings are essential to an industry in transition, whereonly NetTest is uniquely positioned to provide cutting-edge solutionsthat reduce costs and increase time-to-market in all aspects of networkmanagement and enable our customers to continue to be competitive intheir own markets, " said Bill Rozier, vice president of worldwidemarketing, NetTest.Major additions to NetTest's industry-leading test and measurementsolutions include:· VoIP Test Suite - This new suite of solutions helpsmanufacturers to reduce the time to market by ensuring protocolcompliance and including automated features that allow users to "clickand go," effectively eliminating the need for time consuming manualconfiguration. The Suite increases revenue by allowing networkoperators to easily offer new VoIP products and services on theirexisting networks and is comprised of the following products: SIPConformance Test Tool; SIP UA Performance Test Tool; SIP PS PerformanceTest Tool; SIP RS Performance Test Tool; MEGACO TG Conformance TestSuite; MEGACO RG Conformance Test Suite; MEGACO MGC Conformance TestSuite; MEGACO MG Performance Test Tool; and the MEGACO MGC PerformanceTest Tool.· metroWATCH PDA - The latest iteration of metroWATCH, metroWATCHPDA allows PDAs (personal digital assistants) to be used for remotenetwork monitoring with the metroWATCH optical surveillance system. metroWATCH is the industry's first standalone system that automaticallymonitors the status of metropolitan optical networks of all sizes,regardless of in-house fiber optic expertise.
· Using a PDA with metroWATCH will further enable network managersto have "anywhere" access to information concerning their metropolitanfiber optic networks. metroWATCH users can use PDAs to request and queryoptical maps, conduct fiber status test checks, perform remote networkassessment and receive alarm notifications automatically, from anyconnected location.Additional industry-leading NetTest Solutions presented at N + Iinclude:· QUESTfiber Remote Fiber Test System - The next step in remotefiber test systems, QUESTfiber is the first monitoring system that'sdesigned to address the needs of full service, emerging and nextgeneration network operators. By focusing on the network, QUESTfiberprovides a proactive, real time monitoring solution extending thetraditional remote fiber test system mode. With QUESTfiber, NetTestbrings domain-based network management into RFTS. QUESTfiber is the onetool that supports communication and coordination among networkplanning, engineering, operations and maintenance personnel.· interWATCH Performance & Verification System - This solutionwill also be available for demonstration at N + I. NetTest's interWATCHplatform is a powerful, complete network test solution that provides acombination of modular interfaces and applications to meet the needs ofthe most challenging test environments. The interWATCH architectureprovides application testing support for leading technologies includingVoice over IP (VoIP), Generalized /Multi Protocol Label Switching(GMPLS/MPLS), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Qualityof Service (QoS), ATM Signaling (UNI, PNNI), Inverse Multiplexing overATM (IMA), IP Performance Testing and Access technologies.· Trans'Expert Optical Transmission Analyzer -- The Trans'Expertis a comprehensive and versatile platform for transport layer testing.The lightweight and rugged chassis houses advanced technology thatenables tests of transport signals from DS1/E1 through OC-192/STM64.Intuitive software reduces training time and improves efficiency bysimplifying the instrument configuration through a graphical userinterface.In a separate release:ANDOVER, Mass. -- NetTest, a leading worldwide providerof testing, monitoring, management and optical component solutions foradvanced and converged networks, today announced the iMPAct ISUP V4.0performance analysis solution for hotspot analysis in fixed andwireless networks. The iMPAct ISUP V4.0 improves interconnectperformance monitoring through detailed analysis and direct comparisonof carrier performance, and expands the usability of iMPAct withcustomized menu navigation that provides fixed and wireless networkoperators an increased focus on interconnect Quality of Service (QoS). iMPAct provides networks operators with a 360-degree view of theirnetwork, empowering them to quickly identify and rectify potentialnetwork problems as well as benchmark Key Performance Indicatorsagainst business objectives. iMPAct ISUP connects to the interconnectgateways, enabling the operator to monitor and analyze QoS ofinterconnect partners and document Service Level Agreements (SLAs). "iMPAct ISUP is an extremely powerful, cost-effective tool thatallows operators to track performance relating to one of their majorrevenue streams - interconnect," said Thomas Jensen, director ofproduct management, NetTest. "iMPAct now provides operators with animproved, easy-to-use highly focused tool to monitor and pinpointinterconnect performance."NetTest