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PARIS and HERNDON, Va. -- InfoVista (Euronext IFV - FR0004031649), the leading service-centric performance management software vendor, today announced the release of VistaInsight® for Networks 3.0, an updated version of the company’s flagship performance-monitoring software for fixed, mobile and cable service providers. VistaInsight for Networks 3.0 has been designed to enhance service providers’ ability to meet customer demand for accurate and secure delivery of business-critical applications across Carrier Ethernet and IP networks.

The release of VistaInsight for Networks 3.0 comes at a time when traditional service providers and cable multiple system operators (MSOs) are under constant pressure to deliver the most reliable Carrier Ethernet services to corporate customers and mobile operators alike. Corporate users are increasingly adopting Ethernet-based services to power their corporate networks and new revenue-generating applications, while mobile operators are demanding lower cost Carrier Ethernet-based backhaul.

VistaInsight for Networks 3.0 features support for aggressive Service Level Agreements (SLAs) over Carrier Ethernet infrastructure; enhanced support for next generation mobile backhaul infrastructure; and greater visibility into network performance and capacity management made possible by upgrades to VistaFoundation®, InfoVista’s underlying technology platform (please see the press release entitled, “New Release of InfoVista’s Technology Platform Powers Performance Assurance for Next Generation Services” by clicking www.infovista.com/about_infovista/news/press_releases/en/default.asp).

Research from leading industry observers underscores the tremendous growth of Carrier Ethernet services.

According to Heavy Reading’s Carrier Ethernet Switch/Router Quarterly Market Tracker, worldwide sales of Carrier Ethernet services reached $1.45 billion in 2006, and the market is expected to reach $3.7 billion by 2010.

“We’ve kept a laser-focus on the service provider market since our inception nearly 12 years ago and have consistently provided our customers with an industry leading service-centric performance management solution,” said Manuel Stopnicki, chief technology officer, InfoVista. “We specifically engineered VistaInsight for Networks 3.0 to help our service provider customers realize the tremendous revenue opportunities available to them via Ethernet-based business services, and we look forward to continuing to push the envelope with new services that guarantee the highest possible service quality to the end user.”

In a separate release:

PARIS and HERNDON, Va. -- InfoVista (Euronext IFV - FR0004031649), the leading service-centric performance management software vendor, today announced the release of VistaFoundation® Kit 4.0, a next-generation version of the company’s underlying technology platform that powers the latest versions of the VistaInsight® suite of solutions. VistaFoundation is a set of software components that transparently provide many of the core underlying capabilities in InfoVista’s suite of performance management solutions for next generation services and infrastructure.

InfoVista separately today unveiled VistaInsight for Networks 3.0, the updated version of its flagship performance-monitoring software (see press release entitled, “InfoVista Unveils New Solution to Support Growing Demand for Business-Class Services over Carrier Ethernet” by clicking www.infovista.com/about_infovista/news/press_releases/en/default.asp).

VistaFoundation Kit 4.0 provides a powerful combination of near real-time data collection and push technology so that InfoVista service provider and enterprise customers can automatically receive service delivery and performance metrics at their desktops enabling them to anticipate and proactively address performance degradation before it occurs. These new capabilities give customers unprecedented visibility into the health of their infrastructure, ensuring revenue-generating services and applications are always up and running. As one of the most scalable performance management platforms available today, VistaFoundation Kit 4.0 can support the world’s largest global networked infrastructures.

“Our latest version of VistaFoundation includes some of the most revolutionary technology advances offered in the industry, including a new analytics engine and robust real-time middleware that significantly advances InfoVista’s commitment to providing as near real-time visibility into the performance of critical networks as possible,” noted Manuel Stopnicki, chief technology officer, InfoVista. “We’re answering the call from customers that have long trusted us to provide them with the most comprehensive data that they need to deliver the highest quality user experience.”

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