Scalable Network Technologies Wins Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award for Best in Development Tools

- EXata Selected a 2009 Best Products Winner in Development Tools -

Los Angeles, CA – May 19, 2009    Scalable Network Technologies, Inc. (SNT), the leader in wireless network evaluation, announced today that Network Products Guide, industry’s leading publication on information technologies and solutions has named EXata® a winner of the 2009 Best Products and Services Award for Development Tools. This respected annual award honors products and services that represent the rapidly changing needs and interests of the end-users of technology worldwide. As part of the tech-industry’s leading global awards program, this year’s Best Products and Services were nominated from all over the world.

EXata® is an advanced wireless network emulator for test and evaluation of mobile communication networks.  EXata’s breakthrough technology speeds the development and deployment of mobile wireless systems, making it possible to exercise both equipment-in-the-loop and humans-in-the-loop using “software virtual networks” (SVN’s).  An EXata SVN digitally represents an entire network – devices, software, transmitters, antennas, terrain, atmospheric and human interaction effects - every variable that affects actual network performance.  EXata SVN’s enable a new level of realism in network test and evaluation, interfacing with actual networks, running actual applications in real-time, thus enabling faster technology roll-out at greatly reduced cost. 

“Increased end-user awareness and ongoing advances in technology are helping shape better products and services,” says Rake Narang, editor-in-chief, Network Products Guide. “EXata delivers exact digital representation of network components so realistic that hardware, software and users cannot discern between a real system component and its emulation replacement.”

“The concept of a network in a box is very appealing to enterprises needing to test, evaluate and train people on networks,” said Rajive Bagrodia, CEO and Founder of SNT. ”EXata provides the ability to replace lots of network equipment with a software virtual network.  Because our technology provides a test environment with both repeatability and scalability, the cost savings to businesses are potentially huge.”
           
A free demo version of EXata is available for download on the company website www.scalable-networks.com along with technical specifications on the product and free whitepapers. The product can be ordered immediately and is available for delivery.  For more information, contact Lucinda Brown: voice 310.338.3318; email info@scalable-networks.com.

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About EXata    
EXata is ultra high-fidelity network emulation software for testing and evaluating wireless and mixed-platform network and devices in real-world conditions. EXata is the only network evaluation tool that can represent physical wireless networks as “software virtual networks” at real-time speed and interoperate with real physical networks. EXata SVNs are indistinguishable from real networks to applications, devices, and users.

EXata runs on the Windows and Linux operating systems, and its application interfaces enable seamless integration with a wide range of modeling & simulation, training and war gaming applications.

About Scalable Network Technologies
Scalable Network Technologies (SNT) is the leader in parallel processing technology for network performance emulation.  The company develops and supports high-fidelity evaluation software tools used for predicting the performance of computing and communications networks and network devices.  SNT has created a new category of evaluation tools for today’s sophisticated networks that meets the demand for real-time, real-network performance testing.  The company’s customers include major aerospace and defense contractors, the US Department of Defense, mobile network operators, as well as research agencies and universities.
Founded in 1999 and based in Los Angeles CA, Scalable Network Technologies is a privately owned corporation. QualNet and EXata are registered trademark of Scalable Network Technologies, Inc.  More information on the company is available at www.scalable-networks.com.

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