``Network Performance'' Content Area Sizzling at NetWorld+Interop Las Vegas 2004 -- May 9-14.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

NetWorld+Interop 2004 Las Vegas 

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004

Sold Out Performance Pavilion One of Several Highly

Anticipated Performance Content Areas at Year's Most

Comprehensive IT and Networking Event

MediaLive International, Inc., producer of the world's best-known events, related media and marketing services for technology buyers and sellers, today announced that the Performance Technology Pavilion exhibitor space has sold out for NetWorld(SM)+Interop(R) Las Vegas 2004.

According to IDC estimates, performance management software revenue will experience a 7.4% annual growth rate over the next five years, reaching $4.48 billion by 2007. At NetWorld(SM)+Interop(R) Las Vegas 2003, 89 percent of attendees said that the event was influential in their decision to purchase network performance enhancement products. In 2004, NetWorld(SM)+Interop(R) will again be the premier place for network performance vendors to interact with interested buyers.

"Last year's attendees have spoken and show organizers have listened. Optimizing the network remains a hot-button topic for performance-minded IT professionals," states Mark Weiner, vice president of worldwide marketing, NetScaler, Inc. "Extending the reach of applications of all types for enhanced productivity and improved collaboration relies heavily on performance. We look forward with excitement at the opportunity to impart our knowledge to the ongoing dialogue surrounding improved, secured application delivery."

The exhibitors who will occupy the Performance Pavilion are: Allot Communications, Coradiant, Expand Networks, F5, Fujitsu Australia, NetForecast, Netli, NetScaler, NetQos, Network Physics, Packeteer, Peribit Networks, Quantiva, Redline Networks, Riverbed, SeaNet, Vieo, and Visual Networks. Participating companies will demonstrate their products through interactive demonstrations, and provide 10-minute technical presentations to an audience of qualified buyers. NetScaler, Inc. is the official sponsor of the Performance Conference.

"It's finally becoming clear that adding bandwidth isn't the answer to most performance problems," said Peter Sevcik, president of NetForecast, and Performance conference chair at NetWorld(SM)+Interop(R) Las Vegas 2004. "Innovative technologies are being introduced daily that significantly improve the performance of networked applications. Often the improvements come with cost savings as well. The Performance Zone will help enterprises understand which technologies are right for them. NetForecast is looking forward to being part of that education process."

Networks are increasingly being tasked with handling more IP traffic as companies look to leverage their IP infrastructure to deliver voice service, storage services and an increasing data exchange brought on by the massive push to webify information. A renewed focus on performance technology has ensued, and vendors both new and old have responded to this challenge with a bevy of solutions.

The Performance track is part of a newly created, three-day Performance and Data Center Conference at NetWorld(SM)+Interop(R) Las Vegas 2004, and will provide in-depth focus on network performance topics, including "Delivering Applications Better and Faster," "Application Grace Under Network Stress," and "Getting More Network Resources for Your Buck." The Performance and Data Center Conference at NetWorld(SM)+Interop(R) Las Vegas 2004 will take place May 11-13.

About NetWorld(SM)+Interop(R)

Part of the MediaLive International, Inc. family of global brands, NetWorld(SM)+Interop(R) is the leading destination for networking technology buyers and sellers. Through in-depth educational programs, workshops, real-world demonstrations and live technology implementations in its unique eNet and iLabs programs, NetWorld(SM)+Interop(R) provides the industry's only platform for collaboration, communication and commerce for the end-to-end network. NetWorld(SM)+Interop(R) Las Vegas 2004 will take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center, May 9-12, 2004. For more information about the event, please visit www.interop.com.

About MediaLive International, Inc.

MediaLive International is producer of the world's best-known events, related media and marketing services for technology buyers and sellers. MediaLive International's products and services encompass the IT industry's largest exhibitions, including COMDEX and NetWorld(SM)+Interop(R), such highly focused educational programs as Next Generation Networks, custom seminars including JavaOne(R), respected publications including Business Communications Review, and specialized vendor marketing programs. Created in 2003 from the assets of Key3Media, MediaLive International is a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco, with offices throughout the world. For more information about MediaLive International, visit www.medialiveinternational.com.

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