Allot Communications Adds Entry-Level NetEnforcer Models to Address Enterprise Network Congestion.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

COMNET 2003

Booth #645

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 2003

Enterprise IT managers need help identifying bandwidth and

application performance hogs and the tools to control and

allocate network resources to match business objectives

Allot Communications, a premier provider of policy-based networking solutions, today announced two new entry-level NetEnforcer(R) models designed to help enterprise information technology (IT) professionals manage problems associated with increasing network congestion as a result of the popularity of peer-to-peer (P2P) applications and streaming video files.

Today's businesses are running business-critical and time-sensitive applications that require guaranteed bandwidth allocation and performance. Simply buying more wide area network (WAN) bandwidth does not solve the problem of network congestion. Without the traffic shaping functions offered by the NetEnforcer or other policy-based networking devices, latency-sensitive applications, such as voice over internet protocol (VoIP), video conferencing and business-critical client-server systems such as Citrix, ERP and CRM would still have to compete for bandwidth resources with non-critical applications such as file transfers and P2P.

"Enterprise IT professionals need solutions that will help them understand how different application behave and that can let them set policies that reflect their business needs," said Azi Ronen, executive vice president of marketing, Allot Communications. "Allot's NetEnforcer policy-based networking devices allow them to monitor network applications, users and servers and to define policies that will guarantee the performance of business-critical applications in private networks, Internet connections and VPNs."

The new NetEnforcer AC-102 and AC-202 models make it practical for corporations to deploy policy-based quality of service (QoS) devices across the enterprise, even to their small remote offices.

The NetEnforcer AC-102 supports network traffic speeds up to 512 Kbps while the AC-202 supports network traffic speeds up to 10 Mbps. Both models feature an additional Ethernet port for out-of-band management access to the NetEnforcer unit. This enables IT managers to physically isolate network users from the management functions of the NetEnforcer, thereby enhancing network security and device performance. In addition, an LCD and keyboard on the front panel of the device ease configuration and display basic system information.

The NetEnforcer AC-102 and AC-202 are available immediately and pricing starts at $3,500.

About Allot Communications

Allot Communications' policy-powered networking initiative offers bandwidth management solutions for enterprises and IP service providers that improve application performance, reduce network costs, and enable the deployment of delay-sensitive applications. In enterprise networks, Allot's solutions allow network managers to enable quality of service (QoS) by linking business policies to specific network actions that improve users' productivity and contain networking costs. In service provider networks, Allot's QoS and service level agreement (SLA) enforcement solutions maximize return on investment (ROI) by managing over-subscription, throttling P2P traffic on upstream and downstream links, and delivering tiered services and classes of service.

Allot Communications has regional offices in the USA, France, Japan, Singapore and Israel. Allot is represented worldwide through OEM and distributor channels. Visit Allot on the Web at http://www.allot.com.