Ixia Wins Best of Interop Award at NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas.

Business Editors

NetWorld+Interop 2002 Las Vegas 

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2002

Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA), a leading provider of high-speed, multiport network performance analysis and optimization systems, announced today that its IPv6 Test Series was named the winner in the Network Test and Measurement Category of the Best of Interop Awards competition for NetWorld+Interop 2002 in Las Vegas. The Best of Interop awards, sponsored by CMP Media LLC's Network Computing, InformationWeek, and EE Times, were announced during a ceremony at this year's event.

"As the leader in conformance and performance analysis solutions, we are honored to be recognized for what we consider to be one of the industry's top awards," said Frank Zajaczkowski, director of marketing communications for Ixia. "For five years, Ixia's innovative test solutions have been helping developers of next generation networking equipment accelerate their time to market. Ixia's IPv6 test series underscores our dedication to creating the very best performance analysis products for the networking community."

Ixia's IPv6 Test Series includes IPv6 conformance validation utilizing Ixia's ANVL test suites, simultaneous IPv4 and IPv6 traffic generation and analysis at wire speed for testing dual-stack and tunneling migration methodologies, IPv6 encodes and decodes, as well as IS-IS and RIPng protocol emulation. Identification of IPv6 routers in a network is facilitated using the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (RFC 2461). Address Auto configuration (RFC 2462) and Path MTU Discovery Protocols are also supported.

The Ixia IPv6 Test Series is seamlessly integrated into IxExplorer, Ixia's highly-regarded packet generation and analysis software, as well as into Ixia's ScriptMate software, a sophisticated, Tcl/Tk-based graphical user interface that provides powerful methods to browse and access a variety of pre-built test suites.

The judges -- award winning editors from CMP Media's leading technology magazines, Network Computing, InformationWeek and EE Times -- reviewed over 250 submissions overall, and determined that Ixia's IPv6 Test Series deserved the top honor based upon their rigorous evaluation.

By identifying innovative products debuted at NetWorld+Interop, the Best of Show Awards assist in the quest for technology-enabled solutions. The Best of Interop judges recognize only a select few groundbreaking products each year that will significantly impact and enable the future of business. Products awarded this prestigious honor signify to IT executives and managers that they are the best solutions to support an efficient and competitive business.

"Every year we must review some of the best and most promising new technology solutions, and it is always challenging to determine the winner. Using our very thorough evaluation process, Ixia's IPv6 Test Series was selected as a Best of Interop winner because it is the most innovative solution in the Test and Measurement category," said Ron Anderson, lab director for Network Computing and lead judge of this year's awards.

About CMP Media

CMP Media (www.cmp.com) is a leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers' comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, trade shows and conferences, custom publishing, testing and consulting.

About NetWorld+Interop

NetWorld+Interop is the world's premier education and interactive event forum for technical professionals responsible for network and IT strategies from large enterprise and service provider organizations. The professional and business interests of the community are promoted through 4 proven elements: Quality education taught by experts in networking, technology demonstrations featured in our InteropNet programs, an interactive show floor featuring top networking and telecommunications vendors, and a global platform delivering quality events in 6 countries

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About Ixia

Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA) delivers powerful, distributed, multiport traffic generators, and performance/conformance analyzers for wire-speed verification of optical networking equipment, LAN, MAN, WAN multi-layer switches and routers, and sophisticated routing protocols. Its products utilize a variety of interfaces -- Packet Over SONET, BERT, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet, and USB. Ixia's network operations applications address the industry's growing requirements for a higher level of control over network optimization, traffic engineering, traffic profiling, and security. Ixia's analysis solutions are distinguished by their accuracy, reliability, high port density, support for emerging protocol standards, conformance adherence, and adaptability to the industry's constant evolution.

For more information, contact Ixia at 26601 W. Agoura Road, Calabasas, CA 91302; [phone], Fax: [phone]; Email: [e-mail] or visit our Web Site at http://www.ixiacom.com.