Narus Elects Charles Picasso to Board of Directors.

Longtime IT-Services and Carrier-Industry Veteran Becomes Non-Executive Chairman

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Narus, Inc., the leader in carrier-class security for the world's largest IP networks, today announced the election of Charles Picasso to their Board of Directors as non-executive Chairman. With more than three decades of proven success in building, developing and leading exceptional sales, marketing and consulting organizations, Picasso will be responsible for leading the Board in its strategic efforts to expand globally and manage corporate growth.

"Charles' experience and proven strategic leadership coupled with his intimate understanding of carrier and IT markets will be an incredible asset to Narus as we continue our rapid growth and global expansion," said Greg Oslan, president and CEO at Narus. "Charles will help us capitalize on broader, strategic opportunities, and be a good advisor to the management team."

"Narus provides the right mix of market-proven technology, strategy and executive leadership to successfully tackle the IP security and management challenges facing today's large, distributed carrier networks," said Mr. Picasso. "I look forward to extending their market leadership by helping drive the next stage of company growth."

Mr. Picasso is the retired president and chief operating officer (COO) for Information Handling Services (IHS), the worldwide leader in developing and implementing engineering, technical and regulatory information solutions for customers in more than one-hundred countries. He has extensive experience in the management of leading computer manufacturers, business applications and information technology consulting firms worldwide. Prior to IHS, Picasso was COO of Digital Island Inc., where he introduced hosting services in key markets. Mr. Picasso has also served as the senior vice president for AT&T Global Information Solutions and president and chief executive officer for AT&T Istel, managing AT&T's professional services organization in Europe.

Mr. Picasso earned his Computer Science degree from the University of Sciences, Montpellier, France.

About Narus

Narus is the leader in carrier-class security for the world's largest IP networks. Narus solutions provide the real-time traffic insight essential to profitably manage, secure and deliver Services over IP. Today, large IP-based networks are transforming the traditional circuit-switched world of telecommunications into a dynamic, ever-changing world of IP-based services such as VoIP, IPTV and others. In order to secure, monitor, bill and provide excellent quality of service for these IP-based offerings, service providers must simultaneously capture, normalize and correlate IP traffic across all layers of the network. Only NarusInsight is capable of providing companies with the means to capture, normalize and correlate IP traffic at the speed required for carrier-class networks. With its patented technology and processes, Narus helps customers like AT&T, KT, KDDI, Telecom Egypt, Saudi Telecom, Brasil Telecom, US Cellular and T-Mobile in areas of network security, traffic classification and monitoring. For more information, please visit www.narus.com.