Network General Kicks-off Sniffer User Summit 2005; Largest-ever Sniffer User Forum Attracts Top IT Professionals to Discuss Strategies for Managing Resources and Reducing Costs.

MIAMI -- Today Network General(TM), the global leader in enterprise network and application performance, welcomed hundreds of IT professionals from around the world to the Sniffer(R) User Summit 2005. The event, taking place November 7-9, 2005 at the Fontainbleau Resort in Miami Beach, Florida, offers a unique opportunity for attendees to learn and exchange ideas with Network General executives, industry visionaries, and other IT professionals.

Network General continues to distance itself from the competition with the announcement of five new break-through products focused on simplifying and optimizing network and application performance. Executives will provide details about the company's product road map and vision through a live, on-stage demonstration of the Sniffer Enterprise Solution. IDC's Stephen Elliott, Research Manager for Enterprise Systems Management, will keynote the event, providing insights into achieving business and IT alignment and executing IT accountability through network and application management.

The summit is structured to ensure attendees are provided maximum opportunity to connect with their IT peers. It includes more than 30 technical product and solution breakout sessions, best practices presentations from IT professionals, special discussions on beginning and advanced Sniffer tips and tricks, a unique technology showcase with hands-on tutorials, customer case studies, and industry-specific application solution discussions.

"Network General is clearly making a paradigm shift from a point solution and tool provider to a world-class enterprise solution," said Network General President, Michael Pope. "We continue to extend our leadership by investing heavily in R&D, increasing our global footprint, and focusing on our customers."

About Network General Corporation

Network General(TM) Corporation is the global leader in enterprise application and network performance analysis. The Network General portfolio consists of innovative software solutions and intelligent appliances that allow IT professionals to identify, monitor, measure, manage and resolve application and network performance problems. Supporting the widest range of network topologies in the industry, Network General delivers breakthrough technology solutions that focus on the intersection of the application and the network for comprehensive real-time monitoring, analysis, and reporting across the business enterprise. Sniffer Enterprise Solutions empower IT organizations, simplify network management tasks, and protect the extended value and life of IT assets. For more information on Network General, a privately-held company based in San Jose, California, dial 408-571-5000 or go to www.networkgeneral.com.

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