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Network Instruments® Selected for Membership in Avaya DeveloperConnection Program

Optimizing Performance for VoIP Monitoring Solutions

April 25, 2007 — Minneapolis, MN –– Network Instruments, a leading provider of innovative analysis solutions for in-depth network intelligence and continuous availability, today announced it has been selected by Avaya Inc. (NYSE: AV), a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services, for membership in the Avaya DeveloperConnection program.

Network Instruments provides customers with network analysis and forensic solutions, including the Observer® Product Family and GigaStor™. These solutions include Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) analysis as a part of a comprehensive solution set.

The Avaya DeveloperConnection program promotes the development of innovative, third-party products that are compatible with standards-based Avaya solutions. Becoming a member of the program ensures that Network Instruments solutions can be extensively compliance-tested for compatibility with Avaya Communication Manager IP telephony software, media gateways and IP telephones.

“Customers rely on our Observer VoIP Expert to support market-leading IP telephony solutions from providers like Avaya,” said Roman Oliynyk, CEO and co-founder of Network Instruments. “Being a member of the Avaya DeveloperConnection program, we can build on Avaya resources and work more closely with the company to deliver compliance-tested solutions to the market that help businesses optimize performance.”

Through the Avaya DeveloperConnection program, Network Instruments has access to technical resources, development support and co-marketing initiatives designed to help the company produce and promote Avaya-compatible solutions.

“With the involvement of companies like Network Instruments, our Avaya developer community has become a catalyst for rapid innovation — creating multivendor applications that help enterprises around the world unleash powerful new possibilities for operating more efficiently and effectively,” said Eric Rossman, vice president, developer relations and technical alliances, Avaya.  “We help businesses embed secure, reliable Intelligent Communications into the very fabric of their organization so employees and customers have ready access to information regardless of where they are and how they prefer to communicate.”

Membership information and a listing of solutions developed and tested under the DeveloperConnection program are available at www.devconnectprogram.com.

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About Avaya
Avaya delivers Intelligent Communications solutions that help companies transform their businesses to achieve marketplace advantage. More than 1 million businesses worldwide, including more than 90 percent of the FORTUNE 500®, use Avaya solutions for IP Telephony, Unified Communications, Contact Centers and Communications-Enabled Business Processes. Avaya Global Services provides comprehensive service and support for companies, small to large. For more information visit the Avaya Web site, www.avaya.com. 

About Network Instruments
Network Instruments provides in-depth network intelligence and continuous network availability through innovative analysis solutions. Enterprise network professionals depend on Network Instruments’ Observer product line for unparalleled network visibility to efficiently solve network problems and manage deployments. By combining a powerful management console with high-performance analysis appliances, Observer simplifies problem resolution and optimizes network and application performance. The company continues to lead the industry in ROI with its advanced Distributed Network Analysis (NI-DNA™) architecture, which successfully integrates comprehensive analysis functionality across heterogeneous networks through a single monitoring interface. Network Instruments is headquartered in Minneapolis with sales offices worldwide and distributors in over 50 countries. For more information about the company, products, technology, NI-DNA, becoming a partner, and NI University please visit www.networkinstruments.com.

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