NetQoS SuperAgent Named Best Systems Management Solution Finalist in 20th Annual SIIA Codie Awards

Business Wire, Feb 22, 2005

AUSTIN, Texas -- NetQoS Inc.'s SuperAgent(R) for application performance monitoring has been chosen Best Systems Management Solution Finalist in the Annual Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) Codie Awards. The Systems Management Solution category finalists are those products that best assist system administrators to manage and monitor networks. The SIIA will announce the Codie Award winners on May 25, 2005.

The Codie Awards showcase the software and digital content industry's most innovative products and services. The SIIA and an independent panel of industry judges chose the finalists. More than 800 companies submitted approximately 1,000 nominations for the 2005 awards.

"The 20th annual Codie Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best of the software, content and education technology industries," said Ken Wasch, SIIA president. "When one considers the number of outstanding companies that competed this year, being named a Codie Awards finalist is a significant achievement."

"SuperAgent's nomination as a Codie Award finalist is a validation of its ability to help our customers improve network operational efficiencies by knowing how applications are performing for their end users," said Joel Trammell, CEO at NetQoS. "SuperAgent automatically monitors and measures application response times compared to intelligent baselines and highlights the source of bottlenecks, enabling IT groups to quickly solve performance problems, ensure satisfactory service levels, and validate infrastructure changes."

For a complete list of 2005 Codie Awards finalists, visit http://www.siia.net/codies/2005/finalists.asp.> NetQoS SuperAgent

NetQoS SuperAgent is an end-to-end application performance solution that passively monitors and measures end-user response time - without desktop or server agents. SuperAgent tracks end user response times for all user transactions, 24x7, and identifies application, network, and server delay components, enabling rapid troubleshooting of application performance bottlenecks. It also measures user throughputs, loss rates, byte rates, session refusals, and other metrics. SuperAgent automatically detects issues by comparing performance metrics to both self-learned baselines and user-configured thresholds. In addition, it automatically investigates issues as they occur to identify the cause. SuperAgent enables service level management to achieve consistent levels of service quality both internally and from external service providers from the end-user's perspective; and facilitates reporting capabilities with business users. SuperAgent pricing starts at $34,500 (U.S. list). For more information on NetQoS SuperAgent visit www.netqos.com.

About SIIA

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education, and intellectual property protection to more than 700 leading software and information companies. For further information, visit the SIIA Web site at www.siia.net.

About NetQoS Inc.

NetQoS delivers products and services that optimize the performance of the world's most demanding enterprise networks. Barclays, Boeing, ChevronTexaco, Citrix, DuPont, Halliburton, Schlumberger, and Sara Lee are among the corporations that rely on NetQoS performance management technology to ensure consistent delivery of business critical applications, align technology expenditures and initiatives with business goals, document IT service levels, manage user expectations, and enable continuous improvement. For more information, visit the NetQoS Web site at www.netqos.com or call 877-835-9575.

SuperAgent is the registered trademark of NetQoS, Inc. NetQoS is a service mark of NetQoS, Inc. All other trade names, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.