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OPNET Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPNT), a leading provider of management software for networks and applications, today announced record early registrations and industry participation for its annual technology conference, OPNETWORK 2005, which focuses on intelligent analysis of networks, applications, and systems. Based on initial registrations, OPNET expects that the five-day event will attract a record number of attendees from corporate enterprises, government agencies, service providers, and network equipment manufacturers from all over the world. The event is being held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. from August 22-26. The conference will feature over 500 hours of sessions covering a wide range of topics including application performance management, network configuration analysis, capacity planning, and modeling and simulation. Approximately 1,500 people attended last year's event, OPNETWORK 2004. Keynote and featured speakers for this year's conference include: Monday: -- Andrew Noma, Vice President of Global Network Engineering, VISA -- Marc Cohen, OPNET Chairman and CEO -- Alain Cohen, OPNET President and CTO Tuesday: -- Monica Farah-Stapleton, Director of the Architecture and Systems Engineering Office (ASEO), Army CERDEC, US ARMY -- Stuart Biggs, Advanced Services Technical Lead (and the first Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert), Cisco Systems Wednesday: -- Renzo Silva, Technical Director, Securities Industry Automation Corporation -- Dr. Dimitri Bertsekas, McAfee Professor of Engineering, M.I.T. -- Debra Curtis, Research Vice President, Gartner Group -- Saqib Syed, Director of Technology Strategy and Architecture Group, ESM Division, Computer Associates Thursday: -- Gideon Agar, Director of Engineering and Product Management, Network Management Technical Group, Cisco Systems Conference attendees will also have the opportunity to meet with OPNET's alliance partners at the OPNETWORK Partner Pavilion on Wednesday, August 24th. OPNET works closely with its Alliance Partners to develop and promote high-value integrations with best-of-breed offerings. Partner Pavilion exhibitors for this year's conference include: -- Alion Science and Technology -- BAE SYSTEMS -- Cisco Systems -- CommWyse -- Computer Associates -- Fluke Networks -- Hewlett-Packard -- IBM Global Services -- InfoVista -- MAK Technologies -- NetScout Systems -- Statseeker For more information on OPNETWORK 2005 or to register for the event, please visit www.opnet.com/opnetwork2005. About OPNET Technologies, Inc. Founded in 1986, OPNET Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:OPNT) is a leading provider of management software for networks and applications. For more information about OPNET and its products, please visit http://www.opnet.com. OPNET, OPNETWORK, OPNET Technologies, and all OPNET product names are trademarks of OPNET Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Statements in this press release that are not purely historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. OPNET Technologies, Inc. ("OPNET") assumes no obligation to update statements. Forward-looking statements are predictions based upon information available to OPNET as of the date of this press release and involve risks and uncertainties; therefore, actual events or results may differ materially. For a discussion of risk factors, see OPNET's reports, including its most recent 10-Q and 10-K, filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Note to editors: The word OPNET is spelled with all upper-case letters.