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OPNET Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPNT), a leading provider of solutions for managing applications and networks, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the "Challengers" quadrant of the "Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring"  published on February 18, 2010, and written by Will Cappelli.

Gartner evaluated nineteen (19) vendors in the report; OPNET placed in the "Challengers" quadrant.

OPNET's solutions for application performance management dramatically accelerate troubleshooting and also detect problems early, before they reach a critical state. The products considered in the report include:

• OPNET Panorama - for real-time performance analysis of Java and .NET applications, including custom-developed and packaged applications. Panorama uses patent pending instrumentation to maintain low overhead while tracing application execution at the code level and monitoring thousands of metrics within each server, and across all tiers, including databases, operating systems, middleware, and more.  Panorama's deviation analysis and correlation enable troubleshooters to rapidly discover the root causes of performance problems deep within application code.

• ACE Live - for end-user experience monitoring, deep packet inspection and end-to-end response time monitoring. Real-time on-board analytics diagnose the root cause of performance problems to accelerate troubleshooting and ensure service level compliance for web-based applications. 

• ACE Analyst and ACE Enterprise Management Server - for centralized management and in-depth analysis of transaction forensics collected across the enterprise.

"Application performance management is a key focus of OPNET," stated Alain Cohen, President and CTO of OPNET. "We believe the report by Gartner confirms that OPNET is delivering robust solutions to real customers right now, and that these solutions are technologically among the best in our industry. OPNET is a solid and proven company with long term staying power, and is in an excellent position to challenge the largest vendors in IT Service Management, while offering rapid innovation, agility, and responsiveness."

To view the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring, visit  http://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/opnet/173116.html

About the Magic Quadrant

The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2010 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About OPNET Technologies, Inc.

Founded in 1986, OPNET Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPNT) is a leading provider of solutions for managing applications and networks. For more information about OPNET and its products, please visit www.opnet.com.

OPNET, OPNET Technologies, Inc., OPNET Panorama, ACE Live, and ACE 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. 

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