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SUNNYVALE, California, February 3 /PRNewswire/ --

    - Spirent HyperMetrics(TM) Family of Modules Provides New Architecture 
for Enhanced Realism with Scalability and Performance for Validating Networks 
and Devices



    In response to our customers' requirement to drive innovation, Spirent
Communications plc (http://www.spirent.com/) (LSE: SPT), a global leader in
performance analysis and service management, today introduced the
HyperMetrics(TM) (http://www.spirent.com/go/hypermetrics) family of modules
on the award winning Spirent TestCenter (http://www.spirent.com/go/stc)
platform. HyperMetrics is the industry's first solution with an innovative
multi-core architecture that addresses port density as well as the critical
aspect of realism required to ensure Quality of Experience (QoE) for new
services helping to maximize return on investment (ROI) and total cost of
ownership (TCO) throughout the test lifecycle.



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    "With the evolution to intelligent content aware networks, service
providers and network equipment manufacturers need to furnish tools and
functions to plan, measure, monitor, and assure evolving traffic patterns,
new services, and optimized application performance," said Michael Howard,
principal analyst at Infonetics Research. "This is not an easy task - it
means that increasing port density or adding new protocols is necessary but
clearly not sufficient for test engineers. What's required are realistic
network environments representing the end-to-end complex conditions of
next-gen IP networks including aspects such as scalability and performance."



    Traditionally, test solutions focused on a single dimension of either
port density or Layer 2-3 network emulation or Layer 4-7 application
performance. As a result, the customer's initial investment was limited only
to a specific test in the development cycle. As network elements and services
become more sophisticated, they require testing beyond Layer 2-3
considerations of throughput, latency and loss to include QoE measurements
(Layer 4-7).



    HyperMetrics' high density, multi-core architecture delivers enhanced
realism with scalability and performance along with the capability to
reallocate processing power to conduct complex yet realistic testing. The
emphasis on performance and application realism rather than just port density
enables test engineers to invest in a single solution for all their testing
needs ultimately reducing capital expenses, while staying within limited
operational budgets.



    "As the testing standard for tomorrow's networks, Spirent TestCenter
HyperMetrics goes beyond advanced functionality to include investment
protection," said Tim Jefferson, general manager, Converged Core Solutions
group at Spirent Communications. "In this tough economic environment our
customers require a solution that allows them to test to new levels of
enhanced realism with scalability and performance."



    The Spirent TestCenter HyperMetrics modules are designed to offer network
equipment manufacturers and service providers a robust and scalable test
platform with a flexible user experience for conducting end-to-end Layer 2-7
multi-play testing at gigabit or 10gigabit line rates. The modules, available
in a variety of port densities, include the HyperMetrics Converged (CV),
HyperMetrics Converged Multi-play (CM) and HyperMetrics Application
Performance (AP) modules.



    Demonstrations of Spirent TestCenter's HyperMetrics 
(http://www.spirent.com/go/hypermetrics) are available at Spirent's Proof of
Concept (SPOC) Lab and collaboration centers
(http://www.spirent.com/go/spoclabs) in Sunnyvale, London and Beijing. For
more information visit www.spirent.com/go/hypermetrics



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