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Management Apps Span a Widening Spectrum: Page 7 of 13

The job of protecting precious WAN bandwidth falls to products that can monitor, characterize and shape WAN traffic. Our traffic management and shaping solution winner, the PacketShaper 4500, does it all. The product's excellent performance and ease of use yield a return on investment before the ink has a chance to dry on the contract. Additionally, the PacketShaper 4500 characterizes a large number of applications and can identify applications with more than a single signature approach.

Finalists:

• NetEnforcer AC-302 4.2.2, Allot Communications, (800) 204-1364, (952) 944-3100. www.allot.com

• QoSWorks 10000, Sitara Networks, (866) 474-8272, (781) 487-5900. www.sitaranetworks.com

Application Management Solution

Winner: ProactiveNet 4.1.2, ProactiveNet, (877) 277-6686, (408) 935-6800. www.ProactiveNet.com