ExtraHop Networks Named Finalist in the 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards by Network Products Guide

Winners Will Be Honored In Las Vegas on May 10, 2011

SEATTLE, WA – March 30, 2011 – ExtraHop Networks announced today that Network Products Guide, the industry's leading technology research and advisory guide, has named the ExtraHop application performance management solution a finalist for the 6th Annual 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards in the Best Network Management / Intelligence Product category. These industry and peer awards from Network Products Guide are the world's premier information technology awards honoring achievements and recognitions in every facet of the IT industry. Winners will be honored in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 during the 6th annual dinner and presentations.

The ExtraHop Application Delivery Assurance system is a real-time, passive network appliance that monitors and analyzes every business-critical transaction from L2 to L7 across network, web, database, and storage tiers, spanning physical and virtual environments. The massively scalable ExtraHop system combines the troubleshooting capabilities of Network Performance Managers with the superior application-level visibility of User Experience Monitors to perform sophisticated network-traffic analysis. While many tools rely on legacy technologies such as NetFlow collection, SNMP polling, custom performance agents, or active service checks, the ExtraHop system performs full-stream reassembly and full-content analysis to extract and archive valuable performance and health metrics in a real-time datastore.

An annual achievements and recognition awards program with active participation from a broad spectrum of industry voices, the annual Hot Companies and Best Products recognition program encompasses the world’s best in organizational performance, products and services, executives and management teams, successful deployments, product management and engineering, support and customer satisfaction, and public relations in every area of information technology.

“It’s an honor to be named a finalist by Network Products Guide for this esteemed industry and peer award,” said Jesse Rothstein, CEO, ExtraHop Networks. “This further validates our position as a company poised to successfully overcome the challenges faced by organizations today to effectively monitor complex, modern IT architectures and ensure that business-critical applications do not fail.”

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About Network Products Guide Awards
As industry’s leading technology research and advisory publication, Network Products Guide plays a vital role in keeping decision makers and end-users informed of the choices they can make in all areas of information technology. You will discover a wealth of information and tools in this guide including the best products and services, roadmaps, industry directions, technology advancements and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent technology decisions impacting business and personal goals. The guide follows conscientious research methodologies developed and enhanced by industry experts. To learn more, visit www.networkproductsguide.com.

About ExtraHop Networks

Winners Will Be Honored In Las Vegas on May 10, 2011

SEATTLE, WA – March 30, 2011 – ExtraHop Networks announced today that Network Products Guide, the industry's leading technology research and advisory guide, has named the ExtraHop application performance management solution a finalist for the 6th Annual 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards in the Best Network Management / Intelligence Product category. These industry and peer awards from Network Products Guide are the world's premier information technology awards honoring achievements and recognitions in every facet of the IT industry. Winners will be honored in Las Vegas on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 during the 6th annual dinner and presentations.

The ExtraHop Application Delivery Assurance system is a real-time, passive network appliance that monitors and analyzes every business-critical transaction from L2 to L7 across network, web, database, and storage tiers, spanning physical and virtual environments. The massively scalable ExtraHop system combines the troubleshooting capabilities of Network Performance Managers with the superior application-level visibility of User Experience Monitors to perform sophisticated network-traffic analysis. While many tools rely on legacy technologies such as NetFlow collection, SNMP polling, custom performance agents, or active service checks, the ExtraHop system performs full-stream reassembly and full-content analysis to extract and archive valuable performance and health metrics in a real-time datastore.

An annual achievements and recognition awards program with active participation from a broad spectrum of industry voices, the annual Hot Companies and Best Products recognition program encompasses the world’s best in organizational performance, products and services, executives and management teams, successful deployments, product management and engineering, support and customer satisfaction, and public relations in every area of information technology.

“It’s an honor to be named a finalist by Network Products Guide for this esteemed industry and peer award,” said Jesse Rothstein, CEO, ExtraHop Networks. “This further validates our position as a company poised to successfully overcome the challenges faced by organizations today to effectively monitor complex, modern IT architectures and ensure that business-critical applications do not fail.”

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About Network Products Guide Awards
As industry’s leading technology research and advisory publication, Network Products Guide plays a vital role in keeping decision makers and end-users informed of the choices they can make in all areas of information technology. You will discover a wealth of information and tools in this guide including the best products and services, roadmaps, industry directions, technology advancements and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent technology decisions impacting business and personal goals. The guide follows conscientious research methodologies developed and enhanced by industry experts. To learn more, visit www.networkproductsguide.com.

About ExtraHop Networks

ExtraHop Networks is a leading provider of network and application performance management (APM) solutions. The ExtraHop Application Delivery Assurance system is the industry’s first completely passive network appliance that provides application-level visibility with no agents, configuration, or overhead. The ExtraHop system provides organizations, including Alaska Airlines, Concur, Microsoft IT, NYK Logistics, and Kohl’s, with a complete picture of the performance of their business-critical applications in real time. The privately held company was founded in early 2007 by Jesse Rothstein and Raja Mukerji, engineering veterans from F5 Networks and architects of the BIG-IP v9 product. ExtraHop Networks is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and funded by Madrona Venture Group and other private investors. Follow us on Twitter @ExtraHop. For more information, visit www.extrahop.com.

Press Contacts

Justin Baker
ExtraHop Networks
206-453-2290
pr@extrahop.com

Meredith L. Eaton / Nate Hubbell
March Communications
617-960-9877 / 617-960-9857
extrahop@marchpr.com

Press Contacts

Justin Baker
ExtraHop Networks
206-453-2290
pr@extrahop.com

Meredith L. Eaton / Nate Hubbell
March Communications
617-960-9877 / 617-960-9857
extrahop@marchpr.com

ExtraHop Networks is a leading provider of network and application performance management (APM) solutions. The ExtraHop Application Delivery Assurance system is the industry’s first completely passive network appliance that provides application-level visibility with no agents, configuration, or overhead. The ExtraHop system provides organizations, including Alaska Airlines, Concur, Microsoft IT, NYK Logistics, and Kohl’s, with a complete picture of the performance of their business-critical applications in real time. The privately held company was founded in early 2007 by Jesse Rothstein and Raja Mukerji, engineering veterans from F5 Networks and architects of the BIG-IP v9 product. ExtraHop Networks is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and funded by Madrona Venture Group and other private investors. Follow us on Twitter @ExtraHop. For more information, visit www.extrahop.com.

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