ONPATH Connectivity and Monitoring Solutions Approved by the U.S. Department of Defense

MARLTON, N.J., May 30, 2012  /PRNewswire/ -- ONPATH Technologies, the leader in scalable connectivity and monitoring solutions for high performance networks, today announced that the United States Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded ONPATH a Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) certification for its Universal Connectivity System (UCS) 2900 platform. This means that the UCS 2900 meets all interoperability, reliability, resilience, and security requirements of the DoD multi-vendor network as a Fixed Network Element (F-NE). The UCS 2900 will appear on the DoD Approved Product Vendor List (APL), simplifying the procurement process for government agencies.

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The JITC has certified the 2900 for deployment in the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) to provide connectivity between legacy serial data, video, and voice services over Ethernet, Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET), Fiber Channel, and Wide Area Networks, and provide remote switching for working devices to preconfigured backup devices during maintenance or failures. Testing by the JITC provides a thorough representation of a product's ability to provide protocol compliance, stability, scalability, management, and security to DoD networks.

ONPATH received an Interoperability Assessment and a Standards Conformance certification, which the JITC awarded for the UCS 2900 platform on May 14, 2012. The security testing was performed by Defense Information System Agency (DISA)-led Information Assurance teams. The Interoperability Testing was conducted by the Joint Information Test Command (JITC) Global Information Grid Network Test Facility.

"This certification from the JITC demonstrates the security and reliability of ONPATH's solutions, which many DoD agencies are already using to support their critical missions," said Gene Litt, VP of Marketing from ONPATH. "The extensive JITC testing, and resulting certification, ensures that DoD requirements have been met, greatly expanding on the value our products provide to defense agencies. It makes ONPATH's connectivity and monitoring solutions available to more government departments and agencies, delivering the scalability, security, and reliability required by these groups."

The UCS 2900 is based on ONPATH's patented 3-stage switching architecture and offers the most scalable, flexible physical layer switching systems in the industry. Offering up to 4,096 non-blocking ports of connectivity, the 2900 delivers protocol independence, enabling any and all protocols to be supported across a wide range of data rates from less than 1 Mbps to 10 Gbps. ONPATH's management and monitoring software offers customers the highest levels of network intelligence, user simplicity, and system security, delivering the industry's leading platform for Cyber Security, Network Monitoring Access, Test Automation, and Cloud Networking applications.

About ONPATH

ONPATH Technologies is the leading provider of scalable connectivity and monitoring solutions for high-performance networks. ONPATH's Universal Connectivity System and HorizON Software deliver an advanced platform that automates and secures data center and test infrastructure to help network managers conserve time, increase utilization, and save money compared to manual patching, static TAPS, SPAN ports, or complex mesh switching architectures. ONPATH currently has over one million installed ports throughout Fortune 1,000 and Government customers. For more information, visit www.onpathtech.com.

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