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Mazu Networks Announces Third White Paper on the Network Operations Benefits of Network Behavior Analysis Systems

"Detect Network Performance Issues Before They Disrupt Users" Provides Insight into How Network Operations Teams Can Use NBA to Maintain Constant Network Performance

CAMBRIDGE , MASS. - May 11, 2007 - Mazu Networks, the leading(1) provider of Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) systems, today announced the availability of the third installment in the company's white paper series on the network operations benefits of NBA. The paper, titled "Detect Network Performance Issues Before They Disrupt Users," provides enterprises with information on how to maintain constant network performance by identifying and preventing issues that could disrupt normal business operations.

In "Detect Network Performance Issues Before They Disrupt Users," Mazu Networks discusses the unavoidable connection between constant network performance and revenue generation and the critical role IT operations team have in ensuring that performance does not affect the bottom line. The paper provides practical advice on how to prevent disruptions through the use of NBA by allowing IT teams to: trace the cause of unplanned traffic surges or reductions; identify dependency changes and identify and resolve security issues without affecting performance. The paper explains that unlike traditional network performance and monitoring and troubleshooting tools, NBA provides continuous global visibility that provides a single, holistic view into what is going on in the network. By analyzing network traffic data from routers and switches throughout the network, NBA solutions build a profile of the behavior of systems, users, and applications inside the network and continuously monitor their activity, alerting operations teams to a wide variety of changes that could affect application performance

"Constant network performance and availability is critical to an organization’s ability to remain competitive in today's accelerated business world and the pressure to deliver this unwavering level of network uptime falls heavily on IT teams," said Paul Brady, CEO, Mazu Networks. "Through our white paper series, we provide IT teams with the information they need to better understand how NBA systems can help them better support critical business operations."

The complete Mazu Networks white paper series focuses on the four core areas in which NBA can provide significant value to network operations. These areas include: troubleshooting performance issues faster; detecting behavior changes that affect performance; analyzing WAN usage to improve availability and reduce cost; and optimizing and accelerating infrastructure change. The final paper in the Mazu Networks series on the network operations benefits of NBA is:

• "Analyze WAN Usage to Improve Availability and Reduce Cost" - This paper will provide information on how through improved network visibility, enterprises can optimize WAN usage.

For more information on the Mazu Networks white paper series or to download a free copy of "Network Performance Issues Before They Disrupt Users" visit: http://www.mazunetworks.com/news-events/white-paper-series.php. Also available on this site are Mazu Networks' previously released papers, which include, "Troubleshoot Network Performance Issues 7-10x Faster" and "Reduce the Headache of Infrastructure Change in Five Steps."

About Mazu Networks, Inc.

Mazu Networks provides continuous global visibility into how users, applications, hosts and devices are behaving on a network, and detects if there are meaningful changes from their typical behavior that indicate a network performance issue, a security threat, or an application problem. Through Mazu, enterprises understand usage patterns, consumption rates and dependencies between users, applications and network infrastructure. Only Mazu offers continuous global visibility; passive, agent-less deployment, automatic and custom behavior analysis; and superior integration with network and security products. Mazu Networks' customers optimize their network infrastructure to support their business, secure their internal networks and maximize application availability. For more information, please visit www.mazunetworks.com.

(1) See: http://www.mazunetworks.com/news-events/061201-yankee.php.