OPNET Technologies, Inc. was a software business that provided
performance management
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for
computer networks
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and applications.
The company was founded in 1986 and went public in 2000.
[OPNET Technologies, Inc. Announces Initial Public Offering of 4.0 Million Shares of Common Stock at $13.00 Per Share](_blank)
/ref> In October 2012, OPNET was acquired by Riverbed Technology
Riverbed Technology LLC is an American information technology company. Its products consist of software and hardware focused on Unified Observability, Network Visibility, End User Experience Management, Network monitoring, network performance mon ...
, for about $1 billion US dollars.
Corporate history
"OPNET" was Alain Cohen's (co-founder, CTO & President) graduate project for a networking course while he was at MIT
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and sc ...
. OPNET stood for Optimized Network Engineering Tools. Alain, along with brother Marc (co-founder, CEO & Chairman) and classmate Steven Baraniuk, decided to commercialize the software. The company's first product was OPNET Modeler, a software tool for computer network
A computer network is a collection of communicating computers and other devices, such as printers and smart phones. In order to communicate, the computers and devices must be connected by wired media like copper cables, optical fibers, or b ...
modeling and simulation.
Since becoming a public company in August 2000, OPNET executed the following acquisitions:
*March 2001: NetMaker Division of Make Systems
*January 2002: WDM NetDesign B.V.B.A
*October 2004: Altaworks Corporation
*October 2007: substantially all of the assets of Network Physics, Inc.
*August 2010: DSAuditor product line from Embarcadero Technologies
*May 2012: Clarus Systems, Inc.
As an independent company, OPNET grew profitably throughout its history. SEC filings are available with further information about its IPO,
OPNET Solutions (prior to acquisition by Riverbed)
* Application performance management
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, see ''AppTransaction Xpert'' in Comparison of packet analyzers
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* Network performance management
* Network Simulator
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Product status
As of 2022, Riverbed discontinued sales of 'Riverbed Modeler', which was the new name for the former OPNET modeling software.
Notes
External links
OPNET's website
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