net.com Adds Significant Multicast and VPN Support to SCREAM Platform

net.com Adds Significant Multicast and VPN Support to SCREAM
Platform 


ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 17  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- net.com (NYSE:NWK) announced
today the general availability of SCREAM release 3.1, featuring the addition of
IP multicast functionality, advanced IP-VPN (virtual private network) support
and upgraded platform security.

IP multicast enables the efficient delivery of video content and broadcast
television services across DSL access infrastructures. SCREAM can now support
the simultaneous multicasting of individual video streams to residential IPTV
customers -- a market that Datamonitor, a provider of business intelligence,
projects will grow to 15 million subscribers by 2007.  SCREAM is the only
subscriber management platform in the broadband video space to offer both ATM
and IP multicast support, thereby fulfilling a number of key roles in network
based content distribution.

SCREAM 3.1 also delivers MPLS IP-VPN (RFC 2547) functionality to service
providers looking to migrate their DSL access infrastructures from ATM to IP.
Using virtual route forwarding (VRF) for Layer 3 VPN support presents a
simplified alternative to tunneled hand-off mechanisms (L2TP), and also enables
Internet and applications service providers to offer tiered IP quality of
service (QoS) guarantees to their subscribers. When deployed in these
subscriber management applications, SCREAM can also be used to provide network
based IP-VPN solutions for enterprise customers. These IP-VPNs can use a full
range of routing protocols, including BGP, OSPF, RIP and EIGRP (widely deployed
in private enterprise networks).  This allows seamless migration from an
enterprise-owned to a network-based, VPN model.

According to Infonetics Research, worldwide VPN service revenues totaled $18
billion in 2003, and are expected to grow to over $30 billion in 2008.
Infonetics research indicates that for every $1 spent on VPN products, roughly
$10 are spent on VPN services, indicating a tremendous opportunity for service
revenue growth for carriers and service providers worldwide

SCREAM 3.1 also includes the introduction of high speed OC48/STM16 interfaces
to provide both ATM and packet over SONET (POS) uplinks.  This reinforces
SCREAM's position as a key edge component in the evolution of ATM to IP
transport networks.

Finally, SCREAM has upgraded platform security in response to requests from
enterprise, carrier and government customers.  Broad enhancements were made to
meet the most stringent U.S. government and defense security requirements while
allowing operators to flexibly deploy any security policy to their own
organizations.

About net.com

Network Equipment Technologies, Inc., doing business as net.com, develops and
delivers service creation platforms for broadband, Internet protocol telephony,
and multiservice networks. An architect of the networking industry, net.com has
been supplying service providers, governments and enterprises around the world
with bulletproof networking technology for more than 20 years. net performance.
net results. net.com.

NOTE:  SCREAM is a registered trademark of, and net.com and the net.com logo
are trademarks of Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. 

DATASOURCE: Network Equipment Technologies, Inc.



CONTACT:  Brenda Ropoulos, Director of Corporate Relations of net.com,

[phone], or cell, [phone], or ; or

Richard M. Williams of Zonic Group, [phone], or

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