Net Optics Wins Red Herring North America Top 100 Award

SANTA CLARA, CA and LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - Jun 16, 2011) - Net Optics, Inc., the leader of real-time network visibility solutions, today announced its selection to the Red Herring North America Top 100. Net Optics, named a finalist in the Computers, Software and Technology category, received the honor at Wednesday evening's event in Hollywood.

For 15 years, the Red Herring North America Top 100 has recognized the year's most promising private technology ventures from the North American Business region. The Red Herring editorial team selects the most innovative companies from a pool of thousands across North America, a process which culminates in a three-day convention of 200 C-level technology entrepreneurs, corporate strategists and venture financiers from across the continent. This honor caps off a quarter during which Net Optics received a series of awards and recognition from the industry's top tech and business institutions.

"Net Optics is honored to have won the Red Herring 100 out of the thousands of companies that applied," said Net Optics President and CEO, Bob Shaw. "What's so amazing is that Red Herring celebrates the 15 year anniversary this year and Net Optics is also celebrating 15 years of success. For us it's very important to win such an honor because it is a recognition that our customers, over 7,000 around the globe, see our technology as critical to their success."

Net Optics solutions are deployed by 85-percent of the Fortune 100 and 50-percent of the Fortune 500. Since the company's inception in 1996, Net Optics has posted 60 quarters of consecutive growth without VC funds and its products are made in the USA. This year, Net Optics surpassed the quarter billion dollar revenue milestone, and plans to add 40 new hires to its rapidly expanding employee base.

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About Net Optics, Inc.
Net Optics is the leading provider of Intelligent Access and Monitoring Architecture solutions that deliver real-time IT visibility, monitoring and control. As a result, businesses achieve peak performance in network analytics and security. More than 7,000 enterprises, service providers and government organizations -- including 85 percent of the Fortune 100 -- trust Net Optics' comprehensive smart access hardware and software solutions to plan, scale and future-proof their networks through an easy-to-use interface. Net Optics maintains a global presence through leading OEM partner and reseller networks.