VSS Monitoring Named 2012 Best Performance Optimization Product Award Finalist by Network Products Guide

Online, April 11, 2012 (Newswire.com) - VSS Monitoring, the world leader in Network Intelligence Optimization, today announced that Network Products Guide, a leading technology research and advisory guide, has named VSS Monitoring's Distributed Series as a finalist for the 7th Annual 2012 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards in the Best Performance Optimization Products Category. These industry and peer awards from Network Products Guide honor achievements and recognitions in every facet of the IT industry. Winners will be honored in Las Vegas on May 8 during the 7th annual dinner and presentations.

VSS Monitoring is the leader in managing access for performance and security tools for traffic on dynamic networks deployed by enterprises, governments and service providers. With the world's largest and most feature-rich family of traffic optimization devices, VSS allows IT professionals to see into the farthest reaches of even the largest networks. VSS' innovative Network Intelligence Optimization Systems™ for passive monitoring and active inline tools help prevent problems from reaching end users, and greatly accelerate the ROI of tool deployments. The Distributed Series provides system-fault tolerance and true modular expansion across critical network performance and security functions central to today's IP networks and data centers. It controls expenses related to deployment, utilization and maintenance of the myriad of tools required, particularly as IP convergence grows in size and complexity.

An annual achievements and recognition awards program with active participation from a broad spectrum of industry voices, the coveted annual Hot Companies and Best Products recognition program encompasses the world's best in organizational performance, products and services, executives and management teams, successful deployments, product management and engineering, support and customer satisfaction, and public relations in every area of information technology.

"It's an honor to be recognized for the industry's Best Performance Optimization by Network Products Guide for this esteemed industry and peer award," said Rob Markovich, VSS Monitoring senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. "Industry honors such as this further validate our leadership, and recognize VSS Monitoring's position as the only company delivering highly scalable system architecture addressing the broadest set of network intelligent tools."

About Network Products Guide Awards
As industry's leading technology research and advisory publication, Network Products Guide plays a vital role in keeping decision makers and end-users informed of the choices they can make in all areas of information technology. Readers will discover a wealth of information and tools in this guide including the best products and services, roadmaps, industry directions, technology advancements and independent product evaluations that facilitate in making the most pertinent technology decisions impacting business and personal goals. The guide follows conscientious research methodologies developed and enhanced by industry experts. To learn more, visit www.networkproductsguide.com.

About VSS Monitoring
VSS Monitoring is the world leader in Network Intelligence Optimization, providing a visionary, systems approach for optimizing and scaling the connectivity between network switching and the network intelligence universe of analytics, security, and acceleration tools. VSS network intelligence optimization systems improve tool usage, simplify operations, increase efficiencies and greatly enhance ROI. The company is headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. For more information, visit www.vssmonitoring.com.

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