FREMONT, Calif., Dec. 4, 2012—Procera Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PKT), the global intelligent policy enforcement company, today announced the deployment of its industry leading PacketLogic™ solutions for network traffic management and user awareness at King Saud University (KSU), Saudi Arabia. Viewed as a leader in technology and higher education in the Middle East, KSU consistently ranks as one of the most prestigious educational institutions in the region. With over 100,000 students and nearly 10,000 faculty members, the school boasts one of the most advanced campus networks in the area and has further enhanced its technological and academic standing by partnering with Procera. In the past few years, network usage at KSU has increased by more than 50% year-over-year, putting a strain on network resources and creating a strong need for real-time granular traffic visibility, reporting, and bandwidth management.
“We have over 100,000 students in our university and have set high goals for managing knowledge sharing effectively amongst our students and faculty. Managing our network is not an easy job and Procera is one of the best companies I have ever dealt with,” said Mohieddeen Yousef, ICT infrastructure director at KSU. “We needed a traffic shaping and management system that could work effectively within bandwidth constraints, and Procera’s solutions achieved excellent results by implementing specific policy to manage applications and control usage. Today, we are in a much stronger position to deliver high quality of experience for both students and faculty.”
“The network managers at KSU need to guarantee high standards of network traffic control and security, coupled with the ability to manage utilization of network resources so that important educational applications are given the highest priority. KSU needed a solution that not only provided control but also enhanced visibility into network and application usage to ensure the best use of network resources,” said Angus MacCormick, regional director at Procera (Middle East, Turkey & Africa).
One of the strongest differentiators for the Procera solution was its ability to quickly add new signature recognition capabilities through weekly updates. This enabled KSU’s network personnel to respond to the rapidly evolving application landscape at the University. With Procera’s PacketLogic platforms and Intelligence Center solutions featuring Report Studio, the KSU staff always has the most current view of what is running on the network. Sophisticated policies that combine user, device and application attributes which were previously challenging, can now be implemented with ease.
“Procera met all of KSU’s requirements and more, including the prioritization and shaping of traffic, mitigation of peer-to-peer use, identification of new applications running on the network, and network analytics and real-time reporting of user activity,” added Mr. MacCormick. “Procera is experiencing rapid adoption of our PacketLogic solutions throughout the Middle East because we provide the functionality and flexibility required to exceed the demands of network managers in the region.”
To find out more about Procera’s PacketLogic solutions, send email to sales@proceranetworks.com or visit www.proceranetworks.com.
About Procera Networks, Inc.
Procera Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: PKT) delivers Intelligent Policy Enforcement (IPE) solutions worldwide designed for carriers, service providers and high-end enterprises to enable proactive quality management; innovative service creation and delivery; detailed business analytics on network utilization and bandwidth consumption; and mitigate security threats. Procera’s PacketLogic solutions deliver superior performance, scalability, and functionality to allow personalized services for millions of subscribers as part of the 3GPP Policy and Charging Control architecture. For more information, visit www.proceranetworks.com or follow Procera on twitter at twitter.com/proceranetworks.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the demand for and the use of its products by its customers to roll out differentiated products and the ability of the products and solutions provided by Procera Networks, Inc. to meet the requirements of advanced communications networks and achieve customer acceptance for its products. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including risks related to the acceptance and adoption of our products; our ability to service and upgrade our products; lengthy sales cycles and lab and field trial delays by service providers; our dependence on a limited product line; our dependence on key employees; our ability to compete in our industry with companies that are significantly larger and have greater resources; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights in a global market; our ability to manufacture product quickly enough to meet potential demand; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about these and other risks that may impact Procera Networks’ business are set forth in our Form 10-K filed for the year ended December 31, 2011, and in the subsequently filed quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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