Press Releases

• BreakingPoint Elite Becomes First Network Equipment Testing Solution to Generate 15M TCP Sessions and 20 Gbps of Layer 4-7 Traffic (Oct 06, 2008)
  4 Rack Unit Chassis Accelerates Development and Reduces Cost of Testing Network Equipment With Unprecedented Session Performance, Throughput and Ease-of-Use
• BreakingPoint Announces Support for Microsoft Exchange Protocol MAPI, Critical for Authentic Network Equipment Testing (Sep 30, 2008)
  BreakingPoint’s growing list of real application protocols for use in testing network equipment adds critical MAPI protocol, used by Microsoft® Outlook to communicate with Microsoft® Exchange
• BreakingPoint and Vicom Team to Provide Next-Generation Network Equipment Testing Solutions to Australia and New Zealand (Sep 25, 2008)
  
• BreakingPoint Systems Awarded for Network Equipment Testing Product of the Year by Frost & Sullivan (Sep 10, 2008)
  BreakingPoint’s network equipment performance and security testing product recognized for its ability to enhance efficiency, reduce time-to-test, and accelerate product development
• BreakingPoint Accelerates Time-to-Test for Enterasys Dragon 10GbE IPS/IDS Platform (Sep 09, 2008)
  Ease-of-use, performance capability and realistic testing conditions provided by BreakingPoint enable Enterasys to test smarter and faster
• BreakingPoint Adds Windows Live Messenger Protocol to Expanding List of Real Application Traffic Critical for Authentic Network Equipment Testing (Aug 20, 2008)
  BreakingPoint support of AIM, IRC, Jabber, Windows Live and Yahoo! enables NEMS and service providers to validate and tune the performance of network devices using realistic and peak traffic conditions
• BreakingPoint Publishes Deep Packet Inspection Testing Methodology (Aug 19, 2008)
  Videos and documentation detail techniques for testing Deep Packet Inspection functionality using stateful application and malicious traffic
• Sarrel Group Standardizes Layer 4-7 Testing with BreakingPoint Systems (Aug 13, 2008)
  Sarrel Group’s testing lab to use BreakingPoint testing solutions to measure performance and ensure security of network devices using stateful application traffic, live security strikes and 10Gps speeds
• NetQoS Selects BreakingPoint for Realistic Layer 4-7 Testing at 10 Gigabits per Second (Aug 05, 2008)
  Ease of use, flexibility, and native generation of stateful application traffic at 10 Gbps allows NetQoS to validate product performance faster to accelerate new releases
• BreakingPoint Adds Twitter Protocol to Network Performance Testing Platform (Jul 30, 2008)
  Enables Network Equipment Manufacturers and Service Providers to validate and tune the performance of network devices under the most realistic and peak traffic conditions
• BreakingPoint Adds Financial Information eXchange (FIX) Protocol to Easy-to-Use, 10+ Gigabit Network Device Testing Platform (Jul 22, 2008)
  Enables financial institutions to validate and tune the performance of trading systems under the most realistic and peak traffic conditions
• Secure Crossing Accelerates Development of Network Devices Using BreakingPoint Systems’ Testing Platform (Jul 09, 2008)
  Ability to properly test network devices using stateful application traffic and security threats enables Secure Crossing to speed development and certify devices for IT audits
• BreakingPoint Releases ActiveX Instantiation Strike (Jul 08, 2008)
  Test Network and Security Devices for Commonly Missing Vulnerability Coverage
• BreakingPoint Systems Continues Growth and Momentum with Appointment of Vice President of North American Sales (Jun 26, 2008)
  Jim Alnwick joins BreakingPoint, bringing with him more than 20 years of success in the network equipment and testing industry
• BreakingPoint Toolkit First to Allow Native Generation of Stateful Proprietary Application Traffic (Jun 25, 2008)
  BreakingPoint Fills "Application Gap" Enabling Real-World Performance Testing of Next-Generation Network Devices
• BreakingPoint Publishes Methodology for Testing Content-Aware Network Devices (Jun 11, 2008)
  Methodologies include videos and documentation discussing techniques for testing network equipment starting with Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS)
• BreakingPoint Accelerates Development of Next-Generation Network Devices and Reduces Time-to-Test by 50 Percent (Jun 02, 2008)
  BreakingPoint introduces 50+ application protocols including BitTorrent, eDonkey, DB2, Radius, Oracle, FIXT, Microsoft SQL Server and CIFS/SMB Applications; support for IPv6 and SSL; and Enhanced Multi-box Management and Real-time Reporting
• Info Security Products Guide Honors BreakingPoint and HD Moore with the Shaping Info Security 2008 Industry Award (May 27, 2008)
  BreakingPoint Recognized For Leadership in Creating a Network Device Testing System that Accelerates the Development of Security Equipment
• BreakingPoint Receives Network Products Guide 2008 Product Innovation Award (May 14, 2008)
  BreakingPoint Content-Aware Network Test Platform Selected for Product Innovation in Networking
• NSS Labs Selects BreakingPoint As Standard For Testing Next Generation Content-Aware Network Equipment (May 08, 2008)
  BreakingPoint’s devices provide unique ability to emulate complex multi-protocol traffic with live security attacks at speeds of more than 10 Gigabits per second
• BreakingPoint Continues To Attract Senior Leadership Talent (Apr 29, 2008)
  BreakingPoint Continues To Attract Senior Leadership Talent With Addition Of Sales and Marketing Executives Stephane Johnson and Pam O’Neal: New Executives to Drive Awareness Around Next Generation Network and Application Test Systems
• Info Security Products Guide Names BreakingPoint Winner of “2008 Tomorrow’s Technology Today” Award (Apr 22, 2008)
  Info Security Products Guide has selected the BreakingPoint BPS 1K and BreakingPoint BPS 10K winners of the 2008 Tomorrow’s Technology Today Award.
• BreakingPoint High Performance Application Test Products Added to General Services Administration Contract (Apr 06, 2008)
  BreakingPoint included in the General Services Administration contract (number GS-24F-0066M) via an exclusive partnership agreement with Technical Communities Inc.
• BreakingPoint Raises $15 Million in Series C (Nov 05, 2007)
  BreakingPoint raises $15 million in Series C Funding. Return investors included Genesis Inventions, L.P. and Austin Ventures while additional capital was secured from other new and existing investors.
• BreakingPoint Systems, Inc. Unveils World’s Fastest Application Traffic Generator (Sep 24, 2007)
  BreakingPoin releases BPS-10K, the most powerful network test device available
• BreakingPoint Systems, Inc. Launches Next Generation Network Test Equipment for Content Aware Networks (Jul 30, 2007)
  BreakingPoint Systems, cutting-edge providers of next-generation network test equipment, today announced the commercial availability of its BPS-1000. The BPS-1000 is the industry's first network test system that enables multi-layer emulation testing at multi-gigabit speeds.
• Frost & Sullivan Recognizes BreakingPoint Systems, Inc. with the 2007 Global Communications Test & Measurement Emerging Technology of the Year Award (Jul 09, 2007)
  Frost & Sullivan recognizes BreakingPoint Systems 2007 Frost & Sullivan Award for Emerging Technology of the Year.