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"In today's competitive business environment we recognize that network uptime is essential for our clients. We count on AppCritical to provide us with actionable information about our clients' network performance, making network assessment and troubleshooting more efficient and cost effective, which enables us to make sure that our clients experience high quality of service and increased productivity."
- Jimmy Brown, VP of Network Services
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Media Coverage

AppCritical Version 3.5 Now Available from Apparent Networks

June 30, 2008

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Apparent Networks makes network and application performance more apparent

June 30, 2008
Apparent Networks updates AppCritical
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Healthy VoIP Nets—Part XXVI—Network Management Architectures: Apparent Networks

May 20, 2008

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Cyberklix Expands Product offering with AppCritical from Apparent Networks

March 25, 2008

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Apparent Networks decides to go all in with the channel

January 16, 2008

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Apparent Networks Makes Move to Real-Time Monitoring

January 10, 2008

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Measuring Video: Hardly Picture Perfect

October, 2007

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IPv6 readiness is key as IPv4 peters out

August 21, 2007

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Making sense of network traffic

August 16, 2007

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Top 10 Canadian software companies to watch

July 30, 2007

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Apparent Networks Gathers $13.6 Million in Series B Financing

July 16, 2007
Apparent Networks Inc., a provider of network diagnostic software, has secured $13.6 million in Series B capital.
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Apparent Networks Heirs to $13.6M

July 17, 2007
Network performance management software maker Apparent Networks Inc. raised $13.6 million in a Series B round as the company accelerates growth with increased emphasis on high-volume channel partnerships.
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Apparent Networks Secures Cash

July 17, 2007
Vancouver's Apparent Networks announced yesterday it has raised $13.6 million in Series B financing to expand its marketing, business development and research and development initiatives.
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Network-management Vendor Lands $13.6M

July 17, 2007
Apparent Networks brings in $13.6 million in a second round of funding to continue developing its network performance-diagnostics product, AppCritical.
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Apparent Networks Clears $13.6 Million in Series B

July 17, 2007
Apparent Networks raised $13.6 million in a Series B round, with new investors Bain Capital Ventures and JMI Equity at the lead.
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JMI Funds Apparent Networks

July 17, 2007
San Diego-based JMI Equity, along with Bain Capital Ventures, has helped Apparent Networks Inc., a software company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, raise $13.6 million in Series B financing.
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Apparent Networks $13.6 Million in Series B Financing from Bain Capital Ventures and JMI Equity

July 17, 2007
Apparent Networks Inc., a leading provider of network performance diagnostic solutions, today announced that it has raised $13.6 million in Series B financing.
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British Columbia's Apparent Networks Secures $13.6 Million for Diagnostic Network Solutions

July 17, 2007
Apparent Networks Inc., a leading provider of network performance diagnostic solutions, today announced that it has raised $13.6 million in Series B financing.
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Business in Vancouver

IDC Picks 10 Best Canadian Firms to Watch For

July 6, 2007
Apparent Networks is among the 10 firms listed in IDC's report.
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Business in Vancouver

Local Companies Brace for Internet Protocol Switch

July 3, 2007
U.S government's looming IP network upgrade promises tech headaches for businesses across North America
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eWeek

Apparent Networks, Polycom Team Up on VoIP Testing

June 20, 2007
Apparent Networks and Polycom will team up to help small and midsize enterprises cost-effectively perform predeployment assessments to determine whether an IP network is capable of effectively handling voice traffic.
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eWeek

Polycom and Apparent Networks Deliver New Remote Network Assessment and Support Services for VoIP

June 20, 2007
Partnership to Ease VoIP Installation Process for Service Providers, VARs and End Users
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eWeek

Polycom and Apparent Networks Deliver New Remote Network Assessment and Support Services for VoIP

June 20, 2007
Partnership to Ease VoIP Installation Process for Service Providers, VARs and End Users
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eWeek

Apparent Networks, Polycom Team Up on VoIP Testing

June 20, 2007
The two companies will provide to Polycom service providers a new tool that allows them to offer a hosted network-readiness assessment service that does not require a "truck roll" or an on-site visit by a technician.
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eWeek

New Diagnostic Tool Maximizes VoIP Deployments

June 20, 2007
Apparent Networks allows Polycom service providers and channel partners to offer their customers a way of checking network readiness and troubleshooting before the VoIP installation.
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Where eight network management vendors stand on IPv6

June 07, 2007
With the June 2008 deadline for federal agencies to support IPv6 only a year away, network management vendors are starting to upgrade their products to support the emerging protocol.
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IP address depletion looms, ARIN warns

June 07, 2007
The IPv6 movement got a boost in May when the American Registry for Internet Numbers announced it would actively encourage migration to IPv6. ARIN distributes blocks of IP addresses to service providers and enterprises based in North America.
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Vista not playing well with IPv6

June 07, 2007
Microsoft acknowledges some “compatibility issues,” but calls operating system its best ever
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Quality Concerns: Loki Jorgenson, Apparent Networks, with Bob Emmerson

April 5, 2007
Apparent Networks participates in podcast with Bob Emmerson of VON Magazine
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Quality Assurance is the Name of the Game

March 27, 2007
Tripple Play Serices are Delivered via Complex Networks that are Pre-tested
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Apparent Networks Targets Convergence

March 9, 2007
Network Diagnostic Tool Offers Faster Assessments & Increased Scalability
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Toshiba teams with Apparent to offer network assessment tools for VoIP deployment

March 1, 2007
Toshiba Canada has partnered with Apparent Networks
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Toshiba Canada, Apparent Networks sign network assessment services deal

February 20, 2007
Toshiba Of Canada Ltd.'s office products group and Apparent Networks Inc. today announced they have signed...
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Apparent Networks enhances suite

February 16, 2007
Apparent Networks enhances suite
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Apparent Networks gets critical

February 1, 2007
Vancouver networking and diagnostics vendor to provide extended deployment to converged network applications
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Network troubleshooting gets easier for BC Government

Dec 7, 2006
Increased network visibility has been one of the chief benefits for the B.C. Government after they rolled out new AppCritical software.
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eWeek

Can the network carry the load?

December 6, 2006
When voice over IP first began appearing on business networks, many people expected to simply fire it up and start talking. But when they tried it, a lot of what they had to say never made it to the other end of the line - which was probably a good thing, because when they discovered how well VoIP worked on their existing networks, some of their language wasn't very polite.
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Channel Insider

B.C. Workplace Technology Services monitors application performance

December 6, 2006
Martin Webb has quite a network to look after. With about 4,000 endpoints, it extends all over the province of British Columbia, connecting government offices, schools and pharmacies. “We touch every community,” says Webb, manager data network operations for the Shared Services unit of B.C. Workplace Technology Services.
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Toshiba signs agreement with Apparent Networks

October 10, 2006
Toshiba America Information Systems' Telecommunication Systems Division (TAIS TSD), a unit of Toshiba, and Apparent Networks have signed an agreement to deliver network assessment solutions to users of Toshiba’s Strata CIX family of IP business communication systems via its network of authorised Toshiba dealers.
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Channel Insider

Vendors Pump Up VOIP for SMBs, Resellers

October 10, 2006
Better management of voice over IP technology as well as enhanced management of call center activities is the focus of several new or enhanced products to debut at the Internet Telephony conference in San Diego on Oct. 10.
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Apparent Networks Targets Midmarket Segment

September 29, 2006
Network Analysis Tool Offers Predeployment VoIP Assessments.
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Report on the Technology Fast 50: Companies to Watch

September 21, 2006
Quick out of the gate, with best days still ahead These small companies have found their niche and are poised for rapid growth.
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eWeek

Apparent, Nortel Unite to Tackle VOIP Problems

September 11, 2006
Apparent Networks last week made available for small and midsize businesses software to monitor network performance across distributed links.
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Network World

Apparent pitches software to SMBs

August 28, 2006
Apparent Networks last week made available for small and midsize businesses software to monitor network performance across distributed links.
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CRN

Apparent Networks Unveils Midmarket Product

August 21, 2006
Apparent Networks has packaged its high-end network performance monitoring software into a less expensive offering for small and midsize enterprises.
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eweek

Tool Targets VOIP Troubleshooting for SMEs

August 18, 2006
Apparent Networks on Aug. 21 at VoiceCon will launch a version of its AppCritical network troubleshooting tool designed specifically for small and midsize enterprises and the professional services organizations that support them.
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ComNews.com

Caught in the middle

August, 2006
User expectations and network performance issues caused the network operations team at Collier County to turn to a unique troubleshooting technology.
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Testing Equipment & Services

July, 2006
As VoIP networks become more dynamic and grow in size and complexity, testing equipment and services becomes a necessity.
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Apparent Networks - Exhibiting at Fall VON 2006

June 29, 2006
Apparent Networks, Inc. develops and markets software that provides a unique approach to improving application performance by addressing and diagnosing live converged networks as part of pre-deployment assessment, break-fix troubleshooting and continuous real-time network monitoring.
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Loki Jorgenson, Apparent Networks with Carl Ford at VON Europe

May 22, 2006
Loki Jorgenson, Chief Scientist for Apparent Networks, took some time out of his busy conference schedule to have a chat with Carl Ford at the PPN booth in Stockholm.
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Appparent Network's appCritical

May 03, 2006
Cure the Network Hiccups. This real-time monitoring tool automates troubleshooting and provides detailed analysis to help you diagnose intermittent network problems.
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Apparent Networks and NetScout evolve their network tools to better monitor application performance.

May 01, 2006
Application-centric networking is a big area of concentration at Interop this year," says George Hamilton, director of enterprise computing and networking at the Yankee Group. "The more enterprise companies get into voice and wireless, the more they need application-aware management tools. And there are some elegant solutions, like Apparent Networks, that can help customers get a picture of what's on their network and take accurate performance measurements.
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Apparent Eyes Proactive Network Fixes

April 24, 2006
Apparent Networks is the latest in a long line of network and systems management vendors talking a good game about how they can help administrators manage proactively.

The difference this time? Apparent Networks may actually be able to deliver, said Jimmy Brown, vice president of network services for Dallas-based outsourcer Affiliated Computer Services.
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Experts: Intelligent, application-aware networks may not be a wise choice

April 04, 2006
Loki Jorgenson, chief scientist at Vancouver-based Apparent Networks, said the idea of an intelligent network is solid but questions whether it fills a void.
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Testing, Monitoring and Quality Assurance

March 14, 2006
The complex interplay of real-time IP applications and networks has led to a huge crop of companies dedicated to keeping enterprises and service providers running smoothly - not to mention users happy.
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