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{{Short description|Software company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = OPNET Technologies, Inc.
| logo = OPNET Logo.gif
| logo_size = 180px
| type = Formerly Public Company, NASDAQ:OPNT
| location_city = [[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]], [[Maryland]]
| location_country = [[United States|USA]]
| key_people = Marc A. Cohen, CEO & Chairman; Alain J. Cohen, CTO & President; Mel Wesley, CFO; Erika Durrington, SVP; Yev Gurevich, SVP; Todd Kaloudis, SVP; Joseph Lenz, SVP; PJ Malloy, SVP; Dennis McCoy, SVP; Alberto Morales, SVP; Carol Nakhuda, SVP; Pradeep Singh, SVP; Edward Sykes, SVP.
| industry = [[Computer software]], [[Computer hardware]], [[Network and Application Management]]
| revenue = {{profit}} US$ 173 million (FY-12)
| net_income = {{profit}} US$ 18 million (FY-12)
| num_employees = Approximately 700 (2012)
| homepage = [http://www.opnet.com/ www.opnet.com]
| foundation = 1986
}}

'''OPNET Technologies, Inc.''' was a software business that provided [[performance management]] for [[computer networks]] and applications.

The company was founded in 1986 and went public in 2000.<ref name=":0">[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108924/000092838500001869/0000928385-00-001869.txt#:~:text=match%20at%20L729%20,full%2C%20the%20number%20of%20shares OPNET Technologies, Inc. Announces Initial Public Offering of 4.0 Million Shares of Common Stock at $13.00 Per Share]</ref> In October 2012, OPNET was acquired by [[Riverbed Technology]], for about $1 billion US dollars.<ref>Martyn Williams, Network World. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20130502021136/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/103012-riverbed-to-acquire-opnet-in-263786.html Riverbed to acquire Opnet in $1B deal]." Oct 30, 2012. Retrieved Dec 12, 2012.</ref><ref>Nathan Eddy, eWeek. "[http://www.eweek.com/networking/riverbed-boosts-apm-abilities-with-opnet-acquisition/ Riverbed Boosts APM Abilities With Opnet Acquisition]." Oct 30, 2012. Retrieved Dec 12, 2012.</ref><ref>Jon Gold, Network World. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140522232115/http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/110112-riverbed-opnet-263903.html Riverbed's billion-dollar Opnet buy could pay off big, analysts say]." Nov 1, 2012. Retrieved Dec 13, 2012.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140522215532/http://www.riverbed.com/about/news-articles/press-releases/riverbed-to-acquire-opnet-technologies-inc.html Riverbed to Acquire OPNET Technologies, Inc]. Oct 29, 2012. Retrieved Dec 13, 2012.</ref>

==Corporate history==
"OPNET" was Alain Cohen's (co-founder, CTO & President) graduate project for a networking course while he was at [[MIT]]. OPNET stood for Optimized Network Engineering Tools. Alain, along with brother Marc (co-founder, CEO & Chairman) and classmate Steven Baraniuk, decided to commercialize the software. The company's first product was OPNET Modeler, a software tool for [[computer network]] modeling and simulation.

Since becoming a public company in August 2000, OPNET executed the following acquisitions:
*March 2001: NetMaker Division of Make Systems
*January 2002: WDM NetDesign B.V.B.A
*October 2004: Altaworks Corporation
*October 2007: substantially all of the assets of Network Physics, Inc.
*August 2010: DSAuditor product line from Embarcadero Technologies
*May 2012: Clarus Systems, Inc.

As an independent company, OPNET grew profitably<ref>{{Cite press release |title=OPNET Named to List of World's Most Successful Software Companies; Independent Industry Analyst Report Ranks OPNET as One of Seven Public Software Companies with Eleven or More Consecutive Years of Growth and Profitability {{!}} Business Wire |date=September 21, 2006 |publisher=Businesswire (Internet Archive) |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20060921005648/en/OPNET-Named-List-Worlds-Successful-Software-Companies |access-date=July 5, 2017 |website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705065922/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20060921005648/en/OPNET-Named-List-Worlds-Successful-Software-Companies |archive-date=5 July 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-01-06 |title=Honor Roll |url=http://www.capehornstrategies.com./honor_roll.htm |access-date=2025-02-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106235003/http://www.capehornstrategies.com./honor_roll.htm |archive-date=6 January 2009 }}</ref> throughout its history. SEC filings are available with further information about its IPO,<ref name=":0" /> annual reports,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Form 10-K |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108924/000119312512263679/d308852d10k.htm |access-date=2016-03-02 |website=www.sec.gov}}</ref> and quarterly reports.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Form 10-Q |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108924/000119312512457833/d398587d10q.htm |access-date=2016-03-02 |website=www.sec.gov}}</ref>

==OPNET Solutions (prior to acquisition by Riverbed)==
* [[Application performance management]], see ''AppTransaction Xpert'' in [[Comparison of packet analyzers]]
* [[Network performance management]]
* [[Network Simulator]]

==Product status==
As of 2022, Riverbed discontinued sales of 'Riverbed Modeler', which was the new name for the former OPNET modeling software.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://community.riverbed.com/s/question/0D50b000079ckAqCAI/where-can-i-install-the-opnet-it-guru-academic-edition|website=community.riverbed.com|access-date=2024-06-12 |title=Supportcenter }}</ref>

==Notes==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208072320/http://www.opnet.com/ OPNET's website]

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