Ixia President and CEO, Bethany Mayer, Honored as the Global Leader of the Year at 2017 Women in IT Awards

CALABASAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Ixiacom—Ixia
(Nasdaq: XXIA), a leading provider of network testing, visibility, and
security solutions, announced today that Bethany Mayer, president and
chief executive officer (CEO), has been recognized at the 2017
Women in IT Awards, the world’s largest tech diversity event, as the
Global Leader of the Year.

The Women in IT Awards, organized by Information
Age in partnership with Amazon Web Services, aims to tackle the
technology industry’s gender imbalance by identifying new female role
models and promoting collective dialogue around diversity among key
industry stakeholders. The initiative has gathered resounding support
from trade associations, politicians, and companies of all sizes and
sectors since launching in 2015.

Bethany Mayer, who took over as president and CEO of Ixia in late 2014,
has been a driving force behind the company’s continued expansion of its
product portfolio beyond network testing and into the visibility
solutions markets.

“Encouraging and supporting women who have a passion for technology has
been personally meaningful, as well as professionally rewarding,” stated
Bethany Mayer, president and CEO of Ixia. “It is an honor to be among
the professionals recognized as role models for the future generation of
women pursuing careers in technology.”

About Ixia
Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA) provides testing, visibility,
and security solutions, strengthening applications across physical and
virtual networks for enterprises, service providers, and network
equipment manufacturers. Ixia offers companies trusted environments in
which to develop, deploy, and operate. Customers worldwide rely on Ixia
to verify their designs, optimize their performance, and ensure
protection of their networks to make their applications stronger. Learn
more at www.ixiacom.com.

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