Cariden was founded in 2001 with the mission of providing design, planning and operational automation intelligence for managing complex networks. Today, Cariden's flagship product MATE is the industry standard for IP/MPLS traffic management, offering easy-to-use software solutions for a diverse set of customers across all aspects of telecommunications. MATE is being used daily on many of the largest networks in the world. -Engineering uses MATE to perform failure analysis and traffic management. -Planning uses MATE to design networks, adjust for growth and perform what-if analyses on new and existing networks. -Operations uses MATE to monitor the network in real-time, shifting traffic around points of congestion and maintaining optimal network performance.