NETSCOUT Announces Business Wins Through Cisco Systems

04 Jan 2001

WESTFORD, Mass., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- NetScout Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTCT) today announced several new and repeat business wins through its relationship with Cisco Systems, Inc. Recent wins include:

    -- Arthur Andersen -- offering world-class professional services in
       assurance, tax, consulting and corporate finance in more than 80
       countries worldwide;
    -- Continental Airlines -- the country's fifth largest airline offering
       more than 2,400 departures daily to 138 domestic and 92 international
       destinations; and
    -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts -- a locally-based not-for-
       profit company committed to protecting the interests and serving the
       needs of more than 2.2 million members in Massachusetts and beyond.

"NetScout's technology is an integral component of the CiscoWorks2000 family of network management solutions," said John McCormack, director, Cisco Systems. "NetScout's performance management solutions continue to inform and support the reliability of our customers' infrastructures and applications. Today's demanding network environments require new levels of performance management information that NetScout continues to deliver."

"Teaming with Cisco's sales organization is an enormous advantage for capturing valuable opportunities with leading companies worldwide," said Anil Singhal, president and CEO, NetScout Systems, Inc. "The early insight we gain through joint technology initiatives also ensures that customers are continually presented with leading edge performance management capabilities."

About NetScout Systems

NetScout Systems, Inc. is the leading provider of infrastructure performance management solutions for leading companies and service providers worldwide. NetScout serves approximately half of the Fortune 500 and counts among its customers 3M Corporation, Amazon.com, AT&T Wireless, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cable & Wireless, Cisco Systems, Computer Sciences Corporation, Exenet Technologies, Fidelity Investments, Intel Online, MCI, Reed Elsevier, Sprint, Sun Microsystems and Webhire.

NetScout's nGenius (TM) Performance Management System is a market-leading suite of monitoring and reporting applications that draw on rich, integrated performance data generated by NetScout's application-aware probe suite, advanced intelligent software agents, and network devices. NetScout's products help organizations increase their return on infrastructure investments by optimizing the performance of their network and its ability to deliver applications and content to end-users. NetScout is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts and has approximately 320 employees, with offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Further information on the company is available on the World Wide Web at www.netscout.com

NetScout is a registered trademark, and the NetScout logo, nGenius, nGenius Application Service Level Manager, nGenius Real-Time Monitor, nGenius Capacity Planner are trademarks of NetScout Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Peggy Flynn, 978-614-4162, flynnp@netscout.com, or Kristen Bala, 978-614-6037, balak@netscout.com, both of NetScout Systems; or Craig Librett, 617-351-4129, clibrett@miller.shandwick.com, or Jen Vrettas, 617-351-4181, jvrettas@miller.shandwick.com, of Miller/Shandwick Technologies/
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