WESTFORD, Mass. & MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9,
2006--From Mercury World Australia, NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:
NTCT), a leading provider of application and network performance
management solutions, today announced that the integration between its
nGenius(R) Performance Manager and Mercury Business Availability
Center(TM) has been validated by Mercury Interactive Corporation, the
global leader in business technology optimization (BTO). NetScout also
joined the Mercury Alliance Program at the Premier level.
The seamless integration of NetScout's nGenius(R) Performance
Management System with Mercury Business Availability Center gives
customers a single, business-oriented console for consolidated
network, server and application performance management mapped directly
to their critical business services. This allows for tighter control
of critical business processes, with flow-based High Definition
network performance information that only NetScout can deliver, along
with the correlation of infrastructure performance and end-user
experience from Mercury. Specifically, the integration provides the
benefits of:
- Real-time network-based performance information such as
bandwidth utilization by application, top talkers, NetFlow
statistics, network errors and VoIP details from the nGenius
Solution displayed in the Mercury Business Availability Center
dashboard;
- "At-a-glance" correlation between the end-user experience, the
systems and the network infrastructure in the Mercury Business
Availability Center console and top views, enabling quick
diagnosis of a problem's cause for effective triage between
groups; and
- The launch of context-sensitive views in nGenius Performance
Manager from Mercury Business Availability Center, for
in-depth analysis of application performance from the network
vantage point.
Integrating NetScout's nGenius Performance Manager with Mercury
Business Availability Center is simple and requires no code changes.
The integration is based on a new integration module built into
Mercury SiteScope(R) and also includes explicit instructions for
implementing the context-sensitive launch and customizing the Mercury
Business Availability Center dashboard to reflect network performance.
"With this integration capability, jointly developed by NetScout
and Mercury, our enterprise customers can improve the management,
discovery and diagnosis of problems in the network infrastructure
supporting business critical applications," said Bruce Sweet, vice
president of business development at NetScout. "Our alliance with
Mercury is part of NetScout's execution on our recently announced
Application Fabric Performance Management strategy, which includes
integrating our rich, network-based performance intelligence into
industry-leading BSM solutions to advance the state of the art for
enterprise IT operations."
"NetScout's nGenius Performance Management Solution is an example
of the kind of business technology optimization tool that works well
with Mercury's Business Availability Center. A combined NetScout and
Mercury solution enables both deep visibility and enterprise-wide
coverage to help customers manage the performance of their business
processes," said Rod Lehman, senior director, alliances marketing at
Mercury. "By bringing in a network vantage point to Mercury's Business
Availability Center dashboard, this complementary solution minimizes
finger pointing between server, network and application management
teams and provides for faster isolation and triage of performance
issues."
NetScout will be exhibiting at Mercury World Australia, from May
10-12 at the Crown Promenade Hotel in Melbourne, Australia. At the
event, John Breeding, senior systems engineer at NetScout, will
present "Optimize Application Performance, Enhancing Mercury Business
Availability Center with a Network Perspective," on Friday, May 12 at
1:35 p.m. The presentation will highlight how NetScout and Mercury
work together to extend the Mercury Business Availability Center
dashboard for enterprise application management.
About The Mercury Alliance Program
The Mercury Alliance Program is designed for companies offering
best-of-breed services and value-add products that leverage Mercury
business technology optimization (BTO) offerings and best practices.
Mercury Alliance Partners provide BTO consulting and implementation
services and products that complement Mercury's offerings in IT
governance, application delivery, and application management to help
customers optimize the business value of IT.
About NetScout Systems, Inc.
NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT) is a market leader and
pioneer of integrated application and network performance management
products and solutions that help IT organizations assure critical
business services across the enterprise. More than 3000 leading
companies and government organizations worldwide have deployed
NetScout's nGenius(R) Performance Management System to increase their
return on infrastructure investments by optimizing the performance of
networks and applications according to business priorities. NetScout
is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts and has offices worldwide.
Further information is available at http://www.netscout.com.
NetScout and the NetScout logo, nGenius, and Quantiva are
registered trademarks of NetScout Systems, Inc. The CDM logo,
MasterCare, Progressive Analytics and the MasterCare logo are
trademarks of NetScout Systems, Inc. Other brands, product names and
trademarks are property of their respective owners. NetScout reserves
the right, at its sole discretion, to make changes at any time in its
technical information and specifications, and service and support
programs.
CONTACT: NetScout Systems, Inc.
Dylan Locsin, 978-614-4113
locsind@netscout.com
or
Davies Murphy Group, Inc.
Brian Alberti, 781-418-2403
netscout@daviesmurphy.com
SOURCE: NetScout Systems, Inc.