NetScout Users to Convene in Miami This Fall to Focus on Reducing Mean Time To Restore
WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 31, 2007--NetScout Systems,
Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT), the industry pace-setter for advanced network and
service assurance solutions, today formally announced that it will be
holding the sixth annual NetScout User Forum (NUF) Conference on
October 8-12, 2007 at the InterContinental Hotel in Miami, Florida.
This year's conference will emphasize the "Race to Resolution" --
the process IT operations teams go through when faced with the need to
rapidly recognize, diagnose, and resolve business- and
service-affecting performance degradations. NetScout's users are
familiar with this challenge. A recent customer survey revealed the
nGenius(R) Performance Management System has cut network performance
problem diagnosis times by nearly 70 percent, and at the NUF
Conference 2007 customers will have ample opportunities to learn how
to reduce Mean Time To Restore (MTTR) even further.
Record attendance is expected, as the NetScout User Forum is
growing rapidly. At the time of last year's event, Forum membership
stood at 1,000, and today the Forum has more than 1,600 members. The
Forum is also increasingly interactive, and the user community blog
(found at www.NUFBlog.com), proved to be a valuable resource for
NetScout and its user community to share ideas and establish
must-cover topics for NUF Conference 2007. As a result, many
user-driven topics are on the agenda, including extended hands-on and
instructor-driven training and both beginner and advanced session
tracks. It is anticipated that the NUFBlog will become a permanent
venue to continue discussions that start in Miami.
Additionally, NUF Conference attendees will make use of hand-held
electronic "tag" devices throughout the week to help meet and interact
with each other as well as NetScout experts. At the end of the
conference each attendee will take with them a personalized set of
contacts to continue the dialogue throughout the year.
The customer-driven agenda includes:
- More than 40 interactive sessions, plus "Birds of a Feather"
roundtable discussions
- For beginner users: "The First 100 Hours--How should you spend
the first 2 - 3 weeks of rolling out the nGenius System?"
- For advanced users: "Packet Analysis University"
- Daily "best practice" sessions and panels led by nGenius
System users from a variety of industries as well as NetScout
executives and experts
- Keynote speech by industry luminary Jim Metzler
"Our users want help not only addressing their MTTR goals, but
also making our solutions more prominent and prevalent throughout
their organizations," said June Nugent, director of knowledge
resources for NetScout and NUF liaison. "We'll show them the latest
NetScout offerings, including AFMon and Analytics, help them keep up
to date on the latest trends in network technologies for QoS, VoIP,
and MPLS, and give them details on how to use our products for best
results. Our users will be able to share their challenges and learn
from each other--there's something for everyone at this year's NUF."
About the NetScout User Forum
The NetScout User Forum is a company-sponsored, customer-led group
that focuses on the best use of NetScout products worldwide. It
assists NetScout users with maximizing the benefits of their nGenius
Solutions to manage the performance and costs of their
mission-critical applications and networks. The Forum is free for all
current users of NetScout products, and offers discussion groups,
educational seminars and technical briefs, as well as Web- based
exchange of information and events.
The NUF Conference 2007 will be held October 8-12 2007 at the
InterContinental Hotel in Miami, Florida. Customers can register at
http://netscoutuserforum.com/default.asp?cpid=otc-pr&date=2007-08-31
About NetScout Systems
NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT) has been the industry
pace-setter for advanced network and service assurance solutions for
over a decade, and counts the world's largest enterprises, government
agencies, and service providers among its customers. Enterprise and
government IT organizations deploy NetScout's nGenius(R) Performance
Management System to increase service levels to their users by
reducing or preventing service disruptions. Service providers depend
on NetScout's proven IP performance management technology and
expertise to protect the quality of their customers' experience with
IP-based services. 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.
Christine Johansen, 978-614-4113
[email protected]
or
Davies Murphy Group, Inc.
Brian Alberti, 781-418-2403
[email protected]
SOURCE: NetScout Systems, Inc.