Worldwide to Improve Application Response Time --
WESTFORD, Mass., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- NetScout Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: NTCT) today announced that CH2M HILL, one of the nation's largest
environmental engineering firms, has selected NetScout to optimize application
performance and control bandwidth costs across its Wide Area Network (WAN).
By using NetScout's infrastructure performance management technology, CH2M
HILL can increase visibility into traffic patterns and more accurately assess
bandwidth consumption of applications traversing its frame relay network. As
a result, the performance of important engineering applications can be better
managed for availability to end users alongside competing applications that
are needed by internal users to exchange, produce and transmit customer
proposals.
CH2M HILL's frame relay network extends throughout six countries and 98
locations, supporting more than 7,000 users from its Denver, Colorado
headquarters. The firm has deployed NetScout's real-time monitoring and
capacity planning solutions in conjunction with a suite of NetScout's
application-aware, high speed probes to support these geographically dispersed
locations.
"Our enterprise WAN is key to the way we work and communicate with our
clients," said Lisa Hamilton, network and telecommunications manager for CH2M
HILL. "By collecting data from NetScout's probes we can generate daily
reports on bandwidth utilization by application for each of our operating
regions. With this in-depth information we can then make more informed
business decisions regarding the performance of our networks."
CH2M HILL uses NetScout's performance management system to identify
bandwidth utilization on its frame relay circuits to remote sites; to perform
tighter calculations of bandwidth upgrades needed in those locations; and to
"rule out" the WAN as the bottleneck for performance issues. These reporting
tools also help determine how an upgrade, in turn, may impact service level
agreements.
"A perceived lack of available bandwidth in the WAN often masks less
obvious, extremely important factors influencing the delivery of information
to end users. These factors become more prevalent and costly as the size and
complexity of the network grows. They may include, for example, application
design issues that render an application unresponsive or cause bandwidth
contention between applications," said Michael Szabados, vice president of
marketing, NetScout Systems. "By deploying our solutions, the network
operations manager can identify and distinguish the true source of problems
and increase quality of service through improved troubleshooting and proactive
measures."
About CH2M HILL
CH2M HILL is a global project delivery firm, helping clients apply
technology and safeguard the environment. The firm offers a growing range of
integrated services that enable it to take any industrial or public works
project from concept through planning, financing, design, construction,
operations and maintenance. Every element of the firm is structured to ensure
leverage of its global resources and know-how on satisfying each client's
unique needs.
CH2M HILL's ability to integrate and creatively package services and
contractual arrangements to meet specific project needs are of strategic
benefit to its clients. Through its global network of offices and more than
7,000 professional staff worldwide, CH2M HILL provides local staff and global
resources to clients wherever they may operate.
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.
SOURCE NetScout Systems, Inc.
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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, Jen Vrettas, 617-351-4181, jvrettas@miller.shandwick.com both of Miller/Shandwick Technologies