Infrastructure Business Decisions
WESTFORD, Mass., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
NetScout Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTCT), the leading provider of network
performance management solutions, today announced that American Tower
Corporation has selected NetScout's nGenius Performance Management System to
gain system-wide insight into the business application flows and behavior of
its wide area enterprise network. In order to maximize returns for a planned
deployment of critical enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications and to
more tightly manage the additional network infrastructure investment required
to support them in the future, the company chose to implement NetScout's
nGenius Performance Management System. The comprehensive information
generated by nGenius will enable American Tower to produce a highly-accurate
assessment of the factors driving utilization and performance system-wide,
plan resource needs for its ERP applications and optimize performance of its
total network and applications going forward.
American Tower is a leading provider of wireless communications towers and
equipment in the Western hemisphere; it operates more than 14,000 sites across
North America that provide local access for customers of major wireless,
telecommunications and broadcast companies. Its enterprise network enables
employees to design, deploy, manage and maintain optimal service from these
sites year-round.
To support the large ERP deployment efficiently, George Duguay, senior
network engineer for American Tower, knew that a comprehensive and deep
analysis of network behavior would be required. An accurate, system-wide
picture of asset utilization, network and application performance issues, user
trends and other conditions, would be vital to fully understand potential cost
and performance issues. Duguay also wanted to assure that the network would
meet the high performance standards set for the increased business services
being delivered.
"The information generated by nGenius will enable us to realize an
immediate payback and significant return on investment," said Duguay.
"Installing nGenius was like turning on a light in the network. By
illuminating our network with nGenius information appliances, we can view
individual applications flows and their consumption of network resources
historically and in real-time. We were able to identify the network issues
important to the ERP initiative, as well as target any resource misuse or
excess capacity."
American Tower installed NetScout's full suite of nGenius performance
management applications and placed NetScout information appliances at key,
high traffic points across the network. The nGenius Real-Time Monitor,
nGenius Capacity Planner and nGenius Application Service Level Manager provide
American Tower with the full range of network management capabilities:
-- Pro-active, system-wide, real-time monitoring and management of network
activity to assure uptime and performance through views of the network,
individual application flows and end user behavior;
-- Capacity planning to both optimize business services and assure
infrastructure ROI through comprehensive device and application flow
information;
-- Monitoring and reporting of application service levels delivered to end
users throughout the network.
Duguay added, "We can now manage the performance of our WAN more
effectively to stay ahead of potential problems before they affect network
performance. The nGenius suite also lets us plan upgrades more tightly
without compromising the performance of our network."
Keeping a Watchful Eye on Network Performance
In addition to decreasing faults and leveraging the capacity within its
existing infrastructure, American Tower is able to use nGenius' information to
facilitate communications and business decisions between the company's IT
organization and its various internal constituencies. Daily reports are
delivered via the Web to internal business units. nGenius reports enable each
business unit to see the demands placed on the network by its end users and to
make business decisions based on the cost of network resources.
"Enterprises like American Tower, with large and complex networks, need
the ability to see all activity taking place on the network and understand
quickly, the impact of events that can lead to degradation or interruption in
services levels," said Michael Szabados, senior vice president, Product
Operations. "nGenius provides the necessary visibility to enable proactive
performance management of network services. Unique nGenius information and
intelligent analysis helps conserve valuable resources, save money and
maintain high, flexible network performance for end user applications."
About American Tower
American Tower is the leading independent owner, operator and developer of
broadcast and wireless communications sites in North America. Giving effect to
pending transactions, American Tower operates approximately 14,400 sites in
the United States, Mexico, and Brazil, including approximately 300 broadcast
tower sites. Of the 14,400 sites, approximately 13,500 are owned or leased
towers and approximately 900 are managed and lease/sublease sites. Based in
Boston, American Tower has regional hub offices in Boston, Atlanta, Chicago,
Houston, San Francisco and Mexico City. For more information about American
Tower Corporation and its subsidiary Verestar, Inc., please visit our web
sites www.americantower.com and www.verestar.com.
About NetScout Systems
NetScout Systems, Inc. is the leading provider of network performance
management solutions for leading companies and service providers worldwide.
NetScout serves approximately half of the Fortune 500 and counts among its
customers AmericanGreetings.com, ArvinMeritor, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Massachusetts, Cable and Wireless, Cisco Systems, China Telecom, Fidelity
Investments, Getronics, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Hold Brothers, MBNA, Nextel
Communications, Northwest Airlines, Optimus Telecommunications, Samsung SDS,
Siemens Health Services Corporation, Travelocity.com, and Wachovia Bank.
NetScout is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts and has approximately 350
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 and nGenius Probe are trademarks of NetScout Systems, Inc.
For Further Information:
Peggy Flynn Dustin Smith or Dan Sarro
NetScout Systems Schwartz Communications, Inc.
(978) 614-4162 (781) 684-0770
flynnp@netscout.com netscout@schwartz-pr.com
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