NETSCOUT to Present Best Practices for Managing Converged Networks at Avaya North American User Conference

02 Nov 2004
Case-study presentation will showcase how large enterprises can successfully meet the challenges associated with deploying and managing new technologies like VoIP

WESTFORD, Mass., Nov 02, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via Comtex/ -- NetScout Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTCT), a leading provider of enterprise-wide network and application performance management products and solutions, today announced that Bruce Sweet, NetScout vice president of Business Development, will be a featured conference speaker at the InAAU (International Alliance of Avaya Users) North American regional conference. Mr. Sweet will discuss the challenges and solutions available for managing performance in converged networks in a presentation titled, "Dealing with Performance in Difficult Networks - Lessons for Best Practices."

The InAAU North American Regional Conference will take place at the Miami Hyatt from November 7-11, 2004. NetScout is an Avaya Premier Partner and sponsor of the InAAU North American Conference.

"NetScout is committed to helping leading companies worldwide enable reliable and fast diagnosis of issues associated with rolling out new technologies such as VoIP," said Mr. Sweet. "Experience shows that an operational VoIP implementation can bring out unknown performance vulnerabilities in a data network. NetScout helps users see and evaluate converged network traffic flows and understand how to manage them simultaneously for optimal performance."

NetScout's flagship application, nGenius Performance Manager, leverages the unified data made available through NetScout's patent-pending CDM(TM) Technology to deliver consistent utilization, response time and availability metrics for application monitoring, network monitoring, capacity planning, troubleshooting, fault prevention and service level management -- all from a single, fully-integrated solution.

About NetScout Systems, Inc.

NetScout Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTCT) is a market leader and pioneer of integrated network and application performance management products and solutions that unify performance across the enterprise. NetScout's nGenius(R) Performance Management System is helping more than 3000 leading companies 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, and nGenius are registered trademarks of NetScout Systems, Inc. CDM and the CDM logo, and MasterCare 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.

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     NetScout Systems              Schwartz Communications, Inc.
     (978) 614-4162                (781) 684-0770
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