Protected Critical Financial Applications Throughout Network Redesign and VoIP
Project
WESTFORD, Mass., Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NetScout Systems, Inc.
(Nasdaq: NTCT), a leading provider of network and application performance
management solutions, today announced that its customer UMB Financial
Corporation (Nasdaq: UMBF) has been awarded the Network World Enterprise All-
Star Award. UMB was selected, from a pool of nearly 200 nominees, for its
successful project aimed at preserving critical application performance during
a major network redesign and Voice over IP (VoIP) service roll out. In this
project, UMB successfully implemented NetScout's nGenius Solution.
UMB Financial Corporation is a multi-bank holding company headquartered in
Kansas City, Mo., offering complete banking and related financial services to
both individual and business customers. Its banking subsidiaries own and
operate 140 banking centers throughout Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Nebraska and Arizona. Subsidiaries of the holding company and the
lead bank, UMB Bank, n.a., include an investment services group based in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a trust management company in South Dakota, and single-
purpose companies that deal with brokerage services, consulting services and
insurance. UMB was also named one of Business Week's "Web Smart 50" companies
in 2005.
Business benefits of UMB's project include the ability to protect
financial applications that have direct impact on revenue and customer
satisfaction. UMB used the nGenius Solution to manage application performance
throughout the various phases of its VoIP implementation including pre-
assessment of its network and application environment; planning, forecasting
and pre-implementation preparations; post-deployment impact analysis; and
continuous management of the converged environment.
"UMB stands out as an Enterprise All-Star for its careful planning and
dedication to protecting its line-of-business applications throughout a major
network upgrade and IP telephony project," said Beth Schultz, editor of
Network World's Signature Series. "UMB's experience demonstrates that planning
and ongoing management based on real network performance metrics and
application behaviors are key components for successful network convergence
strategies."
About Network World's 2005 Enterprise All-Star Award
The Network World Enterprise All-Star Awards recognize exceptional use of
network technology to further business objectives of organizations across a
range of industry segments, including education, financial services and
healthcare. For the 2005 award, 50 enterprise IT organizations representing
the best, most innovative applications of network technology were selected.
These award-winning network IT projects are profiled in Network World's
special edition Signature Series Enterprise All-Star Issue published November
21, and the Web site at http://www.networkworld.com/allstar/2005.
About Network World
Network World, Inc., the Leader in Network Knowledge, empowers Network IT
Executives through education, information and community. Network World, an IDG
company, is the leading provider of news, analysis, reviews, events and
education on information technology. Network World publishes the leading
newsweekly, Network World, hosts the most active online community,
NetworkWorld.com (http://www.networkworld.com), and produces educational
seminars and events worldwide. Network World's portfolio of strategic
marketing programs provides marketing and agency professionals with the tools
to generate high-quality leads, optimize marketing campaigns, and create new
revenue opportunities.
About NetScout Systems
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
Performance Management System is helping more than 3,000 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, 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.
SOURCE NetScout Systems, Inc.
CONTACT: Dylan Locsin of NetScout Systems, Inc., +1-978-614-4113,
locsind@netscout.com; or Barbara Finer of Network World, +1-508-490-6623,
bfiner@nww.com /
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