WESTFORD, Mass., Sep 18, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading
provider of network performance management solutions, today announced
that Midea Group, a Chinese conglomerate with its core business in
home appliance manufacturing and other operations in real-estate and
logistics, has installed NetScout's nGenius Network and Application
Performance Management Solution to address one of its most urgent
challenges - to control and manage bandwidth growth. Prior to their
purchase, Midea Group could not base their bandwidth upgrade decisions
on a thorough understanding of their network and application traffic.
"With the nGenius Solution we can now see what applications
consume our leased line bandwidth at any point in time and analyze
growth trends as well as usage patterns," said a network manager at
the Midea Group. "As a result, we know exactly when and how much
bandwidth we really need, thus reducing costs and over-provisioning.
For example, one of our subsidiaries proposed to purchase more
bandwidth before they were to introduce some new applications.
However, our analysis showed that the utilization of their leased line
was under 70% and would therefore be more than enough bandwidth to
handle the additional traffic. By deciding not to upgrade the
bandwidth at this point, we optimized network resources and saved
money."
Midea Group also values the Chinese version of the nGenius
Performance Manager for its customizable and flexible reports that
they can share not only within the network administrator team but also
with corporate executives to support, among other things, their
capacity planning decisions.
One of the largest home appliance manufacturers in China with
revenues of nearly 50 billion RMB and 30% average annual growth rate,
Midea Group must efficiently leverage networking technology to service
its 70,000 employees and 10 manufacturing bases. The backbone network
is located at its headquarters in Shunde, Guangdong Province is
connected via leased lines with more 60 manufacturing facilities,
subsidiaries, and regional offices. As Midea Group's network expanded
and networked applications increased, they realized that they needed
to augment network administrators' experience and rudimentary
management tools to effectively manage network growth.
After evaluating several vendors, Midea Group chose NetScout's
nGenius Solution for its integration of multiple performance
management functions into a single unified product and its ability to
collect and analyze performance information from different data
sources. "The nGenius Solution's ability to aggregate NetFlow data and
present it in context of information from other data sources provides
us with comprehensive insight into our network," said the network
manager at the Midea Group. "Furthermore, all functions are included
in one package; there are no additional or hidden costs."
"Manufacturers like Midea Group are discovering the value of the
nGenius Solution to assure their business services while controlling
network costs," said Jim Frey, vice president of marketing at
NetScout. "With the adoption of new technologies and applications such
as VoIP and ERP, manufacturers need to proactively manage the growth
of their network resources and enhance the performance of network and
applications to avoid bottlenecks and eliminate the cost of
unnecessary infrastructure upgrades."
About NetScout Systems
NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT) is a market leader and
pioneer of integrated application and network performance management
products and solutions that help IT organizations assure critical
business services across the enterprise. More than 3000 leading
companies and government organizations worldwide have deployed
NetScout's nGenius(R) Performance Management System to 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.
NetScout Systems, Inc.
Niu Bai, 978-614-4187
bain@netscout.com
or
Davies Murphy Group
Brian Alberti, 781-418-2403
netscout@daviesmurphy.com