NETSCOUT's Fifth Annual User Forum Conference To Be Held In Las Vegas; Challenges of Virtualization and Approaches to Performance Management to be Explored

11 Jul 2006

WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2006--NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of application and network performance management solutions, today announced that it will hold its fifth annual NetScout User Forum conference on October 3-5, 2006 at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

This year's conference, "Conquering the Chaos: Real Performance in a Virtualized World," will examine the impact that virtualization is having on business and government networking organizations and how NetScout's Application Fabric Performance Management strategy can help find and solve performance issues before they impact business services. All users of NetScout products are invited to attend the event.

Attendees of the full three-day conference have the opportunity to learn and share their knowledge on performance management at more than 40 technical sessions on NetScout solutions, products, emerging technologies, industry trends and learning insights, including:

  • A presentation on Application Fabric Performance Management;
  • An introduction to the nGenius Application Fabric Monitor;
  • A demonstration of nGenius Analytics in action;
  • One-on-one training labs;
  • Hot industry topics and performance management best practices; and
  • Peer roundtable discussions and a town meeting with interactive audience polling.

Attendees will have numerous networking opportunities, hands-on product training and access to the product experts throughout the conference.

"With more than a thousand User Forum members and an overwhelming interest in our annual gathering, NetScout looks forward to hosting this year's conference in our new Las Vegas location," said June Nugent, director of knowledge resources for NetScout. "Our networking customers are facing unprecedented chaos driven by new virtualization technologies such as SOAs and MPLS that will impact their ability to manage both application and network performance. NetScout aims to help cut through the chaos with our new Application Fabric Performance Management architecture and by collaborating at NUF with the best and the brightest managers of business networks."

To register for the conference, or join the membership of the NetScout User Forum, please visit http://www.netscoutuserforum.com. Discounted early registration is available until August 1.

About the NetScout User Forum

The NetScout User Forum is a company-sponsored, customer-led group that focuses on the best use of NetScout products worldwide. It assists NetScout users with maximizing the benefits of their nGenius Solutions to manage the performance and costs of their mission-critical applications and networks. The Forum is free for all current users of NetScout products, and offers discussion groups, educational seminars and technical briefs, as well as Web- based exchange of information and events at http://www.netscoutuserforum.com/.

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.

CONTACT: NetScout Systems, Inc.
Dylan Locsin, 978-614-4113
locsind@netscout.com
or
Davies Murphy Group, Inc.
Brian Alberti, 781-418-2403
netscout@daviesmurphy.com

SOURCE: NetScout Systems, Inc.