NetScout Named Finalist for Best of Interop 2011

WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NetScout Systems®, Inc. today announced it has been selected as one of three finalists for the Best of Interop 2011 in the Collaboration award category, in recognition of the company’s innovation and advancement in protecting and optimizing the user experience for Unified Communication (UC) services. A panel of award-winning editors and analysts from InformationWeek Analytics selected the Best of Interop finalists, who are recognized as providers of the industry’s most innovative technologies across nine major categories.

“We applaud all participating companies and are excited to announce the Best of Interop winners on site at Interop Las Vegas.”

“We are honored to have been selected as a Best of Interop 2011 finalist. We believe that this recognition underscores the value and importance of protecting the user experience for all services delivered within the enterprise,” said Steven Shalita, vice president of marketing, NetScout. “As IP networks continue to converge and become increasingly interrelated to business success, collaboration and unified communications applications have emerged as business-critical services that need to be assured consistently with all other business services.”

NetScout is also a key contributor to InteropNet, the high speed network that interconnects all physical, virtual and mobile aspects of the event. InteropNet, the world’s largest temporary network, supports all exhibitors, conference rooms and attendees of one of the most demanding business technology events. Interop will take place May 10-12 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. NetScout will be demonstrating its nGenius® Service Assurance Solution along with several new products at this year’s event in booth number 1250. Best of Interop award winners will be announced on May 10, during Interop 2011 Las Vegas. For more information about the Best of Interop categories and awards, visit the Best of Interop web site at www.bestofinterop.com

“The Best of Interop Awards celebrate the spirit of innovation in the business technology market. Each finalist has demonstrated their commitment to the industry through their advancements in leading edge technologies,” said Art Wittmann, vice president and director, InformationWeek Analytics. “We applaud all participating companies and are excited to announce the Best of Interop winners on site at Interop Las Vegas.”

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About Interop

Interop drives the adoption of technology, providing knowledge and insight to help IT and corporate decision-makers achieve business success. Part of UBM TechWeb’s family of global brands, Interop is the leading business technology event series. Through in-depth educational programs, workshops, real-world demonstrations and live technology implementations in its unique InteropNet program, Interop provides the forum for the most powerful innovations and solutions the industry has to offer. Interop Las Vegas is the flagship event held each spring, with Interop New York held each fall, with annual international events in Mumbai and Tokyo, all produced by UBM TechWeb and partners. For more information about these events, visit www.interop.com.

About NetScout Systems, Inc.

NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT) is the market leader in Unified Service Delivery Management enabling comprehensive end-to-end network and application assurance. For 26 years, NetScout has delivered breakthrough packet-flow technology that provides trusted and comprehensive real-time network and application performance intelligence enabling unified assurance of the network, applications and users. These solutions enable IT staff to predict, preempt and resolve network and service delivery problems while facilitating the optimization and capacity planning of the network infrastructure. NetScout nGenius® and Sniffer® solutions are deployed at more than 20,000 of the world’s largest enterprises, government agencies, and more than 130 service providers, on over 740,000 network segments to assure the network, applications, and service delivery to their users and customers.

More information about NetScout Systems, Inc. is available at http://www.netscout.com.

NetScout, nGenius, InfiniStream and Sniffer are registered trademarks of NetScout Systems, Inc.