NETSCOUT Announces Agreement With Vodafone to Serve as Network Performance Monitoring Provider across Europe

Multi-year agreement enables Vodafone to leverage NETSCOUT’s InfiniStreamNG next-generation real-time information platform

WESTFORD, Mass.--()--NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ:NTCT), a leading provider of business assurance, a powerful combination of service assurance, cybersecurity, and business intelligence solutions, today announced a multi-year agreement with Vodafone Group to serve as Vodafone’s passive probing provider in Europe. NETSCOUT’s InfiniStreamNG next-generation real-time information platform will provide Vodafone with a standardized, repeatable service assurance solution for deployment in 13 European countries in which Vodafone operates.

“This exclusive, multi-year agreement is significant for NETSCOUT and represents an important extension of our long-standing partnership with Vodafone in Europe, as well as an unequivocal validation of the market appeal of our new InfiniStreamNG platform,” stated Anil Singhal, NETSCOUT’s president and chief executive officer. “Our robust technology delivers a pervasive troubleshooting and performance tool that Vodafone can use across all its deployed technology domains, as well as future systems, such as 5G. The InfiniStreamNG platform will help to ensure Vodafone delivers the highest levels of service across Europe.”

“We’re extremely pleased to extend our partnership with NETSCOUT. The InfiniStreamNG monitoring platform will help us analyze and enhance network performance and improve the customer experience,” explained Mario Volonterio, head of virtual infrastructure and OSS, Vodafone Group.

NETSCOUT’s InfiniStreamNG platform is available in multiple form factors and deployment options, based on hardware, software and virtual appliances. This revolutionary new architecture provides timely, accurate and highly relevant data for use by service assurance, cybersecurity, and business intelligence on a single platform for both the enterprise and service provider marketplaces.

To learn more about the InfiniStreamNG platform, click here.

About NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC.

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) is a leading provider of business assurance – a powerful combination of service assurance, cybersecurity, and business intelligence solutions – for today’s most demanding service provider, enterprise and government networks. NETSCOUT’s Adaptive Service Intelligence (ASI) technology continuously monitors the service delivery environment to identify performance issues and provides insight into network-based security threats, helping teams to quickly resolve issues that can cause business disruptions or impact user experience. NETSCOUT delivers unmatched service visibility and protects the digital infrastructure that supports our connected world. To learn more, visit www.netscout.com or follow @NETSCOUT on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

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Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and other federal securities laws. Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release, which are not strictly historical statements, including without limitation, the statements related to the benefits and market appeal of the InfiniStreamNG platform, constitute forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking statements due to known and unknown risk, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors. Such factors include slowdowns or downturns in economic conditions generally and in the market for advanced network and service assurance solutions specifically; the volatile foreign exchange environment; the company’s relationships with strategic partners and resellers; dependence upon broad-based acceptance of the company’s network performance management solutions; the presence of competitors with greater financial resources than ours and their strategic response to our products; our ability to retain key executives and employees; lower than expected demand for the company’s products and services; and the ability of NETSCOUT to successfully integrate the merged assets and the associated technology and achieve operational efficiencies. For a more detailed description of the risk factors associated with the company, please refer to the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 and the company’s subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. NETSCOUT assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.

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Media Contact
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC.
Donna Candelori, +1 408-571-5226
Donna.Candelori@netscout.com
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Andrew Kramer, +1 978-614-4279
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Contacts

Media Contact
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC.
Donna Candelori, +1 408-571-5226
Donna.Candelori@netscout.com
or
Investor Contact
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC.
Andrew Kramer, +1 978-614-4279
ir@netscout.com